Erika L. Crable, MPH
Research Fellow (previously held)
Boston University
Evans Center for Implementation & Improvement Sciences




Erika Crable, PhD, MPH, is a Research Fellow in the Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. In 2018, she was selected to participate in the Lifespan/Brown University Criminal Justice Research Training Program on Substance Use, HIV, and Comorbidities, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She is also a doctoral candidate in the Health Services Research program in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University School of Public Health.

Her areas of expertise include research on substance use treatment delivery systems, Medicaid policy, implementation science and qualitative research methods. Her research focuses on safety net populations, with a special focus on addressing access to quality care for individuals living with substance use disorders (SUD), mental illness and HIV/AIDS.

Prior to joining Boston University, Erika Crable worked as a Research Leader at IBM Watson Health, leading research on a variety of federally-funded projects evaluating policies and interventions to improve access to SUD treatment, and provided technical assistance to state Medicaid agencies under the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program.

Erika earned a Masters of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health, and a Bachelors in Anthropology and Journalism from American University in Washington, D.C.


The Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Program on Substance Use and HIV: Demystifying Implementation: Substance Use Disorder Service Delivery Reform in Medicaid
12/01/2019 - 11/30/2021 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIDA
5R25DA037190-05



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  1. Plesons M, Eger WH, Crable EL, Hauschild MH, McElrath CC, Owens C, Forrest DW, Bazzi AR, De Los Santos N, Tookes HE, Bartholomew TS. Psychosocial consequences of xylazine and implications for harm reduction services. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Sep; 16:100357.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40687389; PMCID: PMC12275866; DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100357;
     
  2. Crable EL, Meffert SM, Kenneally RG, Ongeri L, Bukusi D, Burger RL, Rota G, Otieno A, Rotai R, Mathai M, Aarons GA. Multi-sector determinants of implementation and sustainment for non-specialist treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: a concept mapping study. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 May 07; 6(1):55. PMID: 40336135; PMCID: PMC12056999; DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00744-7;
     
  3. Silver SR, Jones KC, Hook K, Crable EL, George ER, Serwint JR, Austad K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1592.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39695655; PMCID: PMC11653967; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-12034-4;
     
  4. Eger WH, Plesons M, Bartholomew TS, Bazzi AR, Hauschild MH, McElrath CC, Owens C, Forrest DW, Tookes HE, Crable EL. Syringe services program staff and participant perspectives on changing drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Aug 30; 21(1):162.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39210359; PMCID: PMC11363649; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-01082-y;
     
  5. Eger WH, Plesons M, Bartholomew TS, Bazzi AR, Hauschild MH, McElrath CC, Owens C, Forrest DW, Tookes HE, Crable EL. Protective or potentially harmful? Altering drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration. Res Sq. 2024 Aug 07.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39149447; PMCID: PMC11326414; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4810429/v1;
     
  6. Last BS, Crable EL. Policy Recommendations for Coordinated and Sustainable Growth of the Behavioral Health Workforce. Milbank Q. 2024 Sep; 102(3):526-543. PMID: 39041367; PMCID: PMC11576582; DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12711;
     
  7. Crable EL, Sklar M, Kandah A, Samuels HC, Ehrhart MG, Aalsma MC, Hulvershorn L, Willging CE, Aarons GA. Utility of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation-Systems Level (LOCI-SL) strategy for a statewide substance use treatment implementation effort. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Sep; 164:209433. PMID: 38852821; PMCID: PMC12014198
     
  8. Silver SR, Jones KC, Hook K, Crable EL, George ER, Serwint JR, Austad K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process. Res Sq. 2024 May 21.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38826210; PMCID: PMC11142356; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4366064/v1;
     
  9. Wurcel AG, London K, Crable EL, Cocchi N, Koutoujian PJ, Winkelman TNA. Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Infectious Diseases Care for Justice-Involved Populations. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr; 30(13):S94-S99.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38561870; PMCID: PMC10986832; DOI: 10.3201/eid3013.230742;
     
  10. Last BS, Crable EL, Khazanov GK, Scheinfeld LP, McGinty EE, Purtle J. Impact of U.S. Federal Loan Repayment Programs on the Behavioral Health Workforce: Scoping Review. Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Jul 01; 75(7):652-666. PMID: 38369883; PMCID: PMC11216859; DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230258;
     
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