Bio
Sierra Castedo de Martell is a person in long-term recovery whose research focuses on peer-driven substance use services and leverages quantitative, qualitative, community-involved, and economic evaluation methods. After earning her PhD in public health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship with the recovery research pioneers at the Lighthouse Institute at Chestnut Health Systems and served as a program officer at the National Institute on Drug Abuse before joining the Research and Evaluation Department at The Phoenix.
Castedo de Martell led the development of two free cost-effectiveness calculators for collegiate recovery programs and peer recovery support services and has publications in addiction and public health journals. Prior to her shift into research, she served as the director of the collegiate recovery program at the University of Texas at Austin and was certified as a peer recovery support specialist. She was a CHERISH pilot grantee for the 2023-2024 cycle.