Laura J. Dunlap, PhD, is Senior Director of RTI International’s Behavioral Health Services, Policy, and Economics Research Program. She has over 20 years of experience conducting evaluations of substance abuse treatment programs and the systems in which they provide services, including medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders (OUDs). She currently serves as the Project Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Evaluation of Medication Assisted Treatment. She recently led the Office of The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation-funded Telehealth study, which examined use of telehealth for expanding access to treatment of OUDs. She has led numerous research studies in the field of behavioral health on multiple federal contracts and grants, including for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Dunlap has published her findings in numerous journals.