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.
Dr. Zerden is the PI for several HRSA and SAMHSA funded grants focused on behavioral health workforce development 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
Behaviroal 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., 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. [e-pub ahead of print], 1-6. DOI: /10.1177/21650799221108490
Zerden, L. D., Lombardi, B. M., Guan*, T., Day, S., Jones, A., & Kanfer, M. (2022). Integrated care training and preparedness: Evidence from five-years of post-graduation data. Journal of Social Work Education. [ahead of print], 1-9. doi: 10.1080/10437797.2022.2050866
Lombardi, B., Zerden, L. D., Thyberg*, C. T. (2022). Social Work Answers the (VIDEO) Call: Tele-Behavioral Health Use During COVID-19. Journal of Society for Social Work Research, 13, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1086/715621
Zerden, L. D., Lombardi, B. M., Richman, E. L., & Forte*, A., (2022). Addressing burnout among the frontline health workforce during COVID-19: A scoping review & case examples. Journal of Health & Human Services Administration, 44(4), 302-333.
Sanders, K. A., Zerden, L. D., Zomorodi, M., Ciarrocca, K., & Mendys, K. (2021). Promoting whole health in the dental setting: Steps toward an integrated, interprofessional clinical learning environment involving pharmacy, social work, and nursing. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Care, 21(4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5814
Zerden, L. D., Guan*, T., Lombardi, B. M., Sharma*, A., & Garcia-Rico*, Y. (2020). Psychosocial interventions in Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT): A systematic review. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 11(1), 103-131. doi: 10.1086/708369
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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