Katie Bailey

I am a mixed-methods researcher with experience designing and conducting applied research in collaboration with government and community partners. My experience spans topics of substance use treatment and harm reduction, criminal legal system diversion and reentry programs, homelessness, social services, and child welfare. I work to generate findings that support decision making for organizations, practitioners, and policymakers to improve individual and societal health and well-being.

MPH Student Mentor, University of California San Diego, Spring 2026: Mentored a Master of Public Health student on a capstone project involving data analysis and report writing based on needs assessment data from a community-based syringe services program in San Diego.

Instructor of Record, San Diego State University, Spring 2024: Undergraduate course: Human Behavior in The Social Environment (SWORK 360)

Teaching Assistant, San Diego State University, Fall 2023: Graduate course: Human Behavior in The Social Environment (SWORK 619)

Adjunct Instructor, Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indianapolis, IN, Spring 2018: Integrated undergraduate and master's course on homelessness. Led students in conducting data collection for the 2018 Indianapolis Point-in-Time count.

Teaching Assistant, Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IN, Jan 2014–May 2015: Undergraduate course: National and International Policy. Helped to develop and lead an honors’ student comparative policy Spring Break course to Havana, Cuba.

Research Consultant, University of California San Francisco Veterans Affairs, Feb 2026–Aug 2026: Merged, cleaned, and analyzed harm reduction vending machine distribution and cost data to determine program costs, cost drivers, and conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses.

Research Consultant, Harm Reduction Sisters, Dec 2023–Dec 2024: Analyzed programmatic data to evaluate longitudinal harm reduction supply distribution and completed final reports for funding organizations (NACCHO and the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services).

Research Consultant, RTI International, Aug 2022–May 2023: Led dissemination efforts (manuscripts, reports, podcasts, presentations) for a randomized controlled trial of a police – mental health co-response team.

Doctoral Research Assistant, National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), Jun 2022: Collected survey data on drug use among diverse residents across San Diego County.

23. Borquéz, I., Bailey, K., Laynor, G., Toledo, L., Bastos, F.I., Santella-Tenorio, J., Castillo-Carniglia, A., Cerdá, M., Krawczyk, N. Harm reduction services and interventions for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) between 2013–2024: A scoping review protocol. PLOS One (2025).

22. Bailey, K., Strathdee, S.A., Bazzi, A.R., Stamos-Buesig, T., Godvin, M., Harvey-Vera, A., Abramovitz, D., Vera, C.F., Patterson, T.L., Davidson, P.J., Borquez, A. Motivational Interviewing to increase drug checking and reduce overdose rates among people who use drugs: protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of an adjunctive intervention. BMC Public Health (2025).

21. Eger, W.H., Paltin, D., Ross, J.D., Bailey, K., Nguyen, A.V., Solomon, E.M., Bartholomew, T.S., Han, B.H., Bazzi, A.R. Naloxone distribution amidst shifting drug use patterns: insights from a needs-based syringe services program. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2025).

20. Kepner, W., Yang, K., Dionicio, P., Satylbaldieva, N., Bailey, K., Moore, A., Han, B., Palamar, J. Prevalence and correlates of lifetime ecstasy/MDMA use among Asian American and Pacific Islander adult populations in the United States, 2015–2020. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (2025).

19. Hofer, M., Lu, T., Bailey, K., Aldridge, A., Grommon, E., Lowder, E., Ray, B. An economic evaluation of a police-mental health co-response program: data from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Criminology (2024).

18. Hofer, M., Lu, T., Bailey, K., Aldridge, A., Grommon, E., Lowder, E., Ray, B. An economic evaluation of a police-mental health co-response program: data from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Criminology (2024).

17. Friedman, J.R., Abramovitz, D., Skaathun, B., Rangel, G., Harvey-Vera, A., Vera, C.F., Artamonova, I., Muñoz, S., Martin, N.K., Eger, W.H., Bailey, K., Go, B.S., Bourgois, P., Strathdee, S.A. Illicit Fentanyl Use and Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana and San Diego: Results From a Binational Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases (2024).

16. Bailey, K., Abramovitz, D., Rangel Gómez, G., Harvey-Vera, A., Vera, C.F., Patterson, T.L., Arredondo Sánchez-Lira, A., Davidson, P.J., Garfein, R.S., Smith, L.R., Pitpitan, E.V., Goldenberg, S.M., Strathdee, S.A. Safe Injection Self-Efficacy is associated with HCV and HIV seropositivity among people who inject drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. AIDS and Behavior (2024).

15. Lowder, E.M., Grommon, E., Bailey, K., Ray, B. Police-mental health co-response versus police-as-usual response to behavioral health emergencies: a pragmatic randomized effectiveness trial. Social Science & Medicine (2024).

14. Bailey, K., Hofer, M., Sightes, E., Lowder, E.M., Grommon, E., Ray, B. Study Protocol and Stakeholder Perceptions of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Co-Response Police-Mental Health Team. Journal of Experimental Criminology (2023).

13. Bailey, K., Abramovitz, D., Artamonova, I., Davidson, P., Stamos-Buesig, T., Vera, C., Patterson, T., Arredondo, J., Kattan, J., Bergmann, L., Thihalolipavan, S., Strathdee, S.A., Borquez, A. Drug checking in the fentanyl era: Utilization and interest among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California. International Journal of Drug Policy (2023).

12. Bailey, K., Abramovitz, D., Patterson, T., Harvey-Vera, A., Vera, C., Gudelia Rangel, M., Friedman, J., Davidson, P., Bourgois, P., Strathdee, S. Correlates of Recent Overdose among People Who Inject Drugs in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2022).

11. Ray, B., Bailey, K., Dunnigan, M., Aalsma, M., Bell, L., O’Brien, M. Comparing practices used in overdose fatality review teams to recommended implementation guidelines. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (2022).

10. Bailey, K., Lee, G., Victor, G., Sightes, E., Comartin, E., Grommon, E., Ray, B. Crisis event dispositions following a crisis response team intervention. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (2021).

9. Lowder, E., Bailey, K., Paquet, S.R., Grommon, E., Ray, B. Evaluation of a police-mental health co-response team relative to traditional police response in Indianapolis. Psychiatric Services (2021).

8. Victor, G., Bailey, K., Ray, B. Buprenorphine treatment intake and critical encounters following a nonfatal overdose. Substance Use & Misuse (2021).

7. Lockwood, T., Huynh, P., Richard, A., Sightes, E., Bailey, K., Ray, B., Lieberman, M. Community overdose surveillance: Comparing substances collected from the death scene investigation to toxicology results. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2021).

6. Ray, B., Watson, D., Xu, H., Salyers, M., Victor, G., Sightes, E., Bailey, K., Robison Taylor, L., Bo, N. Peer recovery services for persons returning from prison: Pilot randomized clinical trial investigation of SUPPORT. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2021).

5. Ray, B., Bailey, K., Alton, M., Klatt, A. Arrest and emergency medical services events among participants from one of the first mental health courts. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (2020).

4. Victor, G., Sightes, E., Watson, D., Ray, B., Bailey, K., et al. Designing and implementing an intervention for returning citizens living with substance use disorder: Discovering the benefits of peer recovery coach involvement in pilot clinical trial decision-making. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (2020).

3. Ray, B., Lowder, E., Bailey, K., et al. Racial differences in overdose events and polydrug detection in Indianapolis, Indiana. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2020).

2. Sightes, E., Ray, B., Paquet, S.R., Bailey, K., et al. Police officer attitudes towards syringe services programming. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2019).

1. Bailey, K., Paquet, S.R., Ray, B.R. et al. Barriers and facilitators to implementing an urban co-responding police-mental health team. Health Justice (2018).

Key non-peer reviewed reports

Ray, B., Purchase, S., Bailey, K., Hermes, K., Johnson, E., Johnsen, B., Corpman, B. Evaluating smoking supplies among syringe services program participants in Northern Minnesota. National Association for County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) (2024).

Ray, B., Hofer, M. S., Lu, T. T., Aldridge, A. P., Grommon, E., Sightes, E., Lowder, E., & Bailey, K. Outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of a co-response police-mental health team. Arnold Ventures (2023).

Bailey, K. and Roll, A. Homelessness in Indianapolis: 2019 Marion County Point-in-time count. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2019).

Bailey, K. Assessment of the Indianapolis Reuben Engagement Center mental health and substance use diversion program. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2019).

Merritt, B., Bailey, K., & Davila, K. Interim feasibility & implementation report on Great Families 2020: a two-generational service delivery model of United Way of Central Indiana. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2019).

Bailey, K. and Beckman, W. Student housing instability and food insecurity: Fall 2018 Basic Needs Assessment. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2019).

Bailey, K., Ray, B. Evaluation of the Indianapolis mobile crisis assistance team: report to the Indianapolis office of Public Health & Safety and the Fairbanks Foundation. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2018).

Bailey, K. Street-based income in downtown Indianapolis: a survey and needs assessment in the downtown square mile. Indiana University Public Policy Institute (2018).

College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Early Career Investigator Travel Award, Jun 2026: Travel award to support the presentation of my research at the annual CPDD meeting

San Diego Center for AIDS Research, Next Generation Grant, Oct 2025: Independent research grant

National Institute on Drug Abuse T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Aug 2024–Present: Annual stipend and training

University of California San Diego HIV Institute T32 Trainee Support, Aug 2024–2026: Merit-based award for one year of supplemental funding for postdoctoral training, twice awarded

San Diego State University Graduate Student Travel Fund Award, Jun 2024: Travel award for presentation at the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy meeting

San Diego State University Graduate Fellowship, Aug 2023–Jul 2024: Annual merit award stipend

UCSD Graduate & Professional Student Association Travel Grant Award, Jun 2023: Travel award to present research at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence annual meeting

National Institute on Drug Abuse T32 Predoctoral Fellowship, Aug 2021–Aug 2023: Annual stipend and training

Fulbright Travel Award, Dec 2019: Travel award to present research at the National Drug Council in Uruguay

Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, Lima, Peru, Aug 2019–Feb 2020: Stipend to conduct research and serve as a technical advisor to the Peruvian National Drug Commission's (DEVIDA) Office of Monitoring and Evaluation

Indiana University Staff Professional Development Grant, Aug 2018: Award to present research at the American Public Health Association annual meeting

Association of O’Neill Ph.D. Students Annual Conference, Mar 2015: Monetary award for 'Best Public Policy Paper'

Indiana University Office of the Vice President for International Affairs International Scholar Award, Aug 2014–Dec 2014: Grant funding for independent research at the University of Costa Rica

Bailey, K., Goldshear, J., Bazzi, A. R., Buesig, T., Godvin, M., Davidson, P. J., Patterson, T. L., Strathdee, S. A., Borquez, A. Participant perceptions of a peer-led motivational interviewing intervention to promote drug checking. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting. Portland, OR, USA; June 2026.

Hehner, L. A., Hauschild, M. H., Bailey, K., Kowalczyk, W. J., Crable, E. L., Arredondo Sánchez-Lira, J., Bazzi, A. R., Eger, W. H. Implementing Harm Reduction in a Binational Context: Key Informant Perspectives. American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference. San Diego, CA, USA; 2026.

Bailey, K., Humphrey, J. L., Patel, S. V., Bazzi, A. R., Kral, A. H., Lambdin, B. H. Prevalence and Correlates of Advanced-Technology Drug Checking Services Adoption among U.S. Syringe Services Programs. Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA) Annual Meeting. Portland, OR, USA; November 2025.

Bailey, K., Pines, H.A., Eger, W., Zoukari, T., Gussardo, N., Paroo, A., Tobe, C.J., Storholm, E., Bazzi, A.R. Dispensing Safety: Patterns of Harm Reduction Vending Machine Utilization in a Nightclub in Riverside County, California. California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) Grantee Meeting. Berkeley, CA, USA; September 2025.

Bailey, K., Strathdee, S. A., Bazzi, A. R., Stamos-Buesig, T., Parnes, J., Patterson, T. L., Davidson, P. J., & Borquez, A. Motivational interviewing for community-based harm reduction and drug checking empowerment: Protocol for the 'MI-CHANCE' hybrid type-1 efficacy and implementation trial. Harm Reduction International Conference. Bogotá, Colombia; April 2025.

Borquéz Infante, I., Bailey, K., Lang, A. Q., Vargas, M., Toledo, L., Bastos, F. I., Santella-Tenorio, J., Castillo-Carniglia, A., Cerdá, M., Krawczyk, N. Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Between 2013–2023: A Rapid Scoping Review of Peer-Reviewed Literature. Harm Reduction International Conference. Bogotá, Colombia; April 2025.

Bailey, K. Strathdee, S.A.Patterns in overdose prevention strategies utilized among people who use drugs in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada; June 2024.

Bailey, K., Strathdee, S.A. A cross-sectional examination of individual-level overdose prevention strategies utilized by structurally marginalized people who use drugs in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico between May 2022–March 2023. San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange. San Diego, CA, USA; April 2024.

Bailey, K., Strathdee, S.A. Drug checking in the fentanyl era: awareness, interest, and utilization among people who inject drugs in San Diego County, California. College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Denver, CO, USA; June 2023.

Bailey, K. Overdose and environmental health outcomes among people who inject drugs from the La Frontera cohort study. San Diego Epidemiology Research Exchange. April 2023.

Bailey, K., Ray, B. Findings from an implementation study of a first-responder mobile crisis assistance team pilot program in Indianapolis. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. Chicago, IL, USA; September 2019.

Bailey, K., Paquet, S., Huynh, P., Ray, B. Implementation of a first-responder mobile crisis assistance team pilot program in Indianapolis. American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA, USA; November 2019.

Bailey, K. & Paquet, S., Sightes, E., Huynh, P., Ray, B. History of opioid-involved non-fatal overdose among police-based mental health diversion participants. International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. Montreal, Quebec, Canada; June 2019.

Bailey, K. Improving Industrial Policymaking: The Case of Costa Rica’s Rice Sector. Association of O’Neill Ph.D. and Graduate Students Annual Student Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, USA; February 2015.

Bailey, K. Identifying and addressing harmful substances in the unregulated drug supply. Guest lecture for University of San Diego School of Medicine medical student Harm Reduction course. February 2026

Bailey, K. Prevalence and Correlates of Advanced-Technology Drug Checking in U.S. Syringe Services Programs. HIV and Substance Use Seminar series, University of California San Diego School of Medicine. November 2025

Bailey, K. Drug checking to reduce harm amidst a toxic and unpredicted drug supply. Guest lecture for University of San Diego Department of Public Health Master’s-level Substance Use course. October 2025

Bailey, K. Overdose prevention as a health equity approach. Guest lecture for California State University San Marcos Graduate Public Health Equity course. September 2025

Bailey, K. Research methods for evaluating a novel mental health & substance use diversion program. Guest lecture for San Diego State University School of Social Work Graduate Research Methods course. March 2025

Bailey, K. Survey research in substance use and overdose prevention. Guest lecture for Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs combined undergraduate and graduate Survey Research course. April 2025

Bailey, K. Implementing a low-barrier, advanced drug checking technology in community-based syringe services programs. HIV and Substance Use Seminar series, University of California San Diego School of Medicine. January 2025

Bailey, K. Findings from a longitudinal cohort study of people who use drugs in San Diego and implications for harm reduction service providers. San Diego County Syringe Services Program Providers Monthly Meeting facilitated by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. November 2024

Bailey, K. The role of Safe Injection Self-Efficacy in HCV and HIV prevention. Symposium: Biostatistics and Epidemiology Research Exchange, University of California, San Diego. November 2024

Bailey, K. Overdose and Prevention Strategies Among People Who Use Drugs in Tijuana. Transborder Dialogue at the Institute of Legal Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tijuana Campus. October 2024

Bailey, K. Harm reduction services utilization among people who use drugs in the San Diego/Tijuana border region. San Diego County Syringe Services Program Providers Monthly Meeting facilitated by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. September 2024

Bailey, K., Lowder, E., Grommon, E., & Ray, B. Just Science. Just Evaluating a Co-Response Program in Indianapolis. [Audio podcast episode]. RTI International Justice Practice Area. May 2024

Bailey, K., Cummings, C., & Cianelli, J. Just Science. Just Implementing a Co-Response Program in Indianapolis. [Audio podcast episode]. RTI International Justice Practice Area. May 2024

Bailey, K. Diagnosis of the public program monitoring and evaluation system in the Office of Monitoring and Promotion at the National Commission for Life and Development without Drugs. Lima, Peru. February 2020

Bailey, K. Lessons learned in evaluating a mobile crisis team. National Drug Council. Special invitation. Montevideo, Uruguay; December 2019

Bailey, K. Survey research methods in practice. Guest lectures for Survey Research graduate course, Indiana University Center for Survey Research. ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’25

College on Problems of Drug Dependence, International Committee, Jan 2025–Present. Encourage substance use research and treatment internationally by recognizing promising international scientists, assisting the NIDA International Program, and promoting scientific study of drug dependence.

Harm Reduction International Health Collective (HRIHC) Team, Jan 2023–Present. Data & Research Co-Director & Street outreach team lead for community-based harm reduction supplies distribution.

Ad Hoc Peer Review, Ongoing. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, AIDS and Behavior, Justice Evaluation Journal, The American Journal on Addictions, BMC Public Health, Journal of Addiction Medicine.

Harm Reduction International 2025 Conference, Apr 2025. Abstract reviewer & conference logistics volunteer, Bogotá, Colombia.

San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, Mar 2024. Volunteer judge for student research presentations, San Diego, CA.

UCSD-SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Substance Use Research, Aug 2023–May 2024. Student Council Representative, San Diego, CA.

Fulbright Commission. Pre-Departure Orientation Facilitator for new Fulbright grantees ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship U.S. Scholar Applicant Peer Review Committee ’21, ’23.

Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center, Feb 2020–Jul 2021. Spanish Language Interpreter, Detroit, MI.

Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, Jan 2012–Aug 2019. Team lead for Spanish interpreting & translation volunteers; United Way of Central Indiana community nominated volunteer of the year award winner ’19.

Indy Reads, Jul 2015–Jul 2016. English as a Second Language Literacy Tutor, Indianapolis, IN.