116 Coaching Client Spotlight: Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH

J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health. Dr. Wilson's research interests include reducing substance use-related health disparities, with an emphasis on opioid use disorders in adolescent and adult populations. This includes integrating harm reduction into primary care settings, developing low threshold models of care to improve engagement and retention of historically marginalized and racially and ethnically minoritized populations, and improving resilience and coping using mindfulness as a strategy to mitigate chronic pain.

She is also an alumnus of our Get That Grant® coaching program!

Listen in as we discuss her coaching journey and:

• Striking a balance between the work that has to be done and what you desire to do
• How she transformed the academic environment she was in to give her space to do her most satisfying work
• What caused her grant writing process to evolve from suffering to enjoyment

Loved this convo? Please go find Dr. Wilson on Twitter @DrDeannaWilson and show her some love!

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