Dr. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and an addiction expert at Boston Medical Center. A graduate of McMaster University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency at the University of British Columbia, General Internal Medicine Fellowship and Masters of Epidemiology at McGill University, and Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Boston University, Dr. Harris is passionate about women's health and harm reduction. Her research interests focus on the intersection of women’s health and substance use including increasing sexual, reproductive, and HIV prevention services in substance use treatment spaces, substance use treatment while pregnant and parenting, and gender-responsive harm reduction.
Clinically, she provides community-based methadone treatment at HCRC Bradston in Boston and attends on the General Medicine units and the Addiction Consult Service at Boston Medical Center.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
My commitment to improving the health of structurally marginalized populations dates back to childhood experiences visiting the Sandy Lake First Nation (or Negaw-zaaga'igan Nitam-Anishinaabe) Oji-Cree reservation while living in Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada. There I witnessed gross structural and health inequity rooted in racists policies that reinforced Indigenous marginalization. These experiences galvanized my interest in medicine and my devotion to working in partnership with marginalized communities. My clinical, academic, and advocacy work centres on addressing the harms related to substance use and addiction, focusing on upstream structural drivers such as housing policy and the criminalization of drug use and sex work. As a white, cis-women I am committed to ongoing learning and unlearning required to improve my approach to equity and inclusion in my clinical practice, teaching and mentorship, and research domains.
Some DEIA focused activities and research include the following:
Clinical Training:
8/2010 Medical school four-week medical elective in general surgery in Georgetown, Guyana
6/2015 Internal medicine residency four-week global health elective in Gulu, Uganda
6/2018 Internal medicine fellowship, two-week medicine elective in Kuujjuaq, Canada
Institutional Roles Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice:
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC
8/2013-6/2016 Global Health Committee Leader
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
6/2020-present Diversity and Inclusion committee, Section of General Internal Medicine
Mentoring:
8/2021 Mentor for Summer Training as Research Scholars Program (STaRS) program Mentor. STaRS is designed to promote more equitable access to graduate education for students historically underrepresented in science and medicine.
Major Committee assignments:
9/2020-present 51a Subcommittee for Mandated Reporting on Substance Exposed Newborns, Boston,
MA
Scholarship:
1. Harris M,† Joseph K, Hoeppner B, Wachman EM, Gray JR, Saia K, Wakeman S, Bair-Merritt MH, Schiff DM. A Retrospective Cohort Study Examining the Utility of Perinatal Urine Toxicology Testing to Guide Breastfeeding Initiation. J Addict Med. 2021 Jul-Aug 01; 15(4):311-317. PMID: 33060464
2. Harris MTH,† Lambert AM, Maschke AD, Bagley SM, Walley AY, Gunn CM. "No home to take methadone to": Experiences with addiction services during the COVID-19 pandemic among survivors of opioid overdose in Boston. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Nov 04; 108655. PMID: 34772604
3. Harris MTH,† Laks J, Stahl N, Bagley SM, Saia K, Wechsberg WM. Gender Dynamics in Substance Use and Treatment: A Women's Focused Approach. Med Clin North Am. 2022 Jan; 106(1):219-234. PMID: 34823732
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CFAR Developmental Award: Adapting PEP and PrEP for Women Who Inject Drugs and Engage in Sex Work: An Exploratory Study to Support the Development of a Tailored PEP and PrEP Intervention11/29/2021 - 11/28/2022 (PI)
The Miriam Hospital National Institute o2P30AI042853-25
ICARMF Fellowship07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
University of British Columbia
Clinical Investigators Program07/01/2018 - 06/30/2021 (Aspiring Investigator)
McGill University and Canadian Royal College of Physician and Surgeons
Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on People at High-Risk of Overdose06/01/2020 - 03/31/2021 (PI)
BU CTSI1UL1TR001430
Research in Addictions Medicine Scholar (RAMS) Program11/01/2018 - 11/01/2020 (RAMS Scholar)
PI: Samet
National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDAR25DA033211
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Harris MTH, Laks J, Hurstak E, Jain JP, Lambert AM, Maschke AD, Bagley SM, Farley J, Coffin PO, McMahan VM, Barrett C, Walley AY, Gunn CM. "If you're strung out and female, they will take advantage of you": A qualitative study exploring drug use and substance use service experiences among women in Boston and San Francisco. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Feb; 157:209190.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37866442
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Harris M, Schiff DM, Saia K, Muftu S, Standish KR, Wachman EM. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #21: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder (Revised 2023). Breastfeed Med. 2023 Oct; 18(10):715-733.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37856658; PMCID: PMC10775244; DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2023.29256.abm;
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Harris MT, Goldenberg S, Cui Z, Fairbairn N, Milloy MS, Hayashi K, Samet JH, Walley AY, Nolan S. Association of sex work and social-structural factors with non-fatal overdose among women who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Feb; 112:103950.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36640591; PMCID: PMC9974922; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103950;
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Laks J, Walley AY, Bagley SM, Barber CM, Gaeta JM, Neville LA, Peterkin AF, Rosenthal E, Saia KA, Weinstein ZM, Harris MTH. Developing a Women's Health track within addiction medicine fellowship: reflections and inspirations. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2023 Jan 09; 18(1):3.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36617557; PMCID: PMC9827632; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00357-8;
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Gunn CM, Pankowska M, Harris M, Helsing E, Battaglia TA, Bagley SM. The representation of females in clinical trials for substance use disorder conducted in the United States (2010-19). Addiction. 2022 Oct; 117(10):2583-2590.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35165969; PMCID: PMC10062729; DOI: 10.1111/add.15842;
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Harris MTH, Lambert AM, Maschke AD, Bagley SM, Walley AY, Gunn CM. "No home to take methadone to": Experiences with addiction services during the COVID-19 pandemic among survivors of opioid overdose in Boston. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 04; 135:108655.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34772604; PMCID: PMC8576611; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108655;
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Harris MT, Seliga RK, Fairbairn N, Nolan S, Walley AY, Weinstein ZM, Turnbull J. Outcomes of Ottawa, Canada's Managed Opioid Program (MOP) where supervised injectable hydromorphone was paired with assisted housing. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 12; 98:103400.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34469781; PMCID: PMC8881087; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103400;
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Harris MTH, Young S, Barocas J, Bayoumi AM, Caudarella A, Laurence G, Tomanovich M, Komaromy M. A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto. Public Health Rep. 2021 Sep-Oct; 136(5):532-537.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34269625; PMCID: PMC8361564; DOI: 10.1177/00333549211032974;
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Harris M, Joseph K, Hoeppner B, Wachman EM, Gray JR, Saia K, Wakeman S, Bair-Merritt MH, Schiff DM. A Retrospective Cohort Study Examining the Utility of Perinatal Urine Toxicology Testing to Guide Breastfeeding Initiation. J Addict Med. 2021 Jul-Aug 01; 15(4):311-317.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33060464; PMCID: PMC8044259; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000761;
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Ogden SN, Harris MT, Childs E, Valente PK, Edeza A, Collins AB, Drainoni ML, Mimiaga MJ, Biello KB, Bazzi AR. "You need money to get high, and that's the easiest and fastest way:" A typology of sex work and health behaviours among people who inject drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 10; 96:103285.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33985886; PMCID: PMC8568616; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103285;
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Harris MTH, Peterkin A, Bach P, Englander H, Lapidus E, Rolley T, Weimer MB, Weinstein ZM. Correction to: Adapting inpatient addiction medicine consult services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2021 Apr 28; 16(1):25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33910637; PMCID: PMC8079514; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-021-00232-y;
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Harris MTH, Bagley SM, Maschke A, Schoenberger SF, Sampath S, Walley AY, Gunn CM. Competing risks of women and men who use fentanyl: "The number one thing I worry about would be my safety and number two would be overdose". J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 06; 125:108313.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34016300; PMCID: PMC8140193; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108313;
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Harris M, McDonald EG, Marrone E, El-Messidi A, Girard T, Gosselin S, Gunn CM, Shapiro GD, Longo C, Dayan N. Postpartum Analgesia in New Mothers (PAIN) Study: A Survey of Canadian Obstetricians' Post-Delivery Opioid-Prescribing Practices. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2021 08; 43(8):957-966.e9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33321248; PMCID: PMC8824683; DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.11.018;
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Gunn CM, Maschke A, Harris M, Schoenberger SF, Sampath S, Walley AY, Bagley SM. Age-based preferences for risk communication in the fentanyl era: 'A lot of people keep seeing other people die and that's not enough for them'. Addiction. 2021 06; 116(6):1495-1504.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33119196; PMCID: PMC8081736; DOI: 10.1111/add.15305;
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Harris M, Gadermann A, Norena M, To M, Hubley AM, Aubry T, Hwang S, Palepu A. Residential moves and its association with substance use, healthcare needs, and acute care use among homeless and vulnerably housed persons in Canada. Int J Public Health. 2019 Apr; 64(3):399-409. PMID: 30382287; DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1167-6;
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Martin L, Harris MT, Brooks A, Main C, Mertz D. Management and outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after implementation of mandatory infectious diseases consult: a before/after study. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 15; 15:568. PMID: 26666459; PMCID: PMC4678701; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1296-y;
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| 2015 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
2020-2021 National Institute on Drug Abuse:
International Collaborative Addiction Medicine Research Fellowship
2019 American Society of Addiction Medicine :
Ruth Fox Scholarship
2018-2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse:
Research in Addictions Medicine Scholar
2017-2019 McGill University & Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons:
Clinical Investigators Program, McGill University
2009 Tel Aviv University:
MASA Scholarship