Orrin D. Ware, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, he completed a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit.
Dr. Ware’s research examines adult substance use disorder treatment, especially among those with co-occurring mental health disorders. He is interested in the whole gambit of substance use disorder treatment, from reducing barriers to treatment entry to improving outcomes for individuals after they are discharged from treatment. To answer his research questions, Dr. Ware uses large publicly available datasets, electronic medical records, and data captured by primary data collection. Dr. Ware uses his interdisciplinary background as an applied public health researcher and licensed clinical social worker to inform his research agenda.
Dr. Ware’s work has been published in several interdisciplinary journals, including Community Mental Health Journal, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Social Work, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, and Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Ware is currently an Early Career reviewer for the Journal of the Society for Social Work.
