Louis. He received his M.S.W and Ph. D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the faculty at the Brown School, he was a faculty member at the University of Southern California and at Columbia University. His research blends quantitative and qualitative methods, implementation science, intervention research and community engagement to examine health disparities among racial/ethnic minorities with serious mental illness (SMI; e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder).