Dr. Omeid Heidari
Assistant ProfessorExpertise:
Healthcare engagement for people at the intersection of HIV and substance use disorder, Latent class and mixture models, Qualitative and mixed methodology, Social network and place based methodology,
Dr. Heidari is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing. He has experience working at the bedside, as a primary and specialty care nurse practitioner, and as a researcher. His work is focused broadly on improving healthcare engagement for people living with HIV and other chronic infectious diseases, and substance use disorder. His current research is focused on integrated primary care for people who use drugs and evaluation of state-level policy and programs to reduce opioid overdoses. He uses a variety of research methods including mixed-methodology, psychometrics and latent class analysis, and implementation science to improve healthcare services and engagement. His clinical practice is focused on treatment of HIV, Hepatitis C, and other chronic infectious diseases in the primary care setting and managing opioid use disorder in the primary care and low-threshold setting.
Populations of Interest:
People living at the intersection of HIV and substance use disorder, particularly those without HIV viral suppression.
