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NORC at the University Chicago

Adrienne Call

Senior Research Scientist
Health Care Programs
Adrienne is a behavioral health research scientist with 15 years of experience designing and leading mixed-methods research and evaluations.

Adrienne is a senior research scientist directing implementation and evaluation projects focused on substance use, mental health, and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). She leads multi-modal surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups, and site visits with patients, Medicaid beneficiaries, medical providers, and health care stakeholders. 

Her portfolio includes oversight of federal, state, university, and foundational client projects. She has directed and managed mixed-method evaluations of AHRQ’s Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative, a SAMHSA grant for Community Overdose Prevention Education, multiple behavioral health and crisis response programs funded by the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, Illinois’ implementation of the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act, the JED Foundation’s Suicide Prevention Campus Program, and 1115 Medicaid waivers in Kentucky, Illinois, and Wisconsin. 

Prior to joining NORC, Adrienne worked with high utilizers of the Emergency Department, focusing on patients experiencing behavioral health concerns, connecting them to primary care and other services. She also managed the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Symptom Management Service Center, a palliative care clinic assisting cancer patients.

Project Contributions

Adolescent SBIRT Initiative: Preparing the Health Professional Workforce

Preparing Health Professionals to Screen and Intervene for Youth Substance Use and Mental Health Risk

Client:

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Assessment of JED Campus Approach to Suicide Prevention

Recommendations for enhancing implementation of the nation’s leading college suicide prevention program

Client:

JED Foundation

Cannabis Prevention & Education Campaigns in Illinois

A study of the effectiveness of the Let’s Talk Cannabis and Unfaded campaigns

Client:

University of Illinois Chicago

Community Overdose Prevention Education: Project COPE

Evaluating the impact of training on behavior change, naloxone distribution, and overdose in New York state

Funder:

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Evaluating Kentucky’s Medicaid HEALTH Waiver

Collecting data to assess the impact of Medicaid rule changes

Client:

Commonwealth of Kentucky

Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act Evaluation

Evaluating behavioral health-related programs funded by Illinois cannabis tax revenue

Client:

Division of Mental Health Services (DMH) within the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)

Increasing Substance Use Provider Capacity (Illinois SUPPORT)

Examining the prevalence of opioid use disorder among Medicaid beneficiaries and barriers to care

Client:

University of Illinois Chicago

Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

Implementation and evaluation of screening, intervention, and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use

Funder:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Publications

  • Pivoting in a Pandemic: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Implementing Evidence-based Practices to Manage Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

    Presentation | November 6, 2022

    Marino, N., Harris, B., Call, A., Sirkin, J., Figueroa, A., Wallace, R., McPherson, T., and James, M.

  • Evaluating Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Education in Social Work and Nursing Curriculum Using the CFIR Model

    Presentation | September 22, 2022

    Call, A., McPherson, T., Cohen, H., et al.,

  • Balancing Agility and Rigor: A Multi-site Evaluation of an Initiative to Improve Management of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care.

    Presentation | October 24, 2021

    Call A., Sandberg, S., McPherson, T., Sirkin J, et al.,

  • A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Developing Outcome Measures to Evaluate an Initiative Promoting Management of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care.

    Presentation | September 23, 2021

    Sandberg, S., McPherson, T., Call, A., et al.,

  • Mapping Medicare Disparities: A Tool to Promote Health Equity

    Presentation | September 6, 2018

    Call, A., Rosenbaum, A., Brady, J.
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