Olmstead is the health economist on several large grants funded by the National Institutes of Health in the area of behavioral health. Current research projects include estimating the cost-effectiveness of:
* integrating substance abuse treatment services directly into hospital inpatient units
*providing mental health services to low-income pregnant and parenting women living in public housing systems
*providing early childhood obesity prevention programs to children attending Head Start centers
*providing financial incentives to promote initial and repeat HIV testing among high risk women, and
*providing financial incentives to promote job-seeking activities among unemployed persons living with HIV/AIDS.