ESCALATE: Ending Stigma through Collaboration And Lifting All To Empowerment

2020- 2024

Client: NMAC (formerly the National Minority AIDS Coalition)
Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Project: Implementation Science evaluation of Anti-HIV Stigma programming for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, a cooperative agreement between HRSA and NMAC reaching 1,100+ staff and community members nationally, including training, technical assistance, and Learning Collaboratives. Project partners include HRSA/HIV-AIDS Bureau, NMAC, Abt Associates, NORC at the University of Chicago, and TRX. 

Abuse in Later Life Primary Prevention Training Pilot

2020 - 2021

Client: Vera House, Syracuse, NY
Funder: Mother Cabrini Foundation
Project: Conduct a pilot study of the Vera House Abuse in Later Life training curriculum for professionals who work with people over sixty years of age in the banking, financial, retail, and other sectors. The curriculum’s objective is to help trainees identify and understand the causes and consequences of elder abuse, remedies and resources to support people experiencing abuse, and techniques to engage in de-escalation and bystander intervention.

Being Vibrant: Interactive Chronic Disease Self-management Wellness Manual

2019 - 2021

Client: AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC)
Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Project: Program evaluation services for the implementation of the Self-Management Wellness Manual that will be embedded in the agency Electronic Health Record and provide a platform for the continuous development of patient self-management capacities with the direct support of providers, care coordinators, case managers, and other service

Salud Al Momento – Targeted Capacity Expansion, Special Projects

2019 - 2022

Client: Casa Esperanza, Boston, Massachusetts
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Project: Evaluation services for a behavioral health urgent care model targeted to the Latinx community of Greater Boston.

Non-Profit Program Evaluation

2019

Client: The LGBT Community Center, New York City
Funder: The LGBT Community Center, New York City
Project: Evaluation of the health and human services portfolio of The LGBT Center, providing logic models, quantitative and qualitative findings with staff, clients, and community members, financial analysis of programs, and strategic recommendations for future development. Among the programs evaluated: all Center youth programming.

Mi Camino – My Pathway to Economic Independence

2019 - 2024

Client: Casa Esperanza, Boston, Massachusetts
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Project: Evaluation services for a program of evidence-based practices to support employment and transition to employment for individuals with mental health and substance use conditions.

Project RITE

10/2018 - 09/2023

Client: Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Queens, New York
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Program evaluation services for the provision of evidence-based interventions for young, Black men who have sex with men and other populations with substance use or co-occurring disorders who are living with, or are at risk of infection with, HIV.

Capacity Development, Ryan White Part C

1 - 8/2019

Client: Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Queens, New York
Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Project: Program evaluation services for the implementation of the Patient Self-Management Support (PSMS) intervention for patients in the clinic’s Ryan White programs.

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)

10/2018 - 9/2022

Client: Clinical and Support Options (CSO), Northampton, Massachusetts
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Multi-method evaluation of a two-year program to increase access to and improve the quality and scope of community behavioral health services through the expansion of the CCBHC at CSO, serving both adults and children.

Friends of the Homeless Integrated Treatment and Support (FOHITS)

10/2018 - 9/2023

Client: Clinical and Support Options (CSO), Northampton, Massachusetts
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Multi-method evaluation of a program to significantly expand and enhance service capacity at Friends of the Homeless in Springfield, Massachusetts. The program provides trauma-informed addiction and mental health treatment and recovery support services for 100 chronically homeless individuals annually.

Project Vogue

10/2018 - 10/2021

Client: Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), New York, New York
Funder: HRSA, Special Project of National Significance (SPNS)
Project: Lead Evaluator on a pilot program of care coordination for HIV-positive Black men who have sex with men (MSM) ages 18-35. The multi-method evaluation examines how social support and other mechanisms operate in the New York City House and Ball Community to support progress on the HIV Care Continuum.

Law Help Interactive/Risk Detector Evaluation

7/2018 - 9/2019

Client: Pro Bono Net (PBN), New York, New York
Funder: Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Victims of Crime (OVC)
Project: Multi-method evaluation of PBN’s web-based platforms for expanding access to legal resources for elders and seniors who may be at risk of financial and other exploitation.

Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, and Transformation Investments (CHART II)

5/2018

Client: Health Alliance Hospitals, Inc., Leominster, Massachusetts
Funder: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Project: Evaluation of program to enhance behavioral health care and reduce emergency department utilization. Responsible for quantitative analysis of program results

Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies

1/2018 - 9/2019

Client: Vera House, Syracuse, New York
Funder: DOJ, Office of Violence Against Women (OVW)
Project: Evaluation services for four interventions for persons who have experienced or been exposed to domestic or intimate partner violence, including: “12 Men Model” program for adult males; Men of Strength (MOST) Clubs for middle- and high school boys; “Queer Life Program” for LGBT youth; and clinical programs for youth (any gender). For the Queer Life Program, TRX also conducted formative research and provided support for the development of the curriculum.

Project HEALTH

10/2017 - 10/2020

Client: Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), New York, New York
Funder: HRSA, SPNS Program
Project: Lead Evaluator for a pilot program of care coordination for HIV-positive individuals experiencing homelessness and in need of support for employment and skills development.

Mi Vida/Mi Historia

10/2017 - 10/2022

Client: Casa Esperanza, Boston, Massachusetts
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Evaluation services for SAMHSA-funded “Prevention Navigators” program for Latino youth who are at risk for HIV and substance use.

STaR: Stress, Trauma and Resilience

10/2016 - 10/2021

Client: Clinical and Support Options (CSO), Northampton, Massachusetts
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Lead Evaluator for Category III Child Trauma Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI), with a catchment area covering most of Western Massachusetts.

LINK II

2/2015 - 8/2018

Client: GMHC, New York, New York
Funder: HRSA, SPNS Program
Project: Lead Evaluator on pilot program to develop patient navigation and support for HIV-positive Puerto Rican men who have sex with men.  

“ROAR” Program

4/2014 - 5/2015

Client: Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Community Center (The Center), New York, New York
Funder: Rockefeller Center
Project: Evaluation of a youth leadership and training pilot program, consisting of a 10-week leadership curriculum for LGBTQ youth 13-24, for 60 LGBT youth in 6 separate cohorts/iterations of the program model.

Ronald McDonald House – New York (RMH-NY)

2021 - 2023

Funder: Private
Project: Help RMH-NY identify and implement a new Electronic Health Records (EHR) system; pilot and test the system for integration with RMH-NY collaborations; train RMH-NY staff in utilization of the EHR; and develop a new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework to capture value-based care outcomes and impact. 

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH)

2021 - 2023

Funder: Booth Ferris Foundation
Project: Implement and manage MCMH’s Electronic Health Records (EHR), Welligent; train MCMH staff in utilization of the EHR; liaise between Information Technology consultants and MCMH; design a new M&E system for agency-wide implementation and data-driven continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes; and pilot the evaluation design. 

Electronic Health Records Management, Data Integration, and Billing integration

2021 - 2022

Client: GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis)
Funder: GMHC
Project: Implement and manage GMHC’s Electronic Health Records (EHR), manage data integration across SQL database and two EHRs (TREAT and Awards), implement a new behavioral health EHR and billing structure. 

New York State LGBTQ+ Health and Human Services Needs Assessment

2019 - 2022

Client: New York State Network for LGBTQ Health and Human Services, New York State Department of Health
Funder: New York State Department of Health
Project: Statewide needs assessment of health and human services needs in LGBTQ+ communities, including statewide provider focus groups (180+ providers), statewide community survey (ages 13+), community forums, and policy recommendations.

Rural Access Project

10/2017 - 6/2018

Client: CSO, Northampton, Massachusetts
Funder: DOJ, Office on Victims of Crime (OVC)
Project: Needs assessment and strategic planning implemented jointly with Lisa Blout (Cambridge, MA). The goal of the needs assessment was to create a strategic plan for pilot programs providing access to mental health services for victims of crime in rural northwestern Massachusetts.

LGBTQ Victims of Crime, Community Needs Assessment

10/2017 - 6/2018

Client: LGBT Center, Los Angeles, California
Funder: DOJ Office on Victims of Crime (OVC)
Project: Needs assessment and strategic planning implemented jointly with Lisa Blout (Cambridge, MA). The goal of the needs assessment is to provide a strategic plan for pilot programs providing access to mental health services for LGBTQ victims of crime.

Strategic Planning

9/2016 - 1/2017

Client: Casa Esperanza, Boston, Massachusetts
Funder: Casa Esperanza
Project: Strategic planning implemented jointly with Lisa Blout (Cambridge, MA), intended to guide the next three years of Casa Esperanza’s growth during the implementation of value-based health care in Massachusetts.

Healthy Choices Program

10/2015

Client: GMHC, New York, New York
Funder: SAMHSA
Project: Design of community needs assessment for 5-year prevention program for LGBTQ youth of color in New York City who are at high risk of both HIV infection and substance use.

Practice Transformation: Case Studies

5-8/2019

Client: Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC), Columbia University, New York, New York
Funder: HRSA
Project: Case studies of 7 “Practice Transformation” sites for inclusion in reports to HRSA for the Ryan White AETC program

Case Study: APICHA Community Health Center

12/2013 - 5/2014

Client: JSI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Project: Case study of the development of the APICHA Community Health Center, as part of a CDC-funded capacity building and technical assistance project.

HIV/AIDS and Cancer Community Research Collaboration

2/2010 - 8/2016

Client: GMHC, New York, New York
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Project: Investigator on a community-based participatory research project with GMHC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the City College of New York. The project has produced three peer-reviewed publications in Health Education and Behavior, AIDS Education and Prevention, and AIDS Care. A fourth manuscript is in development.

HIV/AIDS and Cancer Community Research Collaboration

2/2010 - 8/2016

Client: GMHC, New York, New York
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Project: Investigator on a community-based participatory research project with GMHC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the City College of New York. The project has produced three peer-reviewed publications in Health Education and Behavior, AIDS Education and Prevention, and AIDS Care. A fourth manuscript is in development.

Pathways to Collaboration

5/2004 - 9/2008

Client: New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), New York, New York
Funder: Kellogg Foundation
Project: This multi-sited project developed a series of case studies of community participation around the United States published as a book, Engaging the Community in Decision Making, by Roz D. Lasker and John A. Guidry (Jefferson, NC:  McFarland, 2009).