Brett Harris, DrPH
Previously Research Scientist specializing in adolescent screening and early intervention at the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
Dr. Harris has led screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) implementation projects in school-based health centers (SBHCs) and currently co-leads a nationwide adolescent SBIRT learning community and serves on the SBIRT advisory committee for the National School-Based Health Alliance. Dr. Harris recently completed her dissertation on SBHC program directors’ and clinicians’ attitudes and perceptions which facilitate and impede the adoption and implementation of SBIRT in SBHCs and is using the results to inform a strategy to expand and sustain SBIRT in the network of New York State SBHCs. Dr. Harris earned her Doctor of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy, Management, and Behavior from the University at Albany in 2014, her Master of Public Health from the University at Albany in 2008, and her Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Social Policy from Cornell University in 2006.