ELIZABETH SIANTZ

Dr. Siantz's professional mission is to improve health equity and quality of life among persons with co-occurring mental health, substance use, and chronic medical conditions. She studies the development and implementation of self-management supports including peer support specialists and chronic disease self-management education. Her work utilizes the tools and frameworks of implementation science and qualitative and mixed method study designs.  She is an expert in community-based research, having led numerous research projects in diverse urban areas in southern California, New York City, and Salt Lake City, Utah.  She also has a history of collaborating with persons with lived recovery experience and with Spanish-speaking community groups and organizations. Dr. Siantz is PI of a 5-year K01 from the National Institue on Drug Abuse, called "Adapting and implementing a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for primary care patients with opioid use disorder and serious mental illness."