Research Interests
Epidemiology of serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in adult community-based populations
Violent behavior and mental illness in social-environmental context
Public health law approaches to reducing firearm violence and suicide
Legal leverage in community treatment for adults with severe mental illness
Psychiatric advance directives for adults with serious mental illnesses
Effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment
Mental illness and criminal justice policy
Discrimination, law, and policy affecting persons with psychiatric disabilities
Selected Grants
Predicting firearm suicide in military veterans outside the VA health system using linked civilian electronic health record data
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027Implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Experiences of special populations
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2025 - 2026Justice Involvement Population Training and Technical Support Scope of Work Deflection, Diversion and Reentry Community Programming
Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2026Equity and effectiveness of firearm prohibitors, record-reporting, and restoration of gun rights associated with mental health adjudication
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2023 - 2024Implementation and Effectiveness of "Dangerous Persons" Gun-Seizure Laws
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2014 - 2023Mental Disorders Prevalence Study
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2019 - 2023Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws: A Promising Strategy for Gun Violence Prevention
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michigan State University · 2020 - 2023Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virgin
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2018 - 2022Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Joyce Foundation · 2018 - 2022Evaluation of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Grant Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2016 - 2021IPA - Jeffrey Swanson
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020A feasibility study for testing the effects of extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) on recidivism and other participant outcomes in drug court settings
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation · 2016 - 2019Post-doctural Training Program in Mental Health Services Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2014 - 2018Implementation and Effectiveness of "Dangerous Persons" Gun-Seizure Laws in Connecticut and Indiana
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2014 - 2018Policy and interventions for adults with SMI and criminal justice involvement
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018Gender differences in jail diversion for adults with co-occurring disorders
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017Firearms Laws, Mental Disorder, and Violence
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2016Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives with Peer Specialist Facilitators
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Health and Human Services · 2015 - 2016Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives with Peer Specialist Facilitators
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2012 - 2016National Program Methods Core
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2011 - 2015IPA - Jeffrey Swanson
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2013 - 2015Post-doctoral Training Program in Mental Health Services Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2012 - 2014PREMIER Mental Health Interventions Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2010Psychiatric Treatment and Violence Risk Management
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010Improving Representative Payeeship for People with Psychiatric Disabilities and their Families
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research · 2007 - 2007Effectively Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2007The Effectiveness Of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2003The Effectiveness Of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1997External Relationships
- Consortium for Risk Based Firearms Policy Steering Committee
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- NASMHPD, Inc.
- Temple University
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