Grayken Center for Addiction Faculty

Corinne Beaugard is a post-doctoral fellow focused on addiction, recovery, and harm reduction. Their focus is on health equity and increasing the acceptability of addiction treatment and interventions, especially for people with oppressed identities and those without abstinence goals. During the 2023-2024 academic year, Beaugard is a postdoctoral researcher at Boston Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry and the Grayken Center for Addiction.

Addiction Psychiatry Project Manager

Casey Calver is the Editorial Director at the Grayken Center for Addiction and the Clinical Addiction Research & Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center, where she works on the newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence and the journal Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. Casy’s doctoral dissertation in Editorial Studies at Boston University was an annotated edition of the 1937 pamphlet Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War. She is currently studying Global Public Health Policy (MSc) at the University of Edinburgh, and serves as Executive Officer of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors.

Brendan Concannon, Strategy Manager, works with the Grayken Center to implement policy and advocacy
strategies centered on advancing legislation to expand access to evidence-based treatments for
addiction, harm reduction services, and low-threshold housing. He is also a member of BMC’s Strategy
team. Brendan joined BMC in 2021 from healthcare start-up PatientsLikeMe, where he was Chief of
Staff. Previously, he spent nearly six years working in the Massachusetts State Senate on healthcare and
education policy issues.

Is a clinical social worker, educator, and advocate with nearly 15 years of experience. Her work focuses on addressing the compounded needs of patients experiencing psychiatric crises, houselessness, and addiction through direct care, program-development and training. Deb's passionate about behavioral health and criminal-justice. She has worked in Massachusetts Prison System, as a Jail Diversion Clinician, at Harvard Law’s Criminal Justice Institute, and with public defenders. Deb co-leads NASW-MA’s Criminal Justice Committee and lectures at BUSSW. She supports Grayken on initiatives ending criminalization of addiction and with Population Health on addressing behavioral health needs of high-risk ACO patients.

Is a Senior Research Project Manager for the Grayken Center of Addiction. As an advocate for wellness and health, she is passionate about lifting the voices of those often sidelined, thus researching ways to develop equitable care for Black patients struggling with substance use and children with parents struggling with substance use. Daneiris takes great interest in working alongside patients, thus has been committed to collaborating with patients on research efforts

Is a Health Services Researcher whose interests include disparities in treatment access and health outcomes for people with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Johnson has prior experience working as a substance use counselor and as a House Manager in transitional treatment programs for adults in recovery. Her research integrates qualitative and quantitative research methods to inform policy and practice. She joined the Grayken Center in August 2023 to work with the Substance Use Disorder Antiracism “SUDA” workgroup and will help lead the analysis of qualitative data gathered from multidisciplinary experts in addiction treatment

Holds the position of Operations Manager for Project ASSERT and Rapid ACCESS at the Grayken Center for Addiction, which is situated at Boston Medical Center. Yenipher has a Master's degree in Business Administration in Healthcare from Cambridge College and vast experience in public health services. She is dedicated to serving the underrepresented and underserved communities in Boston. Yenipher uses her knowledge to enhance referrals for individuals requiring substance use disorder treatment, and making those connections more effective for those in need.

Is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is the Manager of Clinical Programs and Workforce Development at the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center. Carla holds degrees and certificates in human services, substance use counseling, trauma, and social work. Carla is also a dedicated advocate for social and racial justice, serving on several advisory committees and promoting, equality, and equity through clinical practice, research, education, policy, advocacy, and community engagement. Her focus is on examining the relationship between substance use, race, ethnicity, and treatment.

Raquel Silveira the Senior Admin Coordinator at the Grayken Center for Addiction. She provides
administrative support to Miriam Komaromy, Medical Director at the Grayken Center. In addition to
providing administrative support, she manages projects and events for the Grayken Center including but
not limited to the Annual Recovery Month Field Day.

Is a Sr. Population Health Analyst working across the Population Health Analytics and Grayken Center for Addiction teams at Boston Medical Center. She leverages her experience in both clinical data analysis and behavioral health to support the Grayken team through a suite of interactive dashboards, ad hoc analyses that explore hospital-wide and program-specific trends, as well as exploration into both research and clinical questions.

Joined the Grayken Center for Addiction as a Research Project Manager in January 2023. His chief project is the planning of Grayken’s inaugural addiction-focused conference that will take place in March 2024 and is focused on interdisciplinary and community collaborations that can further facilitate the treatment and prevention of substance use disorders in Boston. Kris also manages the Grayken Newsletter, so if you have a resource, publication, or any addiction-related content that you would like to share, please reach out to him.

Is a research assistant at the Grayken Center for Addiction. She assists with collecting study data to understand how to create antiracist approaches to providing services for Black patients and community members with lived experiences of substance use. Tayla is an Upward Bound scholar, with a bachelor’s degree in public health and sociology. She has a strong passion for supporting, educating and uplifting BIPOC and low-income youth. She will be continuing her education by pursuing a master’s degree in nursing, which she aims to use to continue supporting the BIPOC community.