Clese Erikson

Clese Erikson, M.P.Aff., is the Deputy Director of the Health Workforce Research Center on Emerging Health Workforce Issues at The George Washington University (GW) and a member of the senior leadership team of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She was also the Principal Investigator on a three-year behavioral health workforce study funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She has published peer review articles on buprenorphine prescribers, peer support providers, structural racism, telehealth, the workforce implications of new care delivery models, accountable care organizations, care coordination roles in value-based care, consumer interest in seeing nurse practitioners and physician assistants, primary care and specialty specific workforce issues, and medical school enrollment trends. Prior to joining GW, Ms. Erikson was senior director of the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). She received her Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.