CHICAGO, March 21, 2010—NORC at the University of Chicago today announced the appointment of Eric Goplerud, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President of NORC’s Department of Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Studies.
"It is so rare to find someone who has operated at such a high-level of expertise and authority across the entire health care spectrum: government, academia, insurers, businesses, health care providers, and foundations with health care interests," said Dan Gaylin, Executive Vice President of Research Programs at NORC. "His expertise expands our strengths in the department by adding substantial depth in the areas of mental health and substance abuse and we are thrilled to have him aboard."
Goplerud is a clinical psychologist and an expert on substance abuse treatment and prevention who, until deciding to join NORC, has been a senior research professor at George Washington University focusing on behavioral health policy. Prior to working at George Washington University, Goplerud held several senior policy leadership positions at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Since 2002, Goplerud has directed "Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems," a research program at George Washington University supported by grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, industry, and various Federal agencies. He also directs the Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy. Goplerud is immediate past president of ACMHA: the College for Behavioral Health Leadership. His primary work focuses on integration of behavioral health into national health reform, improving access and financing for behavioral health in primary and specialty medicine, and engagement of businesses, health insurers, and EAPs to promote access to effective, affordable behavioral health care. Goplerud has directed foundation, corporate, and government-sponsored projects focused on increasing access to effective, affordable alcohol treatment.
In addition, Goplerud chaired the National Quality Forum’s Technical Advisory Panel that produced the consensus standards of evidence-based substance use treatment, and he co-chairs the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO’s) Technical Advisory Panel that designed and is field testing alcohol and tobacco SBIRT performance measures for all hospital admissions.
Eric Goplerud attended SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, where he earned his BA in History, MA in Clinical and Community Psychology, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
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