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Andra Leah Blomkalns
Redlich Family Professor
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Andra Blomkalns is an innovation advocate who believes the best patient-centered programs depend upon clinical practice innovation, continuous data-driven improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Blomkalns has a long-standing history of scholarship and publication on cardiovascular emergencies, point-of-care testing, innate immunity, and obesity. She has authored or contributed to more than 14 chapters and more than 40 journal articles in peer-reviewed publications on topics influential to administration and organization, clinical best practices, and scientific exploration. Additionally, her grant portfolio diversity reflects her multi-pronged, collaborative approach, and includes institutional, investigator-initiated industry, and federal funding.
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Daniel Michael Blonigen
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
BioDr. Blonigen is a Research Career Scientist and an Associate Director at the Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i), VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He is also an Affiliate Investigator with the VA National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota and is a former VA Career Development Awardee. He is licensed as a clinical psychologist in the State of California.
Dr. Blonigen’s research mission is to identify and develop innovations to increase access and engagement in substance use and mental health care for vulnerable populations. In particular, he is interested in testing the effectiveness and implementation potential of mobile health and peer-based interventions for justice-involved and homeless veterans. He is currently leading or co-leading multisite trials of behavioral interventions for justice-involved and homeless veterans. He is also funded by VA Health Systems Research to tailor smartphone applications for self-management of unhealthy drinking for veteran primary care patients and use of peer specialists to increase patient engagement with these apps.
In addition to research, Dr. Blonigen is actively involved in mentoring and teaching VA research fellows and Stanford University residents. These roles include serving as a faculty mentor for the Stanford Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program and the Ci2i VA Palo Alto Training Program. He is a member of several VA management and oversight committees and has served as a grant reviewer for national and international funders. He is an invited speaker at national conferences and cyberseminars devoted to substance use and mental health research, and he holds editorial positions for leading addiction, personality, and assessment journals. -
Brian David Bloom
Lecturer
BioBrian Bloom spent 27 years as a criminal defense lawyer, working in the Office of the Alameda County Public Defender. He represented defendants in all manner of criminal cases, from misdemeanors to complex capital litigation, specializing in the intersection between the criminal-legal system and mental illness. Over the course of his career, Brian ran the Training Department, the Mental Health Unit, and the Felony Trial Staff of the Public Defenders’ Office. Since retiring as an Assistant Public Defender in 2021, Brian has been the Chair of the Mental Health Advisory Board of Alameda County and has been a leader in various local advocacy efforts aimed at decriminalizing mental illness.
Prior to his legal career, Brian taught High School Social Studies in San Mateo, California. Brian received his B.A. in Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he graduated with Honors; he received his M.A. in Education from Stanford University; and he received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was Order of the Coif. Before joining the Public Defenders Officer, Brian clerked for the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel of the Northern District of California.
