Dr. Sharma is a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where her dissertation focused on quality of life trajectories for people in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). She is a social work researcher by training, and is interested in establishing pathways for treatment equity to prevent health disparities in OUD and substance use research.
Dr. Sharma’s topical research interests include medication initiation and intervention for OUD in correctional settings, understanding and evolving treatment modalities for people with substance use disorders, and continuity of care for people who seek substance use treatment from incarceration to community settings. Dr. Sharma’s interests in quantitative methods include longitudinal data analysis, causal inference, and assessing measurement invariance of existing measures used in clinical and research settings.
Email: asharm58@jh.edu
Current Academic Positions
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JHU School of Medicine
Expertise
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Community-based research
- Healthcare equity
- Criminal justice
- Continuity of care
Education
- B.A., Psychology and Women's Studies, Certificate in LGBT Studies
- MSW, Social Work, Clinical Concentration
- Ph.D., Social Work
Awards
- UNC Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
- Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar Semi-finalist