Dr. Barbara “Basia” Andraka-Christou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management & Informatics, with a Joint Secondary Appointment in the College of Medicine, at the University of Central Florida. Her research explores substance use disorder treatment from health services and health policy perspectives, including medication-assisted treatment barriers, person-centered care, and mobile health delivery.

Dr. Andraka-Christou received her J.D. and Ph.D. from Indiana University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship there. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Florida. She is a licensed attorney in Florida.

  • 74 peer-reviewed publications (published or in press), 3 law review publications
  • Solo author of The Opioid Fix: America’s Addiction Crisis & the Solution they Don’t Want You to Have (nonfiction, Johns Hopkins University Press 2020)
  • Solo author of Health Law & Ethics (textbook, Cognella Academic Publishing 2019; 2nd ed. 2022)
  • 37 invited presentations
  • 57 peer-reviewed presentations
  • 44 news media appearances as a subject matter expert, including in national, state, and local media (television, radio, and print)
  • Funding received as a coinvestigator on four separate R01 grants (including from the NIH, CDC, and AHRQ), including as local principal investigator
  • Funding received as principal investigator on three Florida state government grants
  • Funding received as principal investigator and as coinvestigator on non-profit foundation grants
  • Funded consultant on the Arizona State University Project ECHO MAT Expansion Team, providing education to primary care clinicians about evidence-based addiction treatment
  • Leads Courts Health Services & Policy Workgroup, a research team that collaborates with the Florida Supreme Court Office of the State Courts Administrator