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Clese Erikson, MPAff, is the deputy director of the Health Workforce Research Center on Emerging Health Workforce Issues at George Washington University and a member of the senior leadership team of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. 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, and more. Prior to joining George Washington University, Ms. Erikson was senior director of the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She received her Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.
October 2025
