Sharma

Anjalee

Dr. Sharma completed her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA) in social work where her dissertation focused on quality of life trajectories for people in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). She completed a postdoctoral research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit. Currently Dr. Sharma is an Assistant Research Scientist at Friends Research Institute in Baltimore, MD, USA.

Dr. Sharma’s experience at FRI has spanned several projects, including a study to develop and validate a substance use screening tool for primary care, a randomized trial of interim methadone and patient navigation in jail, brief interventions for adolescents within school-based health centers, and use of diverted buprenorphine within correctional facilities. Currently, Dr. Sharma is working with Dr. Gryczynski on projects related to improving treatment linkage through novel settings, such as through the Baltimore City sexual health clinics. She is also completing a pilot project related to graphic medicine and understanding the drug landscape in Baltimore. Dr. Sharma is also Project Manager and Co-Investigator on Dr. Mitchell's Polysubstance Use study examining app-based contingency management for co-occurring cocaine use during methadone treatment for opioid use disorder.

Dr. Sharma’s topical research interests include medication initiation and intervention for OUD in correctional and community settings, understanding and evolving treatment modalities for people with substance use disorders, and continuity of care for people who seek substance use treatment from incarceration to community settings. Dr. Sharma’s interests in quantitative methods include longitudinal data analysis, causal inference, and assessing measurement invariance of existing measures used in clinical and research settings.