Blythe Rhodes Fortino, PhD, is an Associate in Research in the Department of Population Health Sciences. As a methodologist with QualCore, her research is topically diverse. However, much of her recent work has focused on socio-behavioral intervention and implementation science research, particularly in the field of HIV prevention. Her earlier work focused conducting research to understand how to improve healthcare service provision and the experiences of individuals accessing services, particularly harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment services. She has 3 years of experience in designing and conducting qualitative and mixed-method studies in public health. She has expertise in overall study design, interview guide development, study coordination, data collection (particularly conducting in-depth interviews), and thematic analysis and reporting of qualitative data. She completed her undergraduate education, Masters of Science in Public Health, and PhD in Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.