Dr. Urada's work focuses on applying scientific knowledge and evaluation methods to inform and improve behavioral health policies and practices at the state, county, and provider level. He is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of multiple studies including the evaluation of California's Organized Delivery System waiver for Substance Use Disorder services, the evaluation of California's Hub and Spoke System for treating opiate use disorders, and an evaluation of an effort to integrate behavioral health and primary care (Project Care). He previously led other studies of behavioral health integration, California's evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (aka Proposition 36), and a grant to organize an international meeting on the integration of SUD treatment with primary care that drew international experts from 23 countries as well as co-sponsorships from the U.S. Institute of Peace, NIDA,SAMHSA, WHO, UNODC, and others. Dr. Urada has also contributed to work on the California State Treatment Needs Assessment Program, a study of substance use and welfare reform, the California Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP), meta-analytic studies on substance use and HIV/AIDS, and research on treatment expansion. Dr. Urada's diverse experience includes serving as a volunteer relapse prevention group facilitator at an SUD treatment clinic and providing testimony to the California legislature on multiple occasions. He has worked for the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs since 1998 and has authored or co-authored over 100 chapters, reports, and peer reviewed journal articles during that time.