CMAP Team

Ian Schmid is a PhD student in the Department of Mental Health. His primary research interest is in evaluating the effects of mental health and substance use programs and policies. Before enrolling in the Department of Mental Health’s doctoral program, he worked as a research associate in the Department. He received his BS in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park and his ScM in Biostatistics from Brown University.

Elizabeth Stone, funded through the NIMH Mental Health Services and Systems T32 Training Grant, is a PhD student in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Her research interests focus on policies related to health care and social services for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorder, and the impact of stigma and public opinion on these policies. Elizabeth previously worked as a research program coordinator at Johns Hopkins, and previously as a music therapist in inpatient psychiatry. Elizabeth earned a Master of Science in Public Health in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from the University of Evansville.  

Maria Cruz is a doctoral candidate in Health Services Research and Policy in the department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Cruz's research interests include public involvement in mental health policy and research, examining mental health service disparities in underserved populations, and transforming the widening gap of mental health inequity across marginalized groups. Prior to coming to Hopkins, she was a research associate at the University of Miami’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she served as a clinical and research coordinator for the Tics, OCD, and Related Disorders clinic. She received her BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018.

Victoria Green is a PhD student in the Department of Mental Health. She is broadly interested in behavioral health policy and evaluation, with a specific focus on the intersection of substance use and physical disability policy. She is also interested in evaluating public communication strategies that can reduce stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders. Green previously worked at the Congressional Research Service as a health policy analyst and at the National Institute on Drug Abuse as a tobacco research analyst. She received her MHS in mental health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her BA in psychology from Gettysburg College.