Kenneth B. Morales
EDUCATION
M.S., Public Health
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (2018)
B.A., Anthropology of Science
Brown University (2009)
RECENT WORK
Data scientist
Office of the New York State Attorney General: New York, NY (Jan 2021, ongoing)
Data scientist
Problem Forward: Baltimore, MD (Nov 2018 - Dec 2020)
Research analyst
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Baltimore, MD (Mar 2017 - Dec 2020)
RESEARCH
- Fentanyl, drug checking, and overdose prevention. Susan Sherman, PI (2017 - 2020)
- Street-based sex workers and interactions with the police. Susan Sherman, PI (2017 - 2020)
- Condom use, pornography consumption, and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Independent project (2017)
- Drosophila genomics and cell senescence. Stephen Helfand, PI (2005-2006)
- Plant phloem genomics. Brian Ayre, PI (2004)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- “Fatal Encounters with Police” Web application (2021). Available online at: blacksheepboy.shinyapps.io/fatalencounters/
- Gandhi P, Rouhani S, Park JN, Urquhart GJ, Allen ST, Morales KB, Green TC & Sherman SG (2021). “Alternative use of buprenorphine among people who use opioids in three U.S. Cities”, Substance Abuse. DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.1942395
- Morales KB, Park JN, Glick JL, Rouhani S, Green TC, Sherman SG (2019). “Preference for drugs containing fentanyl from a cross-sectional survey of people who use illicit opioids in three United States cities,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 204(107547). DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107547
- Park JN, Sherman SG, Rouhani S, Morales KB, McKenzie M, Allen ST, Marshall BDL, Green TC. (2019) “Willingness to use safer consumption spaces among opioid users at high risk of fentanyl overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston.” Journal of Urban Health 96(3). DOI: 10.1007/s11524-019-00365-1
- Rouhani S, Park JN, Morales KB, Green TC, Sherman SG (2019). “Harm reduction measures employed by people using opioids with suspected fentanyl exposure in Boston, Baltimore and Providence.” Harm Reduction Journal 16(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12954-019-0311-9
- Sherman SG, Morales KB, Park JN, McKenzie M, Marshall BDL, Green TC (2019). “Acceptability of implementing community-based drug checking services for people who use drugs in three United States cities: Baltimore, Boston and Providence.” International Journal of Drug Policy 68. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.003
- “Fentanyl Overdose Reduction Checking Analysis Study: Executive Summary.” Report (2018). americanhealth.jhu.edu/fentanyl.html
AWARDS
President’s Volunteer Service Award – Gold (2010)
Congressional Award – Bronze (2010)