Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department. She is an emergency physician and health services researcher whose career is focused on transforming the structure of rural healthcare delivery to improve outcomes for vulnerable communities. Her research explores rural emergency care delivery models and policies, and associated outcomes to identify disparities and inform policy-level interventions. Dr. Greenwood-Ericksen completed her Master’s at the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Michigan following her residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) Program. She is deeply invested in efforts to improve New Mexican’s health by conducting policy-relevant research on acute care, rural health, mental health access, and opioid treatment. She is the recipient of a K08 entitled “Improving rural mental health equity through Medicaid policy Evaluation” from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. She is currently funded through New Mexico’s State Opioid Response (SOR) grant, awarded by SAMHSA, through which she is the Director for Outreach and Dissemination for the NM Bridge – a statewide program supporting hospitals and ED’s in initiation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder programs. Within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, she has an affiliation with the Center for Behavioral Health Services Research and Evaluation (CBHTR), leading teams to conduct assessments of the state’s Medicaid mental health and substance use policies. She is published on rural emergency care quality and outcomes, health related-social needs, and care delivery models - and serves on national committees dedicated to rural quality and delivery.