Director of Research
Circuit Cout of Cook County, Illinois
Thomas Lyons, Ph.D. is the director of research for probation and pretrial operations for the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to his appointment, he served for three years as chief probation officer of the Cook County Adult Probation Department where he managed a department of 600 employees, and project director of the Cook County MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge, an initiative to reduce the pretrial population detained in jail. He is a medical anthropologist, and has authored publications on topics including racial and ethnic disparities in Illinois drug arrests and case processing, substance abuse treatment, and HIV among incarcerated populations. He was the recipient of three National Institute on Drug Abuse grants for substance abuse treatment research. He holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in medical anthropology at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Friday, April 14, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM