Megan Reed, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Contact Information
1015 Walnut Street
Curtis Building, Suite 704
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-503-0174
215-923-7583 fax
Research Assistant Professor
Research & Practice Interests
Harm Reduction
Hyperincarceration
Program Evaluation
Community Based Participatory Research
Polydrug Use
Overdose Prevention
Drug-Checking
Education
PhD, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
MPH, CUNY School of Public Health
Publications
- Patient and navigator experiences with the opioid use disorder treatment system in Philadelphia, PA
- “Once I take that one bite”: the consideration of harm reduction as a strategy to support dietary change for patients with diabetes
- Regressive policing, a return to the war on drugs, and the need for qualitative and ethnographic policy evaluations
- Understanding Barriers and Assessing Education Intervention on Prescribing Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Meeting Report: Managing Patients Exposed to Xylazine-Adulterated Opioids in Emergency, Hospital and Addiction Care Settings
Additional Publications
Solomon E, Salcedo VJ, Reed MK, Brecher A, Armstrong EM, Rising KL. "Im going to be good to me.": Exploring the role of shame and guilt in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Spectr. 2022; ds210062.
Teaching
- Foundations of Public Health
- Substance Use as a Public Health Issue
- Cannabis & Public Health
Biography
Dr. Reed is a harm reduction researcher interested in designing and evaluating structural interventions in partnership with people who use drugs. Her areas of research are overdose prevention, structural barriers to engaging in risk reduction strategies, community-based participatory research, and drug-checking. Her work with incarcerated people living with HIV has been funded by the NIH. Previously, she worked as a housing organizer in New York City, researched violence against LGBTQI communities, and helped develop harm reduction initiatives for peer-delivered syringe exchange and syringe disposal kiosks. She received her PhD from Drexel University in Community Health and Prevention. In addition to her role at JCPH, she is a Research Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University.
Awards
- 2021 - Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Formative Research on Point-of-Care Drug Checking Services -Principal Investigator
- 2021-22 - Vital Strategies, Fentanyl Test Strip Distribution in the Emergency Department - Principal Investigator
- 2020-23 - MLH Explorations, The Impact of Medical Marijuana as an Adjunctive Treatment for Patients with Chronic, High Dose Opioid Use - Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator, Brooke Worster
- 2020-22 - Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, Lowering Barriers, Saving Lives, Reclaiming Health: Integrating MAT - Co-Investigator, Principal Investigator Lara Weinstein
- 2020-21 - Vital Strategies, Fentanyl Test Strip Outcomes for Non-Heroin Drugs - Principal Investigator
- 2018-20 - National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health, R36, Addressing Overdose Risk among Recently Incarcerated People Living with HIV/AIDS - Principal Investigator