Janis Sayer is a Research Fellow in the Center for justice Research and Evaluation working on the Chicago Youth Intervention Pathways evaluation. Janis has over 10 years of research and evaluation experience focusing primarily on behavioral health and public health topics. Previously, Janis held roles in policy and planning at the Chicago Department of Public Health and worked as a psychiatric social worker. Janis has a PhD in social work from University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master of Social Work from University of Pittsburgh.