Staff Profile

Erin Stringfellow joined the ITA in October 2019. She holds a PhD in Social Work from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, where she also earned her BA. She specializes in using qualitative and system dynamics methods to develop sustainable interventions and policies that support recovery from addiction.

Prior to joining the ITA, Dr. Stringfellow was a research scientist and assistant research professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, where she worked with a dedicated, passionate team to conduct evaluation and research of federally-funded opioid-related grants. She has held multiple affiliations with the Social System Design Lab since 2013, where she developed skills and expertise in community-based system dynamics projects addressing homelessness, behavioral health policy, and opioid overdoses.

Dr. Stringfellow is excited to return to the Boston area. Previously, she worked as a research associate at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program from 2008-2012.

She is working with Dr. Mohammad Jalali (“MJ”) to develop system dynamics models to improve policies focused on substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment for disorder, and recovery.

Selected Publications

Stringfellow, Erin J; Dong, Huiru; Khatami, Seyedeh Nazanin; Lee, Hannah; Jalali, Mohammad S

The association between buprenorphine doses above 16 milligrams and treatment retention in a multi-payer national sample in the United States, 2014 to 2021 Journal Article

In: Addiction, 2025, ISSN: 1360-0443.

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Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Jalali, Mohammad S

State-level racial and ethnic disparities in buprenorphine treatment duration in the United States Journal Article

In: Am J Addict, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 69-74, 2025, ISSN: 1521-0391.

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Lee, Hannah; Otero-Leon, Daniel; Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Jalali, Mohammad S

Uncovering Patterns in Overdose Deaths: An Analysis of Spike Identification in Fatal Drug Overdose Data in Massachusetts, 2017-2023 Journal Article

In: Public Health Rep, pp. 333549241299613, 2024, ISSN: 1468-2877.

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Lim, Tse Yang; Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin; Hasgul, Zeynep; Park, Ju; Glos, Lukas; Kazemi, Reza; Jalali, Mohammad S.

Temporal and spatial trends of fentanyl co-occurrence in the illicit drug supply in the United States: a serial cross-sectional analysis Journal Article

In: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, vol. 39, 2024, ISSN: 2667-193X.

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Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Russell, Alton; Jalali, Mohammad S

State Mandates On Naloxone Coprescribing Associated With Short-Term Increase In Naloxone Codispensing Journal Article

In: Health Aff (Millwood), vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1319–1328, 2024, ISSN: 2694-233X.

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Lim, Tse Yang; Keyes, Katherine M; Caulkins, Jonathan P; Stringfellow, Erin J; Cerdá, Magdalena; Jalali, Mohammad S

Improving Estimates of the Prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder in the United States: Revising Keyes et al Journal Article

In: J Addict Med, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 705-710, 2024, ISSN: 1935-3227.

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Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Russell, W Alton; Bearnot, Benjamin; Jalali, Mohammad S

Impact of Alternative Ways to Operationalize Buprenorphine Treatment Duration on Understanding Continuity of Care for Opioid Use Disorder Journal Article

In: Int J Ment Health Addict, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2285–2290, 2024, ISSN: 1557-1874.

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Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Russell, W Alton; Bearnot, Benjamin; Jalali, Mohammad S

Impact of Alternative Ways to Operationalize Buprenorphine Treatment Duration on Understanding Continuity of Care for Opioid Use Disorder Journal Article

In: Int J Ment Health Addict, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2285–2290, 2024, ISSN: 1557-1874.

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Stringfellow, Erin J; Lim, Tse Yang; Dong, Huiru; Zhang, Ziyuan; Jalali, Mohammad S

The association between longitudinal trends in receipt of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and buprenorphine-waivered providers in the United States Journal Article

In: Addiction, vol. 118, no. 11, pp. 2215-2219, 2023, ISSN: 1360-0443.

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Vivas-Valencia, Carolina; Dong, Huiru; Stringfellow, Erin J; Russell, W Alton; Morgan, Jake R; Tadrous, Mina; Jalali, Mohammad S

Factors Associated With Abrupt Discontinuation of Long-Term High-Dose Opioid Treatment Journal Article

In: JAMA Netw Open, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. e2341416, 2023, ISSN: 2574-3805.

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