Rebecca Pope Raciborski successfully defended her dissertation, Use of the Emergency Department and Time Spent Waiting for Treatment: A Health Systems Perspective on Care for Individuals with Mental Illness, on April 25. Her committee included J. Mick Tilford, (chair), Carly Eastin, M.D. (COM), Holly Felix, Teresa J. Hudson (COM), and Chenghui Li (COP). Congrats Rebecca!
Xiaocong Li, a student in our Ph.D. in Health Systems and Services Research (HSSR) program, developed, submitted, and received pilot research funding from the Translational Research Institute (TRI) for her dissertation research, Development, Validation, and Implementation of an Opioid Risk Prediction Tool. Co-authors include: Brad Martin, Ph.D., from the UAMS College of Pharmacy and Mick Tilford, Ph.D. and Holly Felix, Ph.D. from the College of Public Health.