Research Director
Comagine Health
Portland, OR
Erin Stack, M.S., has 15 years of experience supporting and leading research and evaluation projects and has expertise in community-based research and participatory, empowerment, and culturally responsive evaluation approaches. Ms. Stack is trained as a community psychologist and her research over the years has focus broadly on studying interventions and programs aimed to promote community health, equity, and safety. Ms. Stack’s recent work has focused on exploring and addressing the needs of people with substance use disorders. For example, she served as the lead data collector and an analyst on a CDC-funded project examining an intervention that offered naltrexone and peer-delivered services prior to release from incarceration to women with opioid use disorder aimed to decrease overdose after release. She currently serves as the evaluation lead for two other CDC-funded projects: 1) Oregon’s Overdose Data To Action project, which aims to implement a strategic overdose prevention and response plan using surveillance data and community-driven interventions, and 2) the Umatilla County Outreach, Prevention, Engagement (U-COPE) project, which aims to improve access to services for people who use drugs through peer-delivered services and enhanced community collaboration. Ms. Stack also have experience evaluating clinic-based interventions focused on promoting safe opioid prescribing practices and non-opioid approaches to pain management.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM