She has 15 years of clinical practice experience, with a focus on working in outpatient settings with adults and adolescents with substance use disorders. Dr. Putney is the principle investigator on a SAMHSA funded three-year grant to Simmons College to train health professionals in SBIRT with adults and older adults. She is collaborating with a team of researchers and clinicians from Boston Children's Hospital on a three-year grant funded by SAMHSA to develop practitioners' capacities in SBIRT with adolescents at risk for substance use disorders. In addition, Dr. Putney collaborates with colleagues at Simmons on a three-year grant funded by HRSA to prepare students to work in integrated primary care and behavioral health settings with children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth.