Dr. Brianna Lombardi
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Family Medicine | Director, UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
Brianna M. Lombardi, PhD, MSW, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She directs the SAMHSA/HRSA funded Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center and she also serves as the Deputy Director for the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work.
Dr. Lombardi’s research focuses on understanding how health systems deploy teams of providers to address the physical health, behavioral health, and social needs of marginalized populations through integrated models of care. She is considered an expert in social worker roles on integrated health care teams and uses innovative methods to study the expanding role of social workers in integrated primary care. Her research explores how teams of interprofessional health providers can work together to improve health, identifies the workforce needed to build diverse teams, and evaluates the payment and policy mechanisms to support these changes in health systems.
Why Mental Health?
Over 20% of the population lives with a mental health or substance use disorder.
From academic achievement to economic mobility and overall equality, mental health and addiction play a central role in every major social issue.
Mindful Philanthropy envisions a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
ABOUT
Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being.
We are building a community of funders invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
