What We Do

Mentoring

Supporting the next generation of health economics and health services researchers studying SUD, HCV, and HIV care for people who use drugs.

Mentoring is an integrated component of all that CHERISH does as part of our commitment to cultivate a supportive community of researchers. Our mentorship initiatives provide students, early career investigators, and CHERISH pilot grant recipients research and career guidance from dedicated peers and senior investigators.

Independence in Substance Use Health Economics and Services Research

Overview

This mentoring program is aimed at supporting early career investigators who are transitioning to independence. Launched in 2022, the program brings together early career investigators from institutions around the nation. This program offers participants guidance from experienced investigators and opportunities to learn from and collaborate with one another.

Program Structure

The year-long program consists of two alternating series of monthly virtual sessions and typically starts in the fall. The first series are peer-mentoring sessions that center on peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, and support. In this series, the cohort has full autonomy and creativity to determine content of the discussion. The second series are career-focused discussions led by experienced investigators on topics identified to be of high priority to the cohort.

Previous topics include:

  • How to prepare for promotion?
  • How to develop a portfolio of independent and collaborative research?
  • How to effectively disseminate your research findings?
  • How to build and grow a research team?
  • How to approach foundation funding?

Cohort IV (2025-2026)

Brittany Blanchard, PhD

University of Washington

Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA

Brown University School of Public Health

Simeon Kimmel, MD, MA

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine

Alexandria Macmadu, PhD

Brown University School of Public Health

Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Thuy Dieu Nguyen, PhD, MPA

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Danya Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Peter Treitler, PhD

Boston University School of Social Work

"I found making space for frank discussions about navigating the academy as a junior investigator to be most helpful."

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