Caroline Sacko, MSN

Graduate Research Assistant

Caroline Sacko is a Research Coordinator in the GMAP lab. She primarily divides her time between the PUSH and PRISM studies; two effectiveness-implementation trials that evaluate the effectiveness of peer-delivered behavioral activation to promote medication adherence among individuals living with or at-risk for HIV (PUSH) and individuals with opioid use disorder (PRISM). Both studies are domestic with PUSH based in Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, and PRISM in Caroline County, a rural county in 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 in a mobile clinic for medication assisted opioid treatment. Caroline’s research interests include implementation science, substance use prevention and recovery, the intersection of substance use, mental health, and infectious disease, and ethical task sharing models. She is passionate about using participatory action research to eliminate mental and physical health disparities through community-informed interventions.

Education:

University of Maryland

MPS, Master of Professional Studies in Clinical Psychological Science

Johns Hopkins University

MSN, Master of Science in Nursing

Swarthmore College

BA, Education and Political Science