Sharon Reif, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, part of the leadership team for its Institute for Behavioral Health, and Director of its National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) doctoral training program. Dr. Reif conducts health services research related to the substance use treatment system and recovery supports, with a focus on access, quality and delivery of services, as well as outcomes and recovery, and the intersection with disability. Dr. Reif has been PI or co-investigator on numerous health services research studies funded by NIH and others, including medications for treating addiction; systems approaches to improve treatment for opioid use disorders and other substance use disorders; access to behavioral health services; the role of incentives in driving quality; the impact of health reform and parity on behavioral health service delivery; the intersection of substance use disorders with other disabilities; and recovery from alcohol problems within a Black community. Her research interests extend to the intersection of chronic medical problems, including pain, with alcohol and drug use and misuse, as well as stigma. Dr. Reif co-directs the Brandeis/Harvard SPIRE Center on SUD Systems Performance Improvement Research and Engagement, a NIDA-funded Center of Excellence (P30). She teaches courses on research ethics for doctoral students and behavioral health for graduate students and undergraduates. Dr. Reif has a Ph.D. in social policy from the Heller School, where she was also the recipient of a training grant in alcohol health services research from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She received the Heller School Mentoring Award in 2017.

Dr. Elizabeth J. Santa Ana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and a Staff Psychologist at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System. Her clinical and research work focuses on the treatment of substance use disorders, with particular expertise in motivational interviewing and sustaining therapeutic relationships in addiction care. Dr. Santa Ana works closely with individuals in recovery and is actively involved in training and mentoring clinicians in evidence-based approaches to substance use and co-occurring disorders. She also serves as Associate Director of the Charleston Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC) and Co-Director of the VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRT).

Dr. Maureen Stewart is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health and affiliated faculty with the Medicaid Policy Lab. Dr. Stewart's research interests include the financing, payment, and organization of behavioral health services. Her research focuses on policy and system approaches to improve access to and quality of alcohol and drug treatment services and to reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in substance use treatment services.