Omeid Heidari

Assistant Professor

I am an assistant professor in the Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing department, with experience as a bedside nurse, primary and specialty care nurse practitioner, and researcher. My work focuses broadly on improving healthcare engagement for individuals living with HIV, other chronic infectious diseases, and substance use disorders.

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Drug Dependence Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where I focused on the behavioral mechanisms of substance use, the impact of social networks on healthcare engagement, and the use of telehealth for medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder.

My research employs a variety of methodologies, including mixed-methods, psychometrics, latent class analysis, and implementation science, to enhance healthcare services and engagement. Clinically, I specialize in treating HIV, Hepatitis C, and other chronic infectious diseases in the primary care setting, as well as managing opioid use disorder in both primary care and low-threshold settings.