Research Team

Research Leads

Katherine Elkington

Katherine Elkington, PhD

Associate Professor,
Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry),
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Ned Nunes

Ned Nunes, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Milton Wainberg

Milton Wainberg, MD

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Margaret Ryan

Margaret E. Ryan, MPH

Project Director, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Implementation & Development Team

Corianna Sichel

Corianna Sichel, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Ikenna Achebe

Ikenna Achebe, MD, MPH, MA

Senior Program Associate, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Kuljit Kaur

Kuljit Kaur, MPH

Research Assistant, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Rosheka Faulkner

Rosheka Faulkner, MCJ

Research Assistant, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Alexandra Arnold

Alexandra Arnold, MA

Research Assistant, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Jiaxin Santos

Jiaxin Santos, BA

Research Assistant, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Kedron Hoepstine

Kedron Hoepstine, MSW, MS

Research Assistant, Project Opioid Court REACH, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Megan O'Grady

Megan O’Grady, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Arthur Robin Williams

Arthur Robin Williams, MD, MBE

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Division on Substance Use Disorders
Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Susan Tross

Susan Tross, PhD

Professor, Clinical Medical Psychology in Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Renee Cohall

Renee Cohall, LCSW-R, ACSW

Program Manager, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Dan Winetsky

Dan Winetsky, MD, MS

Clinical Infectious Disease Specialist

Postdoctoral Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Al Cohall

Al Cohall, MD

Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences and Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Cost-Effectiveness Team

Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy, PhD

Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College

Danielle Ryan

Danielle Ryan, MPH

Research Coordinator, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College

Techna Cadet

Techna Cadet, MS

Research Coordinator, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College

Data Team

Melanie Wall

Melanie Wall, PhD

Director of Mental Health Data Science in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

Renald Dambreville

Renald Dambreville, MS

Biostatistician, Mental Health Data Science, Columbia University, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute