He teaches clinical practice and research classes in the MSW program. Eric conducts research on peer-delivered support interventions across a range of populations and service domains, including those addressing mental health, homelessness, disaster relief, urban violence, and Veterans’ communities. He has also studied mental health responses and disaster relief in New York City following September 11, 2001 and in Indonesia as part of a response to the 2004 tsunami. He recently completed an evaluation of the Albany SNUG program, an outreach-based intervention designed to prevent gun violence using a public health model perspective. He is currently conducting a program evaluation of a statewide initiative to deliver peer support services for Veterans facing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and other challenges in eleven counties.