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Daniel M. Merrigan, EdD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

EdD, Boston University
MDiv, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
ThM, Weston Jesuit School of Theology
MEd, North Adams State College
BS, Villanova University

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ORCID : 0000-0003-4377-0200

Dan Merrigan is Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Community Health Sciences.

Dan was the founding director of the New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development and Director of the HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Certificate Education Program. Both projects provide innovative education/training that improve local public health infrastructure by increasing the skills and competencies of the currently employed public health workforce. Dan has been engaged in numerous research, education, training and leadership development initiatives for the past 30 years including two Robert Wood Johnson Foundation programs, the Join Together National Leadership Fellowship and the Reclaiming Futures National Leadership Fellowship. These initiatives promote shared local leadership and community-based solutions that address substance abuse, juvenile justice, public safety, emergency preparedness and other local public health issues. Dan has broad experience facilitating leadership collaborations among grassroots groups, policy advocates, the justice system, human service providers, and other community stakeholders including the business and faith community to adopt innovations that improve and protect community health. Dr. Merrigan has been a Fellow in the National Leadership Program funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He holds Th.M. and M.Div. degrees from the Jesuit Weston School of Theology; M.P.H. and Ed.D. degrees from Boston University, an M.Ed. from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and a B.S. from Villanova University. He was also a Jesuit priest for twenty years.

BU Research

New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development
09/01/2003 - 08/31/2005 (PI)
ASPH

Emergency Preparedness Region 4B
06/30/2004 - 06/30/2005 (PI)
Cambridge Public Health Department

Massachusetts Regional Public Health Leadership Forum
10/01/1999 - 09/30/2004 (PI)
ASPH HHS CDC

Local Public Health Course
03/15/2004 - 08/31/2004 (PI)
Comm. of Mass./Department of Public Health HHS CDC

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Nissen L., Merrigan D. More treatment, better treatment, beyond treatment: Conceptual and structural foundations of the Reclaiming Futures model. Children and Youth Services Review, in press. 2011.
Nissen LB, Merrigan D, Schubert K. Editors for Special Edition of Children and Youth Services Review. Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Alcohol, Drugs and Crime – A National Initiative at Ten Years: Reflections, Lessons, and the Road Ahead, in press. 2011.
Nissen LB, Merrigan D, Schubert K. Editors for Special Edition of Children and Youth Services Review: Reclaiming Futures: Ten Years of Lessons, Progress and the Road Ahead. Children and Youth Services Review. 2011; 33(1).
Cavanaugh D, Kraft K, Muck R, Merrigan D. Toward an effective treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders: The role of the states. Children and Youth Services Review. 2011; 33(1):16-22.
Cavanaugh D., Kraft K, Muck R, Merrigan D. State level development of the treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders. Children and Youth Services Review, in press. 2011.
Nissen L, Merrigan D. The development and evolution of reclaiming futures at the ten-year mark: reflections and recommendations. Children and Youth Services Review. 2011; 33(1):9-15.
Nissen LB, Merrigan D. Helping substance-involved young people in juvenile justice be successful: Conceptual and structural foundations of the Reclaiming Futures model. Children and Youth Services Review. 2011; 33(1):s3-s8.
Merrigan, D ; Roman, J; Schubert, K. How to Implement a Model to Get Youth Off Drugs and Out of Crime Permanent Link. 2008. View Publication
Nissen, L.B., Butts, J.A., Merrigan, D., & Kraft, M.K. The RWJF Reclaiming Futures initiative: Improving interventions for justice-involved youth. National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges Journal. 2006; 57(4):39-52.
Anderegg, M., Bamberger, T., Capizzi, A., Clark, P., Heaston, C., Hitchcock, W., et al. Merrigan D, editor) Reclaiming Futures: A model for judicial leadership in community responses to juvenile substance abuse. Juvenile and Family Court Journal. 2006; 57:1-11.

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Atchison C, Boatright DT, Merrigan D, Quill BE, Whittaker C, Vickery AR, Aglipay GS. Demonstrating excellence in practice-based teaching for public health. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006 Jan-Feb; 12(1):15-21. PMID: 16340509

Nissen, L.B., Butts, J.A., Merrigan, D., & Kraft, M.K. The RWJF Reclaiming Futures initiative: Improving interventions for justice-involved youth. National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges Journal. 2006; 57(4):39-52.
Christopher A; Boatright, D.; Merrigan, D, Quill, B; Whittaker, C. Demonstrating excellence in practice-based teaching for public health. Journal of Management and Practice. 2006; 12(1).

Nissen LB, Merrigan DM, Kraft MK. Moving mountains together: strategic community leadership and systems change. Child Welfare. 2005 Mar-Apr; 84(2):123-40. PMID: 15828404

Nissen, LB., Merrigan D., & Kraft, M.K. Moving mountains: A leadership lens in national substance abuse and juvenile justice reform. Child Welfare. 2005; 84(2):123-140.

Allaire SH, Evans SR, LaValley MP, Merrigan DM. Use of the Americans with Disabilities Act by persons with rheumatic diseases and factors associated with use. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Apr; 45(2):174-82.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
LaValley, Michael

PMID: 11324782

Merrigan D., et al. Demonstrating Excellence in Public Health Practice. Association of Schools of Public Health, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration (USDPHHS - ASPH Practice Coordinators Council). 1999.
Balsam AS, Merrigan DM, et al. Professional Development: The Massachusetts Elderly Diabetes Education Project. The Diabetes Educator. 1993; 19(3).

Walsh DC, Hingson RW, Merrigan DM, Levenson SM, Coffman GA, Heeren T, Cupples LA. The impact of a physician's warning on recovery after alcoholism treatment. JAMA. 1992 Feb 5; 267(5):663-7.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
Coffman, Gerald
Levenson, Suzette
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 1731132

Walsh, DC, Hingson, R, Merrigan, D, Levenson, S. Treating the employed alcoholic: which interventions work?. Alcohol Health & Research World. 1992.

Walsh DC, Hingson RW, Merrigan DM, Levenson SM, Cupples LA, Heeren T, Coffman GA, Becker CA, Barker TA, Hamilton SK, et al. A randomized trial of treatment options for alcohol-abusing workers. N Engl J Med. 1991 Sep 12; 325(11):775-82.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
Coffman, Gerald
Levenson, Suzette
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 1870651

Walsh DC, Jennings SE, Mangione T, Merrigan DM. Health promotion versus health protection? Employees' perceptions and concerns. J Public Health Policy. 1991; 12(2):148-64.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
Mangione, Thomas

PMID: 1885757

Walsh DC, Hingson RW, Merrigan DM, Cupples LA, Levenson SM, Coffman GA. Associations between alcohol and cocaine use in a sample of problem-drinking employees. J Stud Alcohol. 1991 Jan; 52(1):17-25.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
Coffman, Gerald
Levenson, Suzette

PMID: 1994118

Grodin MA, Merrigan DM, Burton LA, Tobin HC. Religion, Medicine and Public Health Policy: Explorations in teaching. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 1990; 3(1).

Merrigan DM, Enriquez NC, Akahoshi MP. Continuous heparin infusion in the home-bound ambulatory patient using the Travenol Infusor: a descriptive report. NITA. 1987 Mar-Apr; 10(2):122-6. PMID: 3645342

Hingson R, Merrigan D, Heeren T. Effects of Massachusetts raising its legal drinking age from 18 to 20 on deaths from teenage homicide, suicide, and nontraffic accidents. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1985 Feb; 32(1):221-32.View Related Profiles.

Merrigan, Daniel
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 3975091

Nissen L, Merrigan D. The development and evolution of reclaiming futures at the ten-year mark: reflections and recommendations. Children and Youth Services Review, in press.

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Bar chart showing 26 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2011