Dr. Haley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Dr. Haley's research explores implementation and policy factors that influence the prevention of substance misuse and access to treatment for substance use disorders. Before completing his doctorate at Brandeis' Heller School of Social Policy and Management in 2007 where he was a NIAAA trainee, Dr. Haley held management and consultant positions in state government and not for profit organizations. Dr. Haley completed post his doctorate training as a Policy Research Scientist at the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia where he evaluated the use of performance contracting to improve treatment initiation for patients leaving medically monitored withdrawal services (formerly known as Detox units).

He served as the Senior Research Analyst for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) in Washington, D.C. before joining the faculty of the CUNY School of Public Health in 2010. Dr. Haley spent the 2018-2019 academic year on a Fulbright supported implementation study to improve alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care within Rio de Janeiro's public health care system. He serves as the Immediate Past Chair for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Section of the American Public Health Association where he leads national efforts to reduce alcohol availability expansion efforts initiated during COVID. Most recently Dr. Haley served as the convenor and lead facilitator of a national coalition to address racial equity and tobacco control which produced the following value statement: "Decriminalizing Commercial Tobacco: Addressing Systemic Racism in the Enforcement of Commercial Tobacco Control.

" Dr. Haley completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont and his MPH in policy and administration from the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.