Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
Dr. Barbara "Basia" Andraka-Christou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management & Informatics, with a Joint Secondary Appointment in the College of Medicine, at the University of Central Florida. Her research explores substance use disorder treatment from health services and health policy perspectives, including medication-assisted treatment barriers, person-centered care, and mobile health delivery.
Additionally, she leads the University of Central Florida Court Health Services & Policy Workgroup.
Dr. Andraka-Christou’s work has appeared in Health Affairs, the International Journal of Drug Policy, the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Drug & Alcohol Review, the American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and JAMA Network Open. She has appeared on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
She is the author of the book The Opioid Fix: America’s Addiction Crisis and the Solution They Don’t Want You to Have (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020) about the legal, health service, and culture barriers to medications for opioid use disorder.
Dr. Andraka-Christou received her J.D. and Ph.D. from Indiana University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship there. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Florida. She is a licensed attorney in Florida.
