Scientists, Project Directors, and Grant Administrators
Scientists, Project Directors, and Grant Administrators at Lighthouse Institute have backgrounds and expertise in Addictions, Business, Education, Management Information Systems, Psychology, Public Health, Rehabilitation, Research Methods, Statistics, and Social Work.
Research Scientists
Specialty areas: recovery science, positive psychology, peer support.
Specialty areas: media psychology, game studies, cultural studies
Specialty areas: decision science; multi-criteria decision analysis; group decision-making; systems science; system dynamics; community engagement; policy; implementation science; substance use prevention, treatment, harm reduction; mental health promotion, treatment.
Specialty areas: methodology; program evaluation; measurement; randomized field experiments; substance use disorder (SUD) adult and adolescent treatment; integrated care across legal/welfare; health care; and behavioral healthcare; Recovery Management Checkups (RMC); Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN); technology transfer and information dissemination.
Specialty areas: clinical/developmental psychology; health services research; community based participatory research; polysubstance use; recovery support services; adolescents; emerging adults; criminal legal system involvement; training providers across service sectors; mentoring.
Specialty areas: Implementation research; policy research; mixed methods; systems science; global health; infectious diseases; multisectoral collaborations
Specialty areas: methodology; measurement; latent variable modeling; mixed methods research; randomized controlled trials; implementation science; substance use disorder treatment; health care quality; digital therapeutics
Specialty areas: substance use disorder treatment and recovery management outcome research; EBP implementation research; behavioral approaches to addiction treatment; recovery monitoring and support; diffusion and implementation research; program evaluation.
Specialty areas: SUD treatment access and utilization; SUD treatment effectiveness; SUD and mental health comorbidity; gender and SUD treatment; longitudinal evaluation of substance use treatment and trajectories.
Specialty areas: adolescent treatment; continuing care; development; wide-scale implementation of evidence-based treatments.
Specialty areas: programs/policies addressing substance use issues; criminal legal system.
Specialty areas: implementation science; prevention science; child welfare; intervention development; evidence-based practice; opioid and methamphetamine use intervention.
Specialty areas: clinical psychology; psychological assessment; health services evaluation; research design; statistics; data science; data visualization.
Specialty areas: outcome monitoring; personality measurement; cognitive psychology; marriage and close relationships; educational research; child welfare; program development and management.
Specialty areas: workplace behavioral health and recovery; managed behavioral health; integrated care; cultural adaptation of “western” interventions; outcome measurement.
Specialty areas: services research; adolescents and emerging adults; substance use; recovery support services; training and support for providers; mentoring early career investigators.
Specialty areas: public health–health promotion; health behavior.
Specialty areas: qualitative and mixed methods; program evaluation; behavioral health services; recovery supports; harm reduction; implementation science.
Specialty areas: history of addiction treatment and recovery; recovery research.
Data Scientists
Specialty areas: developing solutions for data capture and participant tracking; qualitative and quantitative research; clinical and translational science; data analytics and stewardship; survey methodology; implementation science; evidence-based healthcare innovation; substance use harm reduction and treatment; program theory and evaluation.
Specialty areas: data science, data visualization, statistics, psychometrics and survey design, technical editing and manuscript refinement
Specialty areas: child welfare systems; behavioral health intervention; adolescent development; socioecological resilience; service provider-client relationships.
Scientific Grant Administrators
Specialty areas: research administration; Certified Research Administrator.
Specialty areas: grant administration; project management; contracts and subawards; Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Project Directors
Specialty areas: cost analysis; clinical operations.
Specialty areas: Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN), program evaluation; project management; behavioral health research; the intersection of research, program evaluation and practical utility of screening and assessment; successful implementation of screening and assessment.
Specialty areas: research and community outreach in public health with a focus on opioid use disorders and recovery management for vulnerable populations.
Specialty areas: process development; project management; problem solving; training; Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN); survey administration and coordination; criminal justice system.
Specialty areas: substance use treatment; recovery support; evidence-based practice; adolescents; Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA); Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA); Recovery Monitoring and Support (RMS); program evaluation; mutual support groups; continuing care.
Specialty areas: evaluation studies and longitudinal studies targeting substance use and mental health treatment methods; database design/management.