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NORC at the University Chicago

Adrienne Call

Pronouns: She/Her

Senior Research Scientist
Health Care Programs
Adrienne is a behavioral health research scientist with 15 years of experience designing and leading mixed-methods research and evaluations.

Adrienne is a senior research scientist directing implementation and evaluation projects focused on substance use, mental health, and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). She leads multi-modal surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups, and site visits with patients, Medicaid beneficiaries, medical providers, and health care stakeholders. 

Her portfolio includes oversight of federal, state, university, and foundational client projects. She manages evaluations of AHRQ’s Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative, a SAMHSA grant for Community Overdose Prevention Education, the JED Foundation’s Suicide Prevention Campus Program, 1115 Medicaid waivers in Kentucky, Illinois, and Wisconsin, and multiple behavioral health programs funded by the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. For the University of Illinois, she led mixed-method data collection for the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act. 

Prior to joining NORC, Adrienne worked with high utilizers of the Emergency Department, focusing on patients experiencing behavioral health concerns, connecting them to primary care and other services. She also managed the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Symptom Management Service Center, a palliative care clinic assisting cancer patients.