Margaret Baughman, Ph.D., is a Project Director in the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center within the Program Design, Implementation, & Evaluation Section. Dr. Baughman has expertise in behavioral health and substance use, social determinants of health, project planning, program implementation, and evaluation. Dr. Baughman has over 25 years' experience in social science evaluation research and has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for 28 federal, state, or local funded research awards, including awards funded by SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Bureau of Justice Affairs, City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Corrections, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, and the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. She is also serves as a grant reviewer for SAMHSA. Dr. Baughman's extensive evaluation experience has focused on advancing population health initiatives, evaluating program effectiveness, and improving program outcomes in the areas of substance use, mental health services, trauma, criminal justice diversion programming, infants and children, health prevention initiatives, and access to healthcare.
Her award history, subject matter expertise, and advanced skillset demonstrate her dedication to driving positive change in the healthcare landscape. She is deeply committed to addressing social drivers of health and finds great pride and fulfillment in her service on the board of the SAMHSA’s National Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative (BHTCC) National Institutes of Health (NIH): HEALing Communities Ohio Statewide Initiative Waves 1 & 2, Cleveland Municipal Court Drug Court Advisory Board Member, Cleveland Municipal Court Mental Health Court Advisory Board Member, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Court Drug Court Advisory Board Member, Cuyahoga County Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Collaborative, and the Ohio Crime Consortium Sciences (OCCS), Founding Member. She has published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Perspectives on Social Work and book chapter on Delinquency and Violent Behavior in the Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems.