Ebonie Massey
Research Assistant

Ebonie Massey received both her Master of Arts in Sociology and her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently working with GMAP as a research assistant on Project HEAL Together, an NIH HEAL initiative which aims to evaluate how peer recovery coaches can improve retention in a methadone treatment program for underserved, minority individuals with OUD by reducing stigma.Ebonie is also a faculty research assistant at the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) where she began working in 2017. She serves primarily as a quantitative data analyst on the national expansion of the Emergency Department Drug Surveillance (EDDS) system, now funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), by managing databases and conducting analyses of electronic health record (EHR) data including urine toxicology results and other patient information from patients presenting to hospital emergency departments for drug overdose or drug-related health problems. Previously, Ebonie served as a quantitative data analyst on two projects within the Opioid Use Disorders Project funded by the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State Initiative. She also has a background in qualitative data analysis which includes experience transcribing and thematically coding interviews for a project of the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program studying the experiences of Black male victims of violent injury being treated at UM Prince George's Hospital Center. 

Education:

University of Maryland, College Park
MA Sociology

University of Maryland, College Park
BA Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice