Dr. Lauretta E. Grau is a public health researcher and clinical psychologist with training in health psychology and expertise in identifying the cognitive and emotional correlates of risk and preventive health behaviors. She has been involved in HIV and hepatitis prevention research for over two decades, during which time she has worked with syringe services programs and community-based organizations in the U.S., Russia, Vietnam, and Ecuador. Her research interests also include the epidemiology of opioid-involved fatalities, access to spiritual care in outpatient settings, and technology-based interventions to assist in smoking cessation, chronic pain, and substance abuse treatment. She has led qualitative studies on such topics as the quality of healthcare delivery, repeat medical hospitalizations, and access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.