Biography
Julie Salvador, PhD, is Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community Behavioral Health. She serves in three main roles: The Division’s Associate Director, Director of Implementation Science Research, and Director of Team Science. She has worked in Substance Use Disorder research in New Mexico since 2008, with a focus on Health Services Research and Implementation Science. She has served as Principal Investigator/Project Director under funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Her current research includes examining the impact of participating in the Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) on expansion of buprenorphine treatment in rural primary care. Dr. Salvador is also the Principal Investigator/Project Director for New Mexico’s State Opioid Response grants series, first funded in 2017 with three subsequent related grants with over 50 million dollars in funding to address prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services for opioid and stimulant use disorders.
Areas of Specialty
Implementation Science, Health Services Research, and mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Education
BA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Anthropology (1991)
PhD University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Cultural Anthropology (2001)
Achievements & Awards
University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rosenbaum Award for generosity and generativity (2020).