Lisa de Saxe Zerden is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She serves as the School’s Interprofessional Education (IPE) Director and is a Research Fellow with the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center at the Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is currently the Deputy Director for the UNC-Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center, one of nine federally funded workforce research centers around the country.
Dr. Zerden is the PI for several HRSA and SAMHSA funded grants focused on integrated behavioral health, workforce development and research, and substance use curricula. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work from Boston University School of Social Work and her MSW from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her research interests focus on the social drivers of health, including disparities that exacerbate drug use and behavioral health conditions. Her work explores inequitable access to treatment and prevention, the role of social workers in integrated health care, and policies to support these initiatives and improve health.
Pronouns: she/her
Degrees and Licenses
Ph.D., Boston University
MSW, University of California at Los Angeles
BA, George Washington University
Primary Program
PrimeCare, Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice
Certifications
Safe Zone
HAVEN
Relational Leadership
Research and Professional Interests
Integrated Behavioral Health
Social Work Workforce
Interprofessional Education and Practice
Behavioral Health
Harm Reduction
Principal Investigator
PrimeCare
PrimeCare-OUD
i-STEP
PrimeCare4Youth
Other Projects
UNC-PrimeCare
I-STEP (interprofessional Substance Use Training Education Program)
UNC-PrimeCare-OUD
Recent Publications
Zerden, L. D., Guan, T., & Burgess-Flowers, J. (2023). Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Oral Health Settings: A Systematic Review. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, [ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12908
Lombardi, B., Zerden, L. D., Prentice, A., Downs, S. G. (2023). Social work’s role in quality metrics towards value-based care. Social Work & Health Care, [ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2023.2292542
Zerden, L. D., Richman, E., Sullivan, C., Galloway, E. M., & Lombardi, B. (2023). Are DEA-waivered buprenorphine prescribers co-located with behavioral health clinicians? The American Journal on Addictions. [ahead of print], 1-18. http://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.13462
Zerden L. D., Ross, A., Cederbaum, J., Guan, T., Zelnick, J., & Ruth, B., (2023). Race, COVID-19, and Social Workers in Health Settings: Physical, Mental Health, PPE, and Financial Stressors. Health & Social Work, 48(2), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlad002
Zerden, L. D., Lombardi, B. M., Guan*, T., Day, S., Jones, A., & Kanfer, M. (2023). Integrated care training and preparedness: Evidence from five years of post-graduation data. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(4) 1232-1240. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2050866
Zerden, L. D., Richman, E., Lombardi, B. M., Forte*, A. (2022). Essential but made to feel invisible: Low wage workers in hospital settings during COVID-19. Workplace Health & Safety, 70(11), 509-514. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799221108490
Courses
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SOWO530
Social Welfare Policy
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SOWO941
Doctoral Teaching Practicum
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SOWO836
Health Access and Health Disparities
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SOWO500
HBSE Infancy to Young Adulthood
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SOWO505
HBSE Adulthood to Older Adulthood
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