Sarah Kosakowski is the associate director of research operations for the YARC and the Clinical Addiction and Research Education Unit at Boston Medical Center. She oversees a large research program focused on opioid overdose prevention, behavioral interventions among people who use drugs and are at high risk of overdose, post overdose outreach, and harm reduction education development and implementation among youth and young adults. Additionally, she lead efforts within the Informatics Core on the HEALing Communities Study to integrate community engagement and data driven decision making approaches into developing and implementing evidence-based strategies to reduce opioid overdose fatalities in Massachusetts communities. Sarah received her MPH from Boston University School of Public Health, where she concentrated in health policy, law, and management, and is passionate about translating research findings and public health data to communities in usable, interactive, and digestible formats. In her spare time she likes to hike with her pup Cali, travel as much as she can, and exploring new cuisines