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Director, Policy and Dissemination Core, Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV.
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Department of Emergency Medicine
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94 Time.com columns on health, health care and policy.
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94 Time.com columns on health, health care and policy.
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3e Columbia College, Columbia University, 1993.
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49 Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 1998.
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Description of Research Expertise
145 Narrative Medicine, Health Services Research, Emergency Care Access and Utilization, Patient Safety, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Journalism, Medical Writing, Communication, Dissemination and Translation of Health Services Research Results, Comparative Effectiveness Research Funding and Federal Policy65
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47 Emergency Medicine, Quality Assurance, Prehospital Care62
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145 Ashok VA, Vervilles WJ, Kellom KS, Chatterjee A, Ntigbu I, Boms O, Szabo A, Fein JA, Richmond TS, Purtle JP, Kearney MD, Meisel ZF: Firearm violence and health in policymaker discourse: a mixed-methods social media analysis. JMIR Form Res 9, Dec 2025.
e2 Matone M, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Strane D, Luan X, Meisel ZF: Postpartum Persistent Opioid Use After Opioid Exposure for Childbirth. Obstet Gynecol Nov 2025.
12b Hodgkin D, Thomas CP, Davis MT, Wicks JJ, Greenfield SF, Meisel ZF, Horgan CM: The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings. Acad Emerg Med Nov 2025.
1ab Schapira MM, Chhatre S, Dow PM, Leonard CE, Groeneveld P, Prigge JM, Roberts C, Meisel ZF, Parikh RB, Jayadevappa R, Paulson EC, Krouse RS, Suda KJ, Kumar P, Muluk V, Hubbard RA. : The impact of opioid use associated with curative-intent cancer surgery on safe opioid prescribing practice among veterans: An observational study. Cancer 131(8), Sep 2025.
19f Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Engel-Rebitzer E, Friedman A, Shofer F, Dolan A, Hess EP, Perrone J, Schapira MM, Meisel ZF.: Racial Disparities in Unmet Pain Treatment Preference, Pain Treatment Satisfaction and Subsequent Opioid Misuse: A Secondary Analysis of a National Multisite RCT. J Gen Intern Med June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09637-w.
172 Dupuis R, Spergel JM, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Troxel AB, Kenny EL, Block JP, Feuerstein-Simon R, Luna Marti X, Mollen CJ, Meisel ZF, Volpp KG, Gortmaker SL, Cannuscio CC: Incidence of accidental food allergic reactions among adolescents with food allergies engaged in food allergy management. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2f 134(6): 719-723, Jun 2025.
fb Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Schulz P, Tani IJ, Meisel Z, Marcus SC: Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments. 50 Acad Emerg Med May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/acem.70055.
11f Unachukwu IC, Adjei-Poku MN, Sailors OC, Gonzales R, South E, Meisel Z, Kelz RR, Cappola AR, Friedman AB.: Images in Black and White: Disparities in Utilization of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound for Older Adults with Abdominal Pain. 43 West J Emerg Med Feb 2025 Notes: doi: 10.5811/westjem.18087. 14
122 Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Cassidy K, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Meisel Z, Marcus SC: Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments. Pediatr Emerg Care Dec 2024.
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14d Kilaru AS, Mondal A, Jesteen S, Geng Z, Isenberg D, Zikry HE, Meisel ZF: Telemedicine Use and Outcomes Following Discharge From the Emergency Department, 2020-2022. Annals of Emergency Medicine Mar 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2026.01.024.145 Ashok VA, Vervilles WJ, Kellom KS, Chatterjee A, Ntigbu I, Boms O, Szabo A, Fein JA, Richmond TS, Purtle JP, Kearney MD, Meisel ZF: Firearm violence and health in policymaker discourse: a mixed-methods social media analysis. JMIR Form Res 9, Dec 2025.
e2 Matone M, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Strane D, Luan X, Meisel ZF: Postpartum Persistent Opioid Use After Opioid Exposure for Childbirth. Obstet Gynecol Nov 2025.
12b Hodgkin D, Thomas CP, Davis MT, Wicks JJ, Greenfield SF, Meisel ZF, Horgan CM: The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings. Acad Emerg Med Nov 2025.
1ab Schapira MM, Chhatre S, Dow PM, Leonard CE, Groeneveld P, Prigge JM, Roberts C, Meisel ZF, Parikh RB, Jayadevappa R, Paulson EC, Krouse RS, Suda KJ, Kumar P, Muluk V, Hubbard RA. : The impact of opioid use associated with curative-intent cancer surgery on safe opioid prescribing practice among veterans: An observational study. Cancer 131(8), Sep 2025.
19f Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Engel-Rebitzer E, Friedman A, Shofer F, Dolan A, Hess EP, Perrone J, Schapira MM, Meisel ZF.: Racial Disparities in Unmet Pain Treatment Preference, Pain Treatment Satisfaction and Subsequent Opioid Misuse: A Secondary Analysis of a National Multisite RCT. J Gen Intern Med June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09637-w.
172 Dupuis R, Spergel JM, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Troxel AB, Kenny EL, Block JP, Feuerstein-Simon R, Luna Marti X, Mollen CJ, Meisel ZF, Volpp KG, Gortmaker SL, Cannuscio CC: Incidence of accidental food allergic reactions among adolescents with food allergies engaged in food allergy management. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2f 134(6): 719-723, Jun 2025.
fb Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Schulz P, Tani IJ, Meisel Z, Marcus SC: Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments. 50 Acad Emerg Med May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/acem.70055.
11f Unachukwu IC, Adjei-Poku MN, Sailors OC, Gonzales R, South E, Meisel Z, Kelz RR, Cappola AR, Friedman AB.: Images in Black and White: Disparities in Utilization of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound for Older Adults with Abdominal Pain. 43 West J Emerg Med Feb 2025 Notes: doi: 10.5811/westjem.18087. 14
122 Doupnik SK, Bowden CF, Worsley D, Keating C, Cassidy K, Foster AA, Quarshie W, Min J, Meisel Z, Marcus SC: Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments. Pediatr Emerg Care Dec 2024.
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