Angela Hagaman is a Research Assistant Professor in the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) College of Public Health and serves as Co-Director of the ETSU Addiction Science Center (ASC). In this role she provides support for several studies to include the NIH funded Studies to Advance Recovery Supports (STARS R24DA051973). Dr. Hagaman serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of a TN Opioid Abatement Community Grant titled, Recovery Ecosystem-Access to Care and Health (REACH) and also as Co-investigator on the Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (NIDA-R24DA057632-UCONN). Dr. Hagaman collaborates on a number of community-based prevention initiatives including the First Tennessee Development District’s Caring Workplace Initiative and the Washington County Sheriff’s Mental Health Task Force. In 2024, she was also awarded pilot funds from the Recovery Research Institute at MGH Harvard (R24DA051988) with Co-PI Craig Henderson to explore characteristics of recovery community center (RCC) staff in 5 U.S. sub-regions. Angela received her Doctor of Public Health degree in December of 2021, and she is a National Certified Counselor (NCC).