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ELIZABETH SIANTZ

Assistant Professor

College of Social Work

Orcid identifier0000-0001-8305-3818 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Assistant Professor
    College of Social Work

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Implementation of self-managment supports for persons with mental illness, addiction, and chronic disease including: 
    • Peer support specialists, including employment experiences and wellbeing of peer support specialists 
    • Implementation of Chronic Disease Self-Management Education in primary care environments
    • Latinx mental health and recovery
  • Delivery of culturally responsive mental health services 
  • Implementation of Integrated behavioral health and primary care services 
  • Addiction care, particularly focused on persons with opioid use disorder 
  • Wellbeing and empowerment of persons with mental illness, addiction, and chronic disease 
  • Veteran health, opioid addiction, and mental health recovery

 

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    University of Utah Program to Provide Pain Research Knowledge (UP3RK) (opens in a new tab)⁠
    National Institute on Drug Abuse1 Nov 2025
    National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER (RRTC) ON HEALTH AND FUNCTION AMONG PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
    1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Understanding how Latinx clients use and experience a culturally responsive peer support program within a Latinx peer-run behavioral health organization
    University of Utah Clinical and Translational Science Institute the / National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of National Institutes of Health1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baucom B
    University of Utah Clinical and Translational Science Institute the / National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of National Institutes of Health
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Adaptation and Feasibility of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Primary Care Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Serious Mental Illness. Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research
    National Institute on Drug Abuse1 Jul 2024 - 1 Jul 2026
    National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • FELLOWSHIP OR RESIDENCY
    Implementation Research Institute (opens in a new tab)⁠
    The IRI is supported by a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R25 grant, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)1 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    The IRI is supported by a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R25 grant, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ADAPTING AND IMPLEMENTING A CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
    30 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2028
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    LBHS EVALUATION CONSULTATION
    15 Nov 2021 - 30 Apr 2024