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
- Scholar; NIDA K12 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder, 2022
- Postdoctoral fellow; T32 MH019960-23 Cabassa (PI), 2018
Research Interests
How to harness technology and mHealth tools to facilitate and to enhance recovery from substance use and mental health disorders; suicide prevention; health disparities
Recent Publications
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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.
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Cannabis use characteristics and associations with problematic use outcomes, quitting-related factors, and mental health among US young adults
Berg, C. J., LoParco, C. R., Romm, K. F., Cui, Y., McCready, D. M., Wang, Y., Yang, Y. T., Szlyk, H. S., Kasson, E., Chakraborty, R. & Cavazos-Rehg, P. A., Dec 2025, In: Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 20, 1, 1.
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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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Psychosocial outcomes associated with mobile health app use among medicaid recipients who use substances
Szlyk, H. S., Dell, N. A., Li, X., Winograd, R. P. & Cavazos-Rehg, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.
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“I feel like people would look at me like I’m dirty or like I’m a thief:” a qualitative exploration of interpersonal and intrapersonal experiences that influence recovery among adults at risk of opioid-related overdose
Szlyk, H. S., Jones, S., Michener, J., Zhang, Z., Kaiser, N., Holtz, H., Frempong, M. R. K., Lateef, H., Hutson, W. & Cavazos-Rehg, P., 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1464075.