Andrea Murray-Lichtman

Andrea Murray-Lichtman, MSW, LCSW, Ph.D. candidate, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She has a combined 17 years of physical health, mental health, and substance misuse treatment experience within integrated healthcare and criminal justice settings serving people living with co-morbid mental health, substance misuse, and chronic physical health diagnoses. Andrea’s research interests include health interventions in the criminal legal system, racial equity in access and outcomes across social systems, racial consciousness, and the differential occurrence and impact of traumatic experiences. She is a project manager and supervisor for a substance use prevention, education, and research project. Andrea is also a co-investigator with the Specialty Mental Health Probation research team and partners with the criminal-legal system to provide mental health and substance use clinical consultations across North Carolina. Andrea served on the Council on Social Work Education Task Force for Anti-racism. She has presented and consulted nationally and internationally on co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders and interventions within the criminal legal system, culturally relevant mentoring, trauma-informed care, equity-informed wellness practices, and spirituality and mental health. Andrea received the Dean’s Excellence in MSW Advising Award in 2021 and 2018 and the Dean’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award in 2015.