Events

• Speakers: Will Garneau & Samantha Harris
• 1812 Ashland Ave, Room 348

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• 1812 Ashland Ave, Room 348

• Speakers: Christina Yuan & Linh Tran
• 1812 Ashland Ave, Room 348

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• 1812 Ashland Ave, Room 348

Jacob Jorem, JD, MD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy. He is a Commonwealth Fund Funded Harkness Fellow and presented: “From Law to Practice: Exploring the Effective Implementation of Legislative Amendments in Mental Health Care.”

View Dr. Jorem's profile here.

Emily Johnson, MS, is a PhD Student at the Danish Centre for Health Economics. Emily is a Visiting Scholar at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Spring 2026 and is collaborating with some CMAP members in anticipation. Emily shared her in-progress dissertation work, titled “Health shocks and income loss in Denmark: Comparing mental and physical disorders.”

View Emily's profile on LinkedIn.

Adam Levine, PhD, MA, president and co-founder of research4impact, hosted a workshop for CMAP faculty and trainees titled "Collaborate Now! How to Expand the Impact of Your Expertise in Policy and Practice." Workshop participants left with practical guidance and tools on how to build collaborative relationships with stakeholders in policy and practice.

View Dr. Levine's profile here.

Center Directer, Dr. Matthew Eisenberg, featured as a panelist at an the online symposium:“What do we mean by evidence? How choosing the right methods can improve the real-world relevance of mental health research,” hosted by the International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHR), in collaboration with The Lancet Psychiatry. More information about the event can be found here.

• Time: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
• Online event

• #4: May 20: Book Club - Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America by Emily Dufton (link)
• #3: April 22: WIP with Sabriya Linton and Jirka Taylor
• #2: March 4: Book Club - Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield Jamison (link)
• #1: February 11: WIP with Matt Eisenberg and Olivia Sugarman

Center Directer, Dr. Matthew Eisenberg, featured as a panelist at an the online symposium:“Systems Matter: Why Systems Thinking is Essential for Bridging the Mental Health Research Implementation Gap,” hosted by IAMHRF (in collaboration with The Lancet Psychiatry and Grand Challenges Canada). More information about the event can be found here.

• Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
• Online event

The Center hosted Dr. Daniel Weinberger for a research seminar titled “Why Neuroscience and Neuroscience Research is Important for the Public Health.” This seminar was part of our NIMH T32 Mental Health Services and Systems (MHSS) Training Program, led by program director Elizabeth Stuart, PhD.

• Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
• Hybrid

• #4: December 10: Book Club – The Way That Leads Among the Lost, by Angela Garcia (link)

• #3: November 5: WIP with Karen Shen and Ben Thornburg

• #2: October 1: Book Club – Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne (link) 

• #1: September 10: WIP with Andrew Anderson and Angela Liu

• Presented by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in partnership with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy 

• More information on the symposium can be found here  

• Time: 12:30p-1:30p 

• Location: Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 

• The Johns Hopkins Health Economics Seminar Series and the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Presents:  

• Effects of State Policies Eliminating Prior Authorization Requirements for Medications for Opioid Use Disorder on Buprenorphine Utilization 

• Time: 12:15p-1:15p 

• Location: Hampton House 250 or Zoom 

• #4: May 7: Book Club – When Crack Was King, by Donovan X. Ramsey (link)

• #3: April 2: WIP with Catherine Ettman and Johannes Thrul 

• #2: March 5: Book Club – I Am Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying, by Basey Ikpi (link) 

• #1: February 6: WIP with Alene Kennedy-Hendricks and Justin Rose 

• Co-sponsored between the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy and the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative 

• More information on the webinar can be found here  

• Time: 9a-10a 

• Time: 12:15p-1p 

• Location: Hampton House B14B 

• Time: 12:15p-1p 

• Location: Hampton Hourse B14B 

• #4: December 5: Book Club – Discussion of Drug Use for Grown Ups, by Carl L. Hart (link) 

• #3: November 14: WIP with Rheanna Platt and Brendan Saloner 

• #2: October 16: Book Club – No OneCares About Crazy People, by Ron Powers (link) 

• #1: September 18: WIP with Sachini Bandara and Benjamin Thornburgh