I'll be presenting at Academy Health's 2026 Annual Research Meeting (ARM)!
Please reach out to me if you would like to connect there.

Presentations:

Breanne (Bre) Biondi is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She received her PhD in Health Services and Policy Research from the Boston University School of Public Health, where she was a NIDA T32 Pre-doctoral fellow. Her research interests include substance use, pregnancy and postpartum care for people with opioid use disorder, access to medications for opioid use disorder, carceral system health, and Medicaid policy.

Bre's dissertation examined the impact of extending postpartum Medicaid from 60 days to 1 year postpartum among women with OUD - a group at high risk of poor maternal outcomes, overdose and overdose death, and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and resultant liver disease. She received a competitive pilot grant from The Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH) to support and disseminate her dissertation research. 

Bre is a quantitative researcher focusing on causal inference and econometric methods to analyze policies related to substance use. She was a Teaching Assistant for two semesters of Advanced Health Services Research Methods, an advanced quantitative methods course for studies of health care outcomes, quality, and economics. Previously, Bre has worked at Yale University, where she coordinated multiple NIDA-funded research studies on the intersection of HIV and opioid use with a focus on medications for opioid use disorders,  health, and psychological outcomes. Bre received her master's degree from Rutgers School of Public Health and her bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.