IGPA engages a wide range of policy-oriented faculty across the University System who collaborate within focused working groups. Each of these groups is comprised of dozens of faculty researchers representing each of the three System universities. As questions arise in both the public sphere and academia, IGPA scholars use the latest research methods and work together to evaluate current affairs, ask tough questions, and identify possible solutions.
Members of the Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Health Working Group engage in research aimed at finding effective and equitable policy solutions to reduce substance misuse and promote health and mental health.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor, School of Social Work | University of Illinois Chicago
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| Affiliation | Assistant Professor and Extension Faculty Specialist, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | University of Illinois Extension |
| awbarton@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health | University of Illinois Chicago |
| bboodram@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Director of Preventive Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine | University of Illinois Chicago |
| sbbrown9@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor and Medical & Biomedicine Librarian, University Library | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| phburn@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy | University of Illinois Chicago |
| abursu1@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Institute of Government and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| aelmes2@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Director of Behavioural Health and Addiction, Mile Square Health Center, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago |
| reizinee@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Dean Professor School of Public Health |
| wgiles@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Administration | University of Illinois Springfield |
| bgoul2@uis.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Director, Illinois Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC), Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation) |
| jgulley@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Clinical Assistant Professor Director, Primary Care Mental Health Concentration Department of Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing | University of Illinois Chicago |
| chandrup@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, College of Nursing (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| rchersho@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Director, School of Public Health (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| hhinkle1@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Director, Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago |
| jhoereth@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director of Addiction Psychiatry Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine UI Health | University of Illinois Chicago |
| cholde1@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice Director, Academia/Family Medicine Research Fellowship, College of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist, Family Medicine, Family Medicine Residency Program | University of Illinois Chicago |
| jarrett8@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Director, Community Outreach Intervention Projects, Pharmacy Practice (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| adj@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, School of Public Health (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| hyokang@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor School of Social Work | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| hyunil@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| malaurit@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcome, and Policy | University of Illinois Chicago |
| sonyal@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Public Administration, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago |
| toddlee@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, College of Social Work | University of Illinois Chicago |
| liuying@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Research Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering | University of Illinois Chicago |
| mmamiti@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, School of Public Health (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| smayer75@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| messmer2@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Daniel and Cynthia Mah Helle Professor, Public Administration, Economics, Urban Planning and Policy | University of Illinois Chicago |
| nmiller@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Clinical Professor, Clinical Medicine (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| moberg@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Research Professor Emeritus, Finance | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| ljo@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Interim Associate Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| epowers@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, School of Public Health (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| crank1@uis.edu |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor and RC Evans Data Analytics Fellow, Gies College of Business | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| jreif@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Alum, UIUC & UIC |
| jrossmph@gmail.com |
| Affiliation | Professor, Finance and Economics | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign |
| smithdc@illinois.edu |
| Affiliation | Clinical Assistant Professor | UIUC & UIC |
| pmstrang@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, College of Social Work, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago |
| jaswartz@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Professor, Pharmacy Practice (UI Health) | University of Illinois Chicago |
| rtaylor@uic.edu |
| Affiliation | Senior Research Scientist, Chestnut Health Systems; Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, College of Medicine | University of Illinois Chicago |
| dpwatson@chestnut.org |
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Interim Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor, Public Administration, Economics, Urban Planning and Policy | University of Illinois Chicago
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