Lisa Callahan
Dr. Lisa Callahan is a Senior Research Associate at Policy Research Associates (PRA), where she leads research, training, and technical assistance on behavioral health and the justice system. Her work includes trauma training for justice professionals and research on treatment courts, trial competence, and the effects of Medicaid expansion on jail recidivism. Dr. Callahan began her work with PRA at its founding and rejoined in 2008 after serving in the New York State Office of Mental Health. She is Professor Emerita at The Sage Colleges, where she developed the MA in Forensic Mental Health and taught for 18 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from The Ohio State University and completed an NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in Sociology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.