Additional Titles & Roles
- Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
- Assistant Professor of Public Health
Education & Training
- T32 Postdoctoral Fellow: The Brown School at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2020
- Ph.D.: University of Texas Austin, 2018
- Post Masters Clinical Fellowship: The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX, 2013
- M.S.S.W.: Columbia University, 2011
- B.A.: Kenyon College, 2009
Major Awards
- MPI, Washington University Public Health Institute Next Steps Pilot Funding Grant Number NS-MBH03, 2025-2026
- Top 550 (#51) entries, Humanity’s Last Exam, 2025
- Principal Investigator , NIH K01 DA058750 HEAL Initiative, 2023-2028
- MPI, Washington University Here & Next Interdisciplinary Funding- Tier 2 (MPI: Szlyk & Wang), 2023-2024
- Scholar, NIH K12 DA041449-05 Career Development Program in Addiction (MPIs: Bierut & Cavazos- Rehg), 2022-2023
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH T32MH019960-31 Training Program in Mental Health Services Research (PI: Cabassa), 2018-2020
Research Interests
Leverages technology to support the mental health and substance use recovery needs of communities; suicide prevention; health disparities; mixed-methods research; user-centered design
Recent Publications
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Intersecting challenges: Substance use and mental health disparities across self-reported disability status
Williams, J., Li, X., Szlyk, H. S., Kasson, E., Dell, N. A., Ramsey, A. & Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 181, 209857.
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Substance Use Treatment Completion Among Unhoused Young Adults: A Predictive Modeling Approach
Dell, N. A., Long, C., Salas-Wright, C. P., Vaughn, M. G., Szlyk, H. S. & Cavazos-Rehg, P., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Drug Issues. 56, 1, p. 113-130 18 p.
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Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents With Confirmed Maltreatment: Insights From the 2016-2020 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample
Wetherbee, L., Carbone, J., Szlyk, H. S., Hayek, A. & Dell, N. A., Dec 2025, In: JAACAP Open. 3, 4, p. 1087-1097 11 p.
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Buprenorphine and postpartum contraception utilization among people with opioid use disorder: a multi-state analysis
Xu, K. Y., Bello, J. K., Buss, J., Jones, H. E., Bierut, L. J., Stwalley, D., Szlyk, H. S., Martin, C. E., Kelly, J. C., Carter, E. B., Krans, E. E. & Grucza, R. A., Dec 2025, In: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. 20, 1, 1.
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Correction to: Buprenorphine and postpartum contraception utilization among people with opioid use disorder: a multi-state analysis (Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, (2025), 20, 1, (1), 10.1186/s13722-024-00530-1)
Xu, K. Y., Bello, J. K., Buss, J., Jones, H. E., Bierut, L. J., Stwalley, D., Szlyk, H. S., Martin, C. E., Kelly, J. C., Carter, E. B., Krans, E. E. & Grucza, R. A., Dec 2025, In: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. 20, 1, 24.