Stephen P. Murray, MPH, NRP
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences


Pronouns: he/him/his



Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP, is an overdose researcher, Harm Reduction Program Manager and the Director of the SafeSpot Overdose Hotline at Boston Medical Center and an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. In 2021, he retired as a Lieutenant at a large regional ambulance service in Western Massachusetts, and had served as a first responder since 2013, having worked both as a firefighter and paramedic. He regularly shares for a national audience about his lived experience as a person who used drugs and overdose survivor. Stephen provides expert technical assistance around the topics of overdose prevention, emergency medical services, workforce and harm reduction to a variety of organizations, county and state governments across the country, including the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency, the National Academies of Medicine, and the National Governors Association. He has guest lectured at over a dozen universities including at Harvard University, University of Southern California, UMASS Medical School, and Georgetown University. He has research published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, Substance Use & Addiction Journal, American Journal of Public Health and Health Promotion Practice. In September 2023, he was featured in the multiple award-winning Episode 809 ("The Call") on This American Life.

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  1. Daneker E, Murray S, Poole X, Gibson M, Gainor D. Key Takeaways and Progress on Leveraging EMS in Overdose Response Among Five Learning Collaborative States. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024 Dec 10; 1-5. PMID: 39589319; DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2024.2432510;
     
  2. Russell E, Hawk M, Neale J, Bennett AS, Davis C, Hill LG, Winograd R, Kestner L, Lieberman A, Bell A, Santamour T, Murray S, Schneider KE, Walley AY, Jones TS. A call for compassionate opioid overdose response. Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Nov; 133:104587.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39299143
     
  3. Jawa R, Ismail S, Shang M, Murray S, Murray-Krezan C, Zheng Y, Mackin S, Washington K, Alvarez P, Dillon J, McMurtrie G, Stein M, Walley A, Liebschutz JM. Drug use practices and wound care experiences in the age of xylazine adulteration. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Oct 01; 263:112390.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39173221
     
  4. Jawa R, Blakemore S, Murray S, Ventura AS, Hristova T, Wilder A, Shang M, Johnson T, LaBelle C. Wound Care Capacity of the Addiction Workforce in the Setting of Xylazine. J Addict Med. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 18(6):723-726.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39051898; PMCID: PMC11610909; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001352;
     
  5. Jawa R, Murray S, Blakemore S, Ventura AS, Hristova T, Wilder A, Shang M, LaBelle C. Xylazine and Adulterants in the Evolving Drug Supply: Urgent Call for Responsive Education Models. Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Apr; 45(2):168-175.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38375666; PMCID: PMC11121508; DOI: 10.1177/29767342241231114;
     
  6. Beaugard C, Formica SW, Cummins E, Bagley SM, Beletsky L, Green TC, Murray SP, Yan S, Xuan Z, Walley AY, Carroll JJ. Privacy and confidentiality in Massachusetts' postoverdose outreach programs: Mixed methods analysis of outreach staff surveys and interviews. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2023. View Publication
  7. Jawa R, Murray SP, Tori M, Bratberg J, Walley A. Federal policymakers should urgently and greatly expand naloxone access. American Journal of Public Health. 2022; 112(4):558-561. View Publication
  8. Murray SP, Walley AY, Reilly B . Caring for People Who Use Drugs: Best Practices for EMS Providers. Health Promotion Practice. 2022. View Publication

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Experts say 'everyone' should have easy access to Narcan in case they happen across a overdose in progress, after recent FDA approval

The Berkshire Eagle 3/31/2023

Boston warns of surge in overdoses linked to cocaine laced with fentanyl

WBUR 2/24/2023

NH Warns About ‘Concerning' Rise in Use of Animal Sedative Drug Known as ‘Tranq'

NBC 10 2/16/2023

A Drug Meant to Sedate Large Animals Is Being Used on the Streets – And It's Causing Abscesses, Ulcers and More

NBC 10 2/8/2023

‘It’s kind of Russian Roulette’: How an animal tranquilizer is adding new risks to street drugs in New Hampshire

NHPR 1/20/2023

This overdose survivor didn't take no from the RMV. It listened, then OK'd a 'NARCAN' plate

The Berkshire Eagle 1/19/2023

After a spat with the RMV, this BMC researcher is taking his ‘NARCAN’ license plate on the road

Boston Globe 1/13/2023

2023 International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users: Community Award
2023 First Community Church: Mitch Snyder Award
2022 Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction: Community Professional Award
2022 Berkshire Community College Foundation: Berkshire 40 Under Forty
2022 Boston University School of Public Health, John McCahan Education Day: Best Student Abstract Award
2020 Northern Berkshire Community Coalition: Neighborly Spotlight Award
2018-2019 Western Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services Committee: Emergency Medical Services Save Award
2018 Northern Berkshire EMS: Paramedic of the Year
2016 Action Ambulance, Inc.: EMT of the Year
2015 Animal Control Officers of Massachusetts: Shining Star Award
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Harm Reduction
Overdose, Drug
Opiate Addiction
drug policy
Naloxone
Emergency Medical Services
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