Biography
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco; Health Services Research, 2023
PhD, University of California San Francisco; Nursing; Focal areas health policy and occupational health, 2021
MSN, San Francisco State University; Clinical Nurse Specialist/Psychiatric Nursing, 2010
BA, University of California, Berkeley; Sociology, Film Studies, 2004
Dr. Odes is a health services researcher committed to improving safety for patients and providers in mental health care delivery. Dr. Odes has used mixed methods to evaluate California’s workplace violence prevention legislation and has served as a consultant to federal and statewide agencies in their workplace violence prevention efforts. Her current work employs mixed methods to evaluate novel approaches to mental health care delivery, specifically mobile crisis teams. Her research draws on her decade of clinical experience in the acute psychiatric treatment setting and her advocacy for improvements in the environment of care for mental health.
Research focus areas
Mental, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Health and Well-Being
- Mobile crisis teams
- Mental health care delivery systems
- Mental health workforce
Health Systems: Data Science, Design, and Implementation Science
- Workplace violence in healthcare settings
- Policy implementation and evaluation; implementation science