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• Dr. Chandra L. Speight is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University College of Nursing in the Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education. Her research focuses on nurse practitioner workforce capacity, rural healthcare access, and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment access. She has secured funding from the UNC Collaboratory, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Aetna Foundation, the ECU Health Foundation, and the North Carolina Governor's Institute to advance this work. Her clinical experience and interdisciplinary training inform research that advances rural healthcare systems and access to SUD treatment. She has shared her work at national and international conferences including the International Nurses Society on Addictions, the Southern Nursing Research Society, the American Nurses Association Quality Conference, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Scientific Symposium. Her contributions as a scholar-teacher have been recognized with the East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher Award and the East Carolina University Early Career Research Award.