The Heller School Faculty and Staff

Senior Research Analyst

mlkim@brandeis.edu Heller 263 781-736-3978

Expertise

Evaluating youth substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention programs; Prescription Monitoring Programs

Scholarship

  • Katz, N., Panas, L., Kim, ML, Audet, AD, Bilansky, A, Eadie, J, Kreiner, P, Paillard, FC, Thomas, C, Carrow, G. (2009). "Usefulness of prescription monitoring programs for surveillance - analysis of Schedule II opioid prescription data in Massachusetts, 1996-2006," Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol 19(2): 115-123.
  • Katz N, Houle B, Fernandez KC, Kreiner P, Thomas CP, Kim ML, Carrow GM, Audet A, Brushwood D. (2008). "Update on prescription monitoring in clinical practice: a survey study of prescription monitoring program administrators." Pain Medicine, 9(5): 587-594.
Meelee Kim

Profile

Meelee Kim is a Senior Research Analyst at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Institute for Behavioral Health. She has extensive experience working with community based organizations providing substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, homeless, and violence prevention services. Currently, she is working with the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network to evaluate substance abuse and HIV prevention programs with public housing residents. This project utilizes a Participatory Action Research framework to build and sustain community capacity to address social issues affecting youth. She also manages federally funded projects aimed to enhance the Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The overall objective of the MA PMP is to prevent and reduce the abuse and diversion of pharmaceutical drugs while ensuring patient care. Ms. Kim is also currently working to research the effects of community characteristics that contribute to alcohol and other drug abuse consequences.

Ms. Kim serves as the newsletter editor for the American Public Health Association's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Section.

Degrees

Brandeis University
M.A.

Boston University
B.A.

Awards and Honors

  • NIAAA Doctoral Training Grant (2007-2010)
  • Institute on Youth Violence Prevention summer trainee (2010)