Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications
Jaffe, K., Ludwig, W., Alsum, S., DeHaan, N., Shuman, C., Ploutz-Snyder, R. Dwan, M., Dahlem, C.H. (in press) Shifting perspectives: Harm reduction staff perceptions of drug checking implementation. Substance Use & Addiction Journal.
Jaffe, K., Jutras-Aswad, D., Spector-Bagdady, K., & Richardson, L. (2026). Uncovered, underfunded, and undervalued: How policy contexts shape knowledge production in multi-site substance use trials. International Journal of Drug Policy, 152, 105278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105278
Greene, A., Thomas, J.D., Jaffe, K., Chen, L., Ryan, K., Zikmund-Fisher, B., Roberts, J.S., McGuire, A., Hendy, K. Spector-Bagdady, K. (2026). Differences between government, consortium, and private database stewards that impact genomic research: A survey of U.S. academic genetic researchers. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2026.2632088
Socrates, B., LeClair, A., Jaffe, K., Evans, L, Batchelder, A., Moner, E., Daudelin, D., Irie, W., Ngassa Y., Morales, Y., Levison, J., Evans, E., Wurcel, A. (2026). Barriers and facilitators to implementing status-neutral HIV care in an urban jail system. Health and Justice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-026-00402-7
Jaffe, K., Choi, J., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Johnson, C., Kerr, T., Richardson, L. (2026). The gender segregation of precarious work contexts among socioeconomically marginalized people who use drugs. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01632-w
Ludwig, W., Jaffe, K., Alsum, S., Dwan, M., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Shuman, C., Dahlem, G. (2026). Exploring Drug Checking Services for People Who Use Drugs: Pre-Implementation Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112986
Jaffe, K., Jutras-Aswad, D., Richardson, L. (2025). “Trying to get down here when the dealer’s closer”: Place and participation in clinical trials for substance use disorders. Social Science & Medicine, 287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118697
Jaffe, K., Fisher, C. (2025). “The hardest part of what we’re doing”: Research staff perspectives on engaging marginalized populations in substance use trials. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20(28). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00657-7
Jaffe, K., Slatt, S. Chen, L., Macleod, C., Bohnert, A., Lagisetty, P. (2024). Perceptions around medications for opioid use disorder among a diverse sample of U.S. adults. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209361
Schall, T., Jaffe, K., Moses, J. (2024). Roles of randomized controlled trials in establishing evidence-based gender-affirming care and advancing health equity. AMA Journal of Ethics, 26(9). 10.1001/amajethics.2024.684
Jaffe, K., Gagnon, J., Harding, L., Carvajal, J., Jamieson, D., MacDonald, S., Foreman, J., Oviedo-Joekes, E. (2024). Accessible care: The human rights case for take-home injectable opioid agonist treatment. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 13(3), 168–193.
Dahlem, C., Dwan, M, Dobbs, B., Rich, R., Jaffe, K., Shuman, C. (2024). Using RE-AIM framework to evaluate recovery opioid overdose team plus: A peer-led post-overdose quick response team. Community Mental Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01319-x
Jaffe, K., Patel, S., Chen, L., Slat, S., Ludwig, W., Bohnert, A., Lagisetty, P. (2024). Impact of perceived access and treatment knowledge on medication preferences for opioid use disorder. Substance Use & Addiction Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/29767342241254591
Irani, E, Macleod, C., Slat, S., Kehne, A., Madden, E., Jaffe, K., Bohnert, A., Lagisetty, P. (2024). The effect of a pilot brief educational intervention on preferences regarding treatments for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100235
Jaffe, K., Greene, A., Chen, L., Ryan, K., Krenz, C., Roberts, J.S., Zikmund-Fisher, B., McGuire, A., Thomas, J.D., Marsh, E., Spector-Bagdady, K. (2024). Genetic researchers’ use of and interest in research with diverse ancestral groups. JAMA Network Open, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6805
Spector-Bagdady, K., Ryan, K., McGuire, A., Krenz, C., Trinidad, G.M., Jaffe, K., Greene, A., Thomas, J.D., Kent, M., Morain, S., Wilborn, D., Roberts, J.S. (2024). “A double-edged sword”: Genetic researcher perceptions on data sharing. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 52(2). https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.123
Jaffe, K., Richardson, L. (2023). “I thought it was for guys that did needles”: Medication perceptions and lay expertise among medical research participants. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209134
Dobischok, S., Carvajal, J., Turner, K., Jaffe, K., Lehal, E., Blawatt, S., Redquest, C., Baltzer Turje, R., McDougall, P., Koch, B., McDermid, C., Hassan, D., Harrison, S., Oviedo-Joekes, E. (2023). “It feels like I’m coming to a friend’s house”: A qualitative study of the implementation of iOAT within an integrated care site (Dr. Peter Centre). Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 18(73). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-023-00428-4
Waidyaratne, G., Steinbrook, E., Roy, S., Opuku, A., Jaffe, K., Goold, S. (2023). Trust and Distrust in Low Income Michigan Residents During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Health Expectations, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13826
Jaffe, K., Blawatt, S., Lehal, E., Lock, K., Easterbrook, A., MacDonald, S., Harrison, S., Lajeunesse, J., Byres, D., Schechter, M., Oviedo-Joekes, E. (2023). “As long as that place stays open, I’ll stay alive”: Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises. Harm Reduction Journal, 20(51). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00779-w
Victor, G., Ray, B., del Pozo, B., Jaffe, K., King, A., Huynh, P. (2023). Buprenorphine and opioid analgesics: Dispensation and discontinuity among accidental overdose fatalities in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, 2016–2021. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209053
Townsel, C., Irani, S., Buu-Hac, N., Hallway, A., Shuman, C., Waljee, J., Jaffe, K., Peahl, A. (2023). Use of opioid-sparing protocols and perceived postpartum pain in patients with opioid use disorder and chronic prenatal opioid exposure. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 27:1416-1425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03710-8
Zarska, A., Slat, S., Kehne, A., Macleod, C., Rye, H., Dehmlow. C., Hilliard, P., Jaffe, K., Lagisetty, P. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of the Pain Profile, a clinical questionnaire aimed at improving pain care. Journal of Pain Research, 16:1559-1571. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S402354
Spector-Bagdady, K., Ryan, K., McGuire, A., Krenz, C., Trinidad, G.M., Jaffe, K., Greene, A., Thomas, J.D., Kent, M., Morain, S., Wilborn, D., Roberts, J.S. (in press). “A double-edged sword”: Genetic researcher perceptions on data sharing. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. (See accepted preprint at SSRN)
Richardson, L., Jaffe, K., Socias, M.E., Le Foll, B., Lim, R., Jutras-Aswad, D. (2022). Research participation in addiction trials: Design and methods of a multi-site nested qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221131168
Spector-Bagdady, K., Rahimzadeh, V., Jaffe, K., Moreno, J. (2022). Promoting ethical deployment of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare. American Journal of Bioethics, 22(5):4-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2059206
Jaffe, K., Nosova, E., Maher, L., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2021). Income generation and the patterning of substance use: a gender-based analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108862
Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. (2021). “This could be my last chance”: Therapeutic optimism in a randomized controlled trial for substance use disorders. Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(5): 1286-1300. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13297
Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. (2021). Experimental (re)structuring: The clinical trial as turning point among medical research participants. Qualitative Health Research, 31(8): 1504-1517. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211016408
Jaffe, K., Nosova, E., DeBeck, K., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2021). Trust in research physicians as a key dimension of randomized controlled trial participation in clinical addictions research. Substance Abuse, 42(4): 927-934. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.1900987
Jaffe, K., Choi, J., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2021). A paradox of need: Gaps in access to dental care among people who use drugs in Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29: 1799-1806. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13289
Bardwell, G., Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. (2021). Participants' treatment perspectives on a clinical trial on the use of extended-release naltrexone for substance use disorders: Considerations for future clinical research. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 15(5): 390-395. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000772
Yaylacı, S., Roth, W., Jaffe, K. (2021). Measuring racial essentialism in the genomic era: The genetic essentialism scale for race (GESR). Current Psychology, 40(8): 3794-3808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00311-z
Roth, W., Yaylacı, S., Jaffe, K., Richardson, L. (2020). How genetic ancestry testing impacts genetic essentialist views of race: Findings from a randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227399
Additional press coverage in New York Times (2/16/2021)
Jaffe, K., Dong, H., Godefroy, A., Boutang, D., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M., Kerr, T., Richardson, L. (2018). Informal recycling, income generation and risk: health and social harms among people who use drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy, 60: 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.07.010
Bouris, A., Jaffe, K., Eavou, R., Liao, C., Kuhns, L., Voisin, D., Schneider, J. (2017). Project nGage: Results of a randomized controlled trial of a dyadic network support intervention to retain young Black men who have sex with men in HIV care. AIDS and Behavior, 21(12): 3618-3629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1954-8
Quinn, K., Voisin, D. R., Bouris, A., Jaffe, K., Kuhns, L., Eavou, R., Schneider, J. (2017). Multiple dimensions of stigma and health related factors among young Black men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 21(1): 207-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1439-1
Kuhns, L., Hotton, A., Garofalo, R., Muldoon, A., Jaffe, K., Bouris, A., Voisin, D., Schneider, J. (2016). Index of multiple psychosocial, syndemic conditions is associated with antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-positive youth. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 30(4): 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2015.0328
Other Publications
Jaffe, K., Evans, EA. (2026). From control to care: Reframing medication access policies through public health ethics. Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 54(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2025.10220
Rahimzadeh, V., Jaffe, K., Spector-Bagdady, K. (2023). Ethics and Equity for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Introduction. In Rethinking Clinical Trials: A Living Textbook of Pragmatic Clinical Trials. Bethesda, MD: NIH Pragmatic Clinical Trials Collaboratory.