RESEARCH & MORE
Meredith Meacham, PhD, MPH
PAST PROJECTS
Digital Clinical Trials: Using Social Media for Smoking Cessation
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Digital clinical trial testing the efficacy of a combined tobacco and alcohol Facebook-delivered smoking cessation intervention compared to a tobacco-only intervention
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Role: Smoking Cessation Counselor, Data and Project Management, Evaluation Lead
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Two digital clinical trials testing the efficacy of the Put It Out Project, a Facebook-delivered smoking cessation intervention tailored to LGBTQ+ young adults
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Role: Smoking Cessation Counselor, Content Development
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Opioid and Fentanyl Overdose Prevention
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Comparison of self-reported substance use and mass-spectrometer toxicology data to assess fentanyl exposure in a cohort of unstably housed women in San Francisco
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Public health practice narrative of NEXT Harm Reduction, an online, mail-based platform designed for sending (1) naloxone kits to people at risk for overdose and (2) sterile syringes and other equipment directly to people who otherwise cannot access safe supplies.
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Polydrug Use and Risk of HIV and Overdose among People Who Inject Drugs in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region (PhD Dissertation)
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Modelled patterns of polydrug and polyroute use and relationships between patterns of use and HIV risk behaviors and overdose in two cohorts of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico and San Diego, California
Public Health Genetics
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Conceptualized substance use disorder phenotypes and environmental influences for a developmentally informed study with the Social Development Research Group
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Analyzed qualitative interviews with NIH-funded biomedical researchers to explore responses to a hypothetical vignette regarding the disclosure of findings with unanticipated clinical significance to research study participants (MPH Thesis)