Dr. Deidra Roach has devoted her career to addiction treatment. With over 40 years of experience in this field, she currently serves as a Program Director for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, where, among other responsibilities, she manages research portfolios addressing the treatment of co-occurring mental health and alcohol use disorders and alcohol-related HIV/AIDS among women. Deidra serves on the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the NIH Coordinating Committee for Research on Women’s Health and also chairs the Interagency Work Group on Drinking and Drug Use in Women and Girls. Among many committee memberships, Deidra serves on the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, the NIH Coordinating Committee for Research on Women’s Health, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.