Personal HistoryEric Slade, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a health economist at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, VISN 5 Mental Illness Research and Education Clinical Center (MIRECC). His current research focuses on economic aspects of substance-use disorders and mental illness, including factors affecting access to mental health and substance abuse treatment services and the impacts of substance use disorders on criminal incarcerations among young adults. In 1999, he received a Research Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the economics of children’s mental health service use and outcomes, and in 2003 he was awarded the Adam Smith award from the International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics for research on the effects of mental illness on employment. Dr. Slade holds PhD in economics from Brown University.
Current Grant Support:
2006-2008 Principal Investigator, "Access Criteria and The Cost of Mental Health Intensive Case Management," Department of Veterans Affairs, Total Cost: $430,000.
2005-2010 Co-Investigator (PI: Weist), "School Mental Health Program and Policy Analysis Centers: Advancing Mental Health Services in Schools," Human Resources Services Administration and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Total Cost: $1,815,588
2005-2008 Co-Investigator (PI: Rosenberg), "The STIRR Intervention for Dually Diagnosed Clients," National Institute of Mental Health, Total Cost: $776,000
2004-2009 Co-Investigator (PI: Ialongo), “Center for Prevention and Early Intervention,” National Institute of Mental Health, Total Cost: $2,650,000
2004-2006 Principal Investigator, “Elementary School Climate and Child Behavior Problems,” National Institute of Mental Health, Total Cost: $100,000 Publications
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