Assistant Professor, VA Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project Director
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Cheryl W. Hartman (Cheri) PhD, is the Director of Virginia's ED Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project, working in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Carilion Clinic, and as Assistant Professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA. Cheri has focused her career on science-driven approaches to prevention (school dropout, teen pregnancy, obesity, substance misuse), working primarily with youth, until her shift into the addiction treatment field. Grant-funded projects she has led include a childhood obesity prevention program, the Teen Outreach Program embedded in Roanoke Valley schools, and a youth addiction treatment program (Back on Track), a homelessness project, state and Carilion SBIRT trainings, and the ED Bridge to Treatment Expansion Project. She led a fundraising campaign to build a playground in an impoverished neighborhood of Roanoke. Cheri was recognized by Roanoke's City Council as "Citizen of the Year" in 2021. Cheri co-led a community-based effort to create the Roanoke Valley HOPE Initiative, working with law enforcement to link individuals in need of addiction treatment to a local free clinic. Cheri teaches and mentors medical students, residents and fellows through the VA Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has published on topics of educational psychology and substance use. Cheri collaborated with her husband on research projects in the fields of opioid use disorder treatment, identifying predictors of treatment retention and successful transitioning from the acute care setting to ambulatory follow up care. Cheri worked jointly with her husband, David, on publications regarding the inclusion of the disabled in medical school. As a couple, Cheri and Dave have spoken extensively on the topic of inclusion of the disabled in the workplace, school settings, all aspects of society, having traveled to Taiwan and throughout the country to speak to this topic of inclusion of the disabled.
