Education & Training
- PhD: Public Health: Saint Louis University, College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO, 2021
- MPE: Psychiatric Epidemiology: Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2011
- BA: Psychology: Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO, 2004
Key Publications
- Ellis MS, Kasper Z, Cicero T, (2021 04). Assessment of Chronic Pain Management in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Gaps in Care and Implications for Treatment Outcomes. J Pain. 22(4): 432-439
Read publication »Polysubstance use trends and variability among individuals with opioid use disorder in rural versus urban settings. - Ellis MS, Xu KY, Tardelli VS, Fidalgo TM, Buttram ME, Grucza RA, (2023 Sep). Gabapentin Use Among Individuals Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry.
Read publication »Gabapentin Use Among Individuals Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. - Ellis MS, Kasper ZA, Takenaka B, Buttram ME, Shacham E, (2023 Jan). Associations of Transactional Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder. Am J Prev Med. 64(1): 17-25.
Read publication »Associations of Transactional Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder. - Ellis MS, Kasper ZA, Cicero TJ, (2018 12). Twin epidemics: The surging rise of methamphetamine use in chronic opioid users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 193: 14-20.
Read publication »Twin epidemics: The surging rise of methamphetamine use in chronic opioid users. - Cicero TJ, Ellis MS, Harney J, (2015 Oct). Shifting Patterns of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse in the United States. N Engl J Med. 373(18): 1789-90.
Read publication »Shifting Patterns of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse in the United States. - Cicero TJ, Ellis MS, Surratt HL, Kurtz SP, (2014 Jul). The changing face of heroin use in the United States: a retrospective analysis of the past 50 years. JAMA Psychiatry. 71(7): 821-6.
Read publication »The changing face of heroin use in the United States: a retrospective analysis of the past 50 years.
Funded Research Projects
Survey of Key Informants Patients (SKIP) Program, Researched Abuse, Diversion, and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System.
National Institute of Drug Abuse, An Examination of Concomitant NMU of Gabapentin and Opioids