Mandy is an assistant professor at the Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her work focuses on the intersection between substance use and the criminal legal system, including research and implementation efforts with law enforcement and other first responders, jails and prisons. A current project uses codesign to develop local solutions to crisis response with law enforcement in seven Washington state counties. She also has projects related to shared decision- making for alcohol and opioid use disorders, treatments for family members of people with substance use disorders, and adolescent behavioral health. Mandy is a licensed and practicing psychologist working with people with substance use disorder and their loved ones and has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2014.
Mandy Owens
