Meet the team driving RISE forward

The RISE team brings together scholars from 6 Clinical and Translational Science Award hubs with complementary experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral health clinical trials. We’re passionate about transforming how trials are conducted — combining innovation, flexibility, and a deep understanding of both researcher and participant needs. Most importantly, we’re committed to a translational science approach, developing a rigorous evidence base and tools to guide the selection of remote, in-person, and hybrid methods that optimize trial efficiency and rigor.

University at Buffalo
Principal Investigator, Smoking Cessation
Medical University of South Carolina
Site PI, Remote Trial Methods and Depression
University at Buffalo
Principal Investigator, Smoking Cessation
University of Pennsylvania
Site PI, Smoking Cessation
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Site PI, Qualitative Methods
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Site PI, Opioid Overdose Prevention
Medical University of South Carolina
Co-I, Remote Trial Methods and Smoking Cessation
University at Buffalo
Co-I, Biostatistics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Co-I, Economic Evaluation
Columbia University
Consulting Co-I, Social Determinants of Health
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