Contact Information

This website was created by the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Program Evaluation and Research Unit in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

For more information about the project or to explore potential partnership*
Kathy Stence
Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
PA SBIRT Project Officer and Program Analyst, Chief, System Transformation Projects
kstence@pa.gov

For questions regarding training, technical assistance, or evaluation that is offered to PA SBIRT project sites*:

Abigail Talbert, MPH, CHES
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Program Evaluation and Research Unit
Project Manager
alt108@pitt.edu

*Please note that partner sites are required to collect and report data in accordance with the Government and Performance Results (GPRA) Act of 2010.

Implementation Team

Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs

•  Jennifer Smith, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Secretary
• Dianne Schrode, Drug and Alcohol Program Manager, Division of Treatment
• Jeff Geibel, Director, Division of Treatment
• Jodi Skiles, Director, Bureau of Treatment, Prevention & Intervention
• Tia Roebuck, Budget Analyst, 
• Kim Coleman, Director, Division of Budget and Grants Management
• Kathy Stence, PA SBIRT Project Officer, Program Analyst, System Transformation Projects Section
  

University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU)

• Dr. Janice Pringle, Principal Investigator
• Abby Talbert, Program Manager, Innovative Health System Initiatives (IHSI)
• Grace Drnach, Associate Program Implementation Specialist
  
• Georgie Scott, Assistant Program Implementation Specialist
• Susan Price, Associate Program Implementation Specialist
  

Project Partners

Healthcare Sites

• Missy Bennett, Care Coordinator, EMPOWER³⁶⁰ Center for Health

• Vince Capone, Site Champion, EMPOWER³⁶⁰ Center for Health

• Cerissa Paladino, Care Coordinator, Sharon Medical Group

• Tonya O'Brien, Site Champion, Sharon Medical Group

• Megan Fanella, Care Coordinator, UPMC Pregnancy Care Center & Altoona Family Physicians
  

• Christina Zumer-Quinn, Site Champion, Altoona Family Physicians

• Laura Rodriquez, Site Champion, UPMC Pregnancy Care Center
• Petresa Rollinson, Care Coordinator, Forbes Family Medicine
  
• Bob Sukolosky, Site Champion, Forbes Family Medicine
• Janelle Johns, Site Champion, Forbes Family Medicine
• Diane Mentch, Care Coordinator, Greenville Community Health Center
• Rachelle Craig, Site Champion, Greenville Community Health Center
• Sara Atherton, Care Coordinator, AHN Primary Care Morningside & AHN Primary Care Downtown
  
• Christopher Whitney, Site Champion, AHN Primary Care Morningside
• Hannah Maney, Site Champion, AHN Primary Care Downtown
• Megan Gerwel, Care Coordinator, Crafton Medical Center
• Paul Oczypok, Site Champion, Crafton Medical Center
  

Single County Authorities

• Judy Rosser, Blair Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Missy Bennet, Blair Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Megan Fanella, Blair Drug and Alcohol Programs
  
• Tracy Bornick, Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission
• Cerissa Paladino, Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission
• Sabrina Donner Kriebel, Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission
  
• Maisha Howze, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
• Dr. Lakita Davis Jones, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
  

Policy Steering Committee

• Barry Denk, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Michele Denk, Pennsylvania Association of County Drug and Alcohol Administrator
• Antoine Douaihy, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
• Vince Capone, EMPOWER³⁶⁰ Center for Health
  
• Robin Horston Spencer, Message Carriers of Pennsylvania
• William K. Johnjulio, Primary Care Institute & Medical Director at the Allegheny Health Network
  
• David Kelley, Pennsylvania Department of Human Service's Office of Medical Assistance Programs
• Cheri Rinehart, Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers
• Robin Rothermel, Pennsylvania Medical Society
• Allison Beam, Department of Insurance
• Dr. Ralph E. Tarter, Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research at University of Pittsburgh
• Curt Proctor, Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania
• Amy Williams, Program Specialist for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder
• Ellen DiDomenico, Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs    
• Sarah Boateng, Department of Health
• Michele Robison,  Division of Quality and Special Needs Coordination, Dep. Of Human Services
• Laurie Rock, Bureau of Managed Care Operations at Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
• Megan Barbour, Department of Insurance
• Dr. Abigail Schlesinger, Behavioral Science Division, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
• Jodi Toscolani, UPMC Health Plan
• Rebekah Sedlock, Project Director, CCBH
• Laura Fassbender, Executive Assistant, DOH
• Missy Bennett, Blair Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Judy Rosser, Blair Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Dianne Schrode, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Tia Roebuck, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Jeff Geibel, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Jodi Skiles, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
  
• Kimberly Coleman, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
• Kathy Stence, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
  
• Dr. Janice Pringle, PERU
• Abby Talbert, PERU
• Grace Drnach, PERU
  
• Georgie Scott, PERU
• Susan Price, PERU