Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH

Scientist; Health Services Researcher
Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University; Veterans Health Administration Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center
Waltham, Massachusetts

Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH is a Scientist at the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University. She is a health services researcher with expertise examining co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions following traumatic brain injury. Dr. Adams is the Co-Principal Investigator of the INROADS study, Intersecting Research on Opioid Misuse, Addiction, and Disability Services, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. She is a Multiple PI on a new R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of the Director at NIH which will integrate data from the Department of Defense and Veterans Health Administration to enhance suicide prevention efforts for military members returning from deployments. Dr. Adams has an appointment as a health services researcher with the Veterans Health Administration Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center in Aurora, Colorado.

Presentation(s):

• CHAUTAUQUA: Opioid Use Following TBI: A Perfect Storm (864042)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  11:00 AM – 12:15 PM EST

• Scoping Review of Opioid Use Following TBI

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  4:10 PM – 4:27 PM EST

• SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: Risk Factors & Interventions for Co-occurring Substance use Disorders in Neurorehabilitation in Complex Civilian & Military Populations (793608)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM EST