Dr. Sandra Springer is a professor of medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine and director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at the Newington site of the Connecticut Veterans Affairs health care system. She is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and addiction medicine. Dr. Springer leads Yale’s InSTRIDE research program, which focuses on integrating substance use disorder treatment with infectious disease prevention and care, particularly medications for opioid use disorder and HIV services. Her research spans community, hospital, and criminal legal settings. Dr. Springer earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her residency and fellowship at Yale. Funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2005, she received a 2022 National Institute on Drug Abuse Avant-Garde Award for a mobile pharmacy and clinic initiative.