Service

School Of Global Health Management & Informatics Service

• Health Services Research and Informatics PhD committee member. Fall 2018-Fall 2020
• Research Differential Committee member. Fall 2021-Spring 2022

CCIE Service

• Downtown Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Selection Committee. Fall 2019
• Downtown Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Selection Committee. Spring 2021
• Associated Dean of Research and Innovation Search Committee Spring. 2020

University-Level Service

• UCF HIPAA Collaborative Group. Spring 2018-Fall 2019
• UCF Student Academic Conduct Board. Spring 2018-present

Community Service

• Career coach for Health Policy Research Scholar program at Johns Hopkins University (Spring 2022 – present)
• Board member –Rebel Recovery (state funded peer support and harm reduction nonprofit/syringe exchange program). Spring 2018-present. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Advisory board member. Indiana Recovery Alliance (syringe exchange/harm reduction nonprofit). Summer 2016-Fall 2018. Bloomington, IN. https://www.bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/agency/detail/?agency_id=82479
• Chair of public health & charities. Polish American-Chamber of Commerce of the Eastern U.S. Spring 2014-Spring 2019. Gainesville, Florida.
• Chair of treatment. Monroe County CARES-Local Coordinating Council of the Governor’s Commission for a Drug Free Indiana.  Summer 2016-Winter 2017. Bloomington, IN
• Opioid Advisory Council. Jarod Stancombe campaign for Indiana State Representative. Spring 2018-Fall 2018. Bedford, Indiana.
• Testified as subject matter expert regarding SB 36. Indiana State Senate Judiciary Committee. January 13, 2016.

Federal Grant Review Service

• Invited federal grant reviewer for the Special Emphasis Panel Health Services Research Parent IRG (HSR9). Veterans Administration. August 27, 2021.
• Invited member of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) Scientific Merit Review Board Subcommittee on Health Care and Clinical Management. March 2022 through March 2026.

Journal Service

• Ad-hoc journal article referee. International Journal of Drug Policy. Fall 2020-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. Summer 2017-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Drug & Alcohol Dependence Reports. Spring 2022-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. The American Journal on Addictions. Spring 2018-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. Spring 2018-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Annals of Internal Medicine. Summer 2018-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. International Journal of Addiction Medicine. Fall 2020-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Fall 2020-present.
• Ad-hoc journal article referee. Substance Use & Misuse. Fall 2020-present
• Invited co-editor of special issue of Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: State Targeted Innovative Interventions and Approaches to Expand Medication Assisted Treatment: Seizing Research Opportunities Made Available by the Opioid State Targeted Response Program 2019

Professional Organization Involvement

• Elected Committee Member, Academy Health’s Mental Health and Substance Use Special Interest Group. Fall 2019-present (national; elected); https://academyhealth.org/about/people/barbara-andraka-christou-phd-jd
• Invited UCF representative of Florida Substance Use Disorder Curriculum Consortium, a SAMHSA-funded initiative based at Florida State University (state; invited); Fall 2021-Summer 2022; https://csw.fsu.edu/research/center-study-and-promotion-communities-families-and-children/sud-higher-education
• Member, American Public Health Association, member. 2016-2020
• Associate Member, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Summer 2016 present
• Member, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Summer 2017-present
• Member, Mixed Method International Research Association, Fall 2020