Caroline Sacko, MSN

Graduate Research Assistant

Caroline Sacko is a graduate student in the University of Maryland Clinical Psychological Science program and a research coordinator in the GMAP lab. Caroline works primarily on the PRISM study, a NIDA funded effectiveness-implementation study that evaluates the impact of a peer-delivered behavioral health intervention on retention and polysubstance use for patients with opioid use disorder in rural Maryland.

Previously, Caroline worked as a public health and infectious disease nurse at the Baltimore City Health Department HIV/STI clinics. She was also a nurse on a mobile clinic for medication assisted opioid treatment. Caroline’s research interests include implementation science, prevention research, the intersection of substance use and infectious disease, and ethical task sharing models of care. She is passionate about using participatory action research to eliminate mental and physical health disparities through community-informed interventions.

Education:

Johns Hopkins University

MSN, Master of Science in Nursing

Swarthmore College

BA, Education and Political Science