Our Team

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

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