Edie

Director, AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions

Shared by Edie - 12 May 2020
Originally posted by Edie - 12 May 2020

AIR is seeking to hire a senior leader, knowledgeable about substance use disorders, and an expert in evidence-based policies and practices that federal, state and local agencies can implement (across systems of health care, public health, criminal justice, and human services) to address substance use disorders.

This senior person will lead AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions through research, policy, and technical assistance. They will work with AIR staff in building new work that fulfills AIR’s mission to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research to improve lives, especially for the disadvantaged.

This senior leader will develop and execute a strategy to grow a body of work, building on AIR’s existing foundation in the following areas: provider interventions including safe prescribing practices, evidence based treatment (to include medications for addiction treatment), recovery supports, and promotion of patient and family engagement in the treatment of substance use disorders; cross-sector strategy and engagement; communication campaigns; development, implementation and evaluation of  interventions across a number of settings.