Anti-Black racism and other forms of discrimination are an ongoing threat to physical and mental health and are associated with anxiety, depression, substance use disorders and other life-threatening consequences. UVM CORA affirms our commitment to ensuring equitable opportunities for those who have experienced disadvantages and injustices related to race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, social position, socioeconomic status, age, or ability. This commitment includes working with communities on what matters to them and building relationships with those that experience the greatest inequities. We will create opportunities for staff and partners to learn as well as assess beliefs and systems, fostering a workplace culture that reflects diversity and values people's life experiences, monitoring and analyzing data to help understand disparities and where we can improve, and continuing to ask questions that help us to create meaningful change.
CORA Leadership
For three decades, our faculty have engaged in innovative research and clinical efforts to develop novel treatments for opioid-use disorder. Our work began with the seminal studies demonstrating buprenorphine (BUP) treatment efficacy, which contributed to its FDA approval.
Directors
Stacey Sigmon, Ph.D.
Director UVM CORA
Sarah Heil, Ph.D.
Associate Director, UVM CORA
Administration
Chelsea Takamine, M.P.H.
Grant Manager
Surveillance & Evaluation Core
Andrea Villanti, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, Surveillance & Evaluation Core
Valerie Harder, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Co-Director, Surveillance & Evaluation Core
Best Practices Core
Gail Rose, Ph.D.
Director, Best Practices Core
Rick Rawson, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, Best Practices Core
Jennifer Lyon-Horne
Manager, Best Practices Core
Clinician Advisory Board
John Brooklyn, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine and Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine
Peter Jackson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine
Sanchit Maruti, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine
Marjorie Meyer, M.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UVM Larner College of Medicine.
Education & Outreach Core
Stephen Higgins, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Education & Outreach Core
Diann Gaalema, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Education & Outreach Core
Jessica Robinson, M.P.H.
Manager, Education & Outreach Core
Strategic Partners
Jeanne Ryer, M.Sc, EdD
Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative
Lindsey Smith, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Research Associate, University of Southern Maine
Janet Thomas B.S, R.N.
Project Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative
Ruth James, M.D., M.P.H.
Practice Facilitator, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH
