Jennifer Ellis is a licensed clinical psychologist and postdoctoral research fellow. Her research focuses on optimizing opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment for individuals presenting with co-occurring symptoms, such as major depressive disorder, insomnia, chronic pain, or PTSD. She uses person-centered statistical approaches (e.g., LCA, GMM) to explore 1) whether patients with OUD can be classified into clinically meaningful subgroups based on patterns of co-occurring symptoms and symptom trajectories, and 2) whether these subgroups differ with regard to risk factors and treatment outcomes. She is also interested in improving OUD treatment for underserved and marginalized groups.
Email: jellis36@jhmi.edu
Current Academic Positions
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JHU School of Medicine
Expertise
- Opioid use disorder
- Co-occurring symptoms
- Polysubstance use
- Clinical psychology
Education
- B.S., Michigan State University
- Ph.D., Clinical psychology, Wayne State University