I am a board certified emergency physician with over thirty years of clinical experience. Since 2000, I have also been the Director of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital and also Director of its research fellowship. My own research has focused on behavioral change interventions to decrease injury recidivism with emergency department patients. I am currently PI on the NIGMS funded Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE); research funded by NIAAA; and previously served as PI on other NIH grants, CDC grants, SAMHSA grant and foundation grants. I have held national leadership positions within emergency medicine as well as cross disciplinary organizations such as national president of Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) and national board president of Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
In addition, I teach Research Methods in Population Medicine and Leadership In Healthcare to medical students and serve as Director of the Master of Science in Population Medicine program at Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Master of Science in Population Medicine
| Aluisio AR, Lim RK, Tang OY, Sugut J, Kinuthia J, Bosire R, Guthrie KM, Katz DA, Farquhar C, Mello MJ. "Acceptability and uptake of HIV self-testing in emergency care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 29, no. 1, 2022, pp. 95-104. |
| Fernandez AC, Guetterman TC, Borsari B, Mello MJ, Mellinger J, Tonnesen H, Hosanagar A, Morris AM, Blow FC. "Gaps in Alcohol Screening and Intervention Practices in Surgical Healthcare: A Qualitative Study." Journal of Addiction Medicine, vol. 15, no. 2, 2021, pp. 113-119. |
| Hsu, Sarah, Theil, Cassandra, Mello, Michael, Slutzman, Jonathan. "Dumpster Diving in the Emergency Department: Quantity and Characteristics of Waste at a Level I Trauma Center." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 21, no. 5, 2020. |
| Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Barczyk A, Lee L, Pruitt C, Ebel BE, Zonfrillo MR, Nimaja E, Scott K, Kiragu A, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Baird J. "Screening Adolescent Trauma Patients for Substance Use at 10 Pediatric Trauma Centers." Journal of Trauma Nursing, vol. 27, no. 6, 2020, pp. 313-318. |
| Samuels EA, Baird J, Yang ES, Mello MJ. "Adoption and Utilization of an Emergency Department Naloxone Distribution and Peer Recovery Coach Consultation Program." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 26, no. 2, 2019, pp. 160-173. |
| Baird, Janette, Faul, Mark, Green, Traci C., Howland, Jonathan, Adams, Charles A., Hodne, Melinda J., Bohlen, Nie, Mello, Michael J. "Evaluation of a Safer Opioid Prescribing Protocol (SOPP) for Patients Being Discharged From a Trauma Service." Journal of Trauma Nursing, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 113-120. |
| Veras Y, Rogers ML, Smego R, Zonfrillo MR, Mello MJ, Vivier PM. "Neighborhood Risk Factors for Pediatric Fall-Related Injuries: A Retrospective Analysis of a Statewide Hospital Network." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 19, no. 6, 2019, pp. 677-683. |
| Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Richards R, Mull CC, Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Dean JM, Spirito A, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Predictive Validity of a 2-Question Alcohol Screen at 1-, 2-, and 3-Year Follow-up." Pediatrics, vol. 143, no. 3, 2019. |
| Shenoi RP, Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Richards R, Mello MJ, Chun TH, Spirito A, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK. "Predictive Validity of the CRAFFT for Substance Use Disorder." Pediatrics, vol. 144, no. 2, 2019. |
| Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun T, Mello MJ, Mull CC, Shenoi RP, Vance C, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Suffoletto B, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Research Network (PECARN). "Screening for Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department: What Does It Tell Us About Cannabis, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use?." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 54, no. 6, 2019, pp. 1007-1016. |
| Mello MJ, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Gaines BA, Lapidus G, Ranney ML, Spirito A, Parnagian C, Baird J. "Alcohol and Other Drug Use in a Sample of Admitted Adolescent Trauma Patients." Journal of substance abuse and alcoholism, vol. 6, no. 2, 2018. |
| Mello, Michael J., Bromberg, Julie R., Baird, Janette, Wills, Hale, Gaines, Barbara A., Lapidus, Garry, Ranney, Megan L., Parnagian, Christina, Spirito, Anthony. "Feasibility and Acceptability of an Electronic Parenting Skills Intervention for Parents of Alcohol-Using Adolescent Trauma Patients." Telemedicine and e-Health, 2018. |
| Baird J, Faul M, Green TC, Howland J, Adams CA, George A, Mello MJ. "A retrospective review of unintentional opioid overdose risk and mitigating factors among acutely injured trauma patients." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 178, 2017, pp. 130-135. |
| Burstein, Dina, Zonfrillo, Mark R., Baird, Janette, Mello, Michael J. "Child Passenger Safety Technician Consultation in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting." Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 56, no. 10, 2017, pp. 928-933. |
| Baird J, Yang E, Strezsak V, Mello MJ. "Examining motor vehicle crash involvement and readiness to change on drinking and driving behaviors among injured emergency department patients." Traffic Injury Prevention, vol. 18, no. 5, 2017, pp. 463-469. |
| Aluisio AR, Rege S, Stewart BT, Kinuthia J, Levine AC, Mello MJ, Farquhar C. "Prevalence of HIV-Seropositivity and Associated Impact on Mortality among Injured Patients from Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Current HIV Research, vol. 15, no. 5, 2017, pp. 307-317. |
| Jackson TL, Braun JM, Mello M, Triche EW, Buka SL. "The relationship between early childhood head injury and later life criminal behaviour: a longitudinal cohort study." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 71, no. 8, 2017, pp. 800-805. |
| Choo, Esther K., Guthrie, Kate Morrow, Mello, Michael J., Wetle, Terrie Fox, Ranney, Megan L., Tapé, Chantal, Zlotnick, Caron. "I Need to Hear From Women Who Have 'Been There'": Developing a Woman-Focused Intervention for Drug Use and Partner Violence in the Emergency Department." Partner Abuse, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, pp. 193-220. |
| Mello, Michael J., Baird, Janette, Lee, Christina, Strezsak, Valerie, French, Michael T., Longabaugh, Richard. "A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telephone Intervention for Alcohol Misuse With Injured Emergency Department Patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 67, no. 2, 2016, pp. 263-275. |
| Choo EK, Zlotnick C, Strong DR, Squires DD, Tapé C, Mello MJ. "BSAFER: A Web-based intervention for drug use and intimate partner violence demonstrates feasibility and acceptability among women in the emergency department." Substance Abuse, vol. 37, no. 3, 2016, pp. 441-449. |
| Samuels, Elizabeth A., Dwyer, Kristin, Mello, Michael J., Baird, Janette, Kellogg, Adam R., Bernstein, Edward. "Emergency Department-based Opioid Harm Reduction: Moving Physicians From Willing to Doing." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 23, no. 4, 2016, pp. 455-465. |
| Norman, Chenelle, Mello, Michael, Choi, Bryan. "Identifying Frequent Users of an Urban Emergency Medical Service Using Descriptive Statistics and Regression Analyses." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, 2016, pp. 39-45. |
| Riese A, Gao H, Baird J, Mello MJ, Ranney ML. "Including Youth Violence Screening on Previsit Questionnaires and the Effect on Other Health Risk Behavior Discussions." Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 56, no. 3, 2016, pp. 284-287. |
| Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Dean JM, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Reliability and Validity of a Two-Question Alcohol Screen in the Pediatric Emergency Department." Pediatrics, vol. 138, no. 6, 2016. |
| Lee, Christina S., Longabaugh, Richard, Baird, Janette, Streszak, Val, Nirenberg, Ted, Mello, Michael. "Participant report of therapist-delivered active ingredients in a telephone-delivered brief motivational intervention predicts taking steps towards change." Addiction Research & Theory, vol. 23, no. 5, 2015, pp. 421-428. |
| Riese A, Mello MJ, Baird J, Steele DW, Ranney ML. "Prompting Discussions of Youth Violence Using Electronic Previsit Questionnaires in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 15, no. 3, 2015, pp. 345-52. |
| Mello MJ, Longabaugh R. "A brief intervention by emergency department providers decreased 12 month alcohol use." Evidence-Based Medicine, vol. 18, no. 3, 2013, pp. e24. |
| Jackson TL, Mello MJ. "Injury patterns and severity among motorcyclists treated in US emergency departments, 2001-2008: a comparison of younger and older riders." Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, vol. 19, no. 5, 2013, pp. 297-302. |
| Mello MJ, Merchant RC, Clark MA. "Surveying emergency medicine." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 4, 2013, pp. 409-12. |
| Nilsen P, Baird J, Mello MJ, Nirenberg T, Woolard R, Bendtsen P, Longabaugh R. "A systematic review of emergency care brief alcohol interventions for injury patients." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 35, no. 2, 2008, pp. 184-201. |
| Mello MJ, Longabaugh R, Baird J, Nirenberg T, Woolard R. "DIAL: a telephone brief intervention for high-risk alcohol use with injured emergency department patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 51, no. 6, 2008, pp. 755-64. |
| Linakis JG, Mello MJ, Machan J, Amanullah S, Palmisciano LM. "Emergency department visits for pediatric trampoline-related injuries: an update." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 14, no. 6, 2007, pp. 539-44. |
| Mello MJ, Nirenberg TD, Longabaugh R, Woolard R, Minugh A, Becker B, Baird J, Stein L. "Emergency department brief motivational interventions for alcohol with motor vehicle crash patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, 2005, pp. 620-5. |
Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center for Biomedical Research Excellence
NIH/NIGMS COBRE Phase 1, 1 P20 GM139664-01
04/01/2022 – 01/31/2027 $12,099,111
Mello MJ (PI)
IAMSBIRT: Implementing Alcohol Misuse SBIRT in a National Cohort of Pediatric Trauma Centers.
NIAAA R01AA025914
8/2017-7/2022 $3,314,457
Mello (PI)
An e-Parenting Skills Intervention to Decrease Injured Adolescents' Alcohol Use
NIAAA 1R21AA024185
09/2015 – 08/2017 $455,709
Mello (PI)
SBIRT Training for Emergency Medicine Residents and 4th Year Medical Students
SAMHSA, H79 TI025950
9/15 – 9/18 $778,403
Mello (PI)
Safe Opioid Prescription Practice
Centers for Disease Control U01 CE002516
9/14-9/16 $399,000
Baird, J (PI), Mello, MJ (Co-I)
Teen Alcohol Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R01 AA021900
9/12 – 8/17 $4,017,501
Linakis, J; Spirito, A (Co-PI), Mello, MJ (Co-I)
ED Based Prevention Intervention to Delay Alcohol Use by Young Adolescents
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, R21 AA018380
4/10 – 3/12 $438,759
Linakis, J (PI), Mello, MJ (Co-I)
ReDIAL
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01 AA17895
3/10-2/15 $3,291,074
Mello, MJ (PI)
Translation of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Guidelines to Pediatric Trauma Centers
Centers for Disease Control, R01/CE001-158601,
9/2009-9/2012, $599,345
Mello, MJ (PI)
Reducing Youth Dangerous Driving
Centers for Disease Control, 1R49 CE000544-01
10/05 9/08, $900,000
Nirenberg, T (PI), Mello, MJ (Co-I),
Project Integrate: Integrating A Model for Integrating
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention into a Community ED
Emergency Medicine Foundation, 7/05 - 6/07, $75,000
Mello, MJ (PI)
SOS: Screening for Our Safety
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, AAAFTS51082, 4/04 10/05,$125,000
Mello, MJ (PI)
Phone Intervention of ETOH Use in ED MVC Patients
Centers for Disease Control, R49/CCR1232280-01,10/03-9/06,$897,680
Mello, MJ (PI)
Reducing Injury, Alcohol and Marijuana Use among ED Pts.
NIAAA, 1R01AA13709-01A1, 8/2003-7/2007, $2,106,398.
Woolard, R (PI); Mello, MJ (Co-I)
Injury Free Coalition for Kids in Providence
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 047099, 11/02 -11/06, $213, 000.
Mello, MJ, (Co-PI), Nirenberg, T (Co-PI), Palmicsiano, L (Co-PI).
Phone Intervention of ETOH Use in ED MVC Patients - a pilot study
Centers for Disease Control, R49/CCR122458-01, 10/02-10/03, $99,824.
Mello, MJ (PI)
Reducing Youthful Drunk Driving (RYDD),
RI Judicial /RI Department of Transportation, 1/01- 2/05, $360,000
Nirenberg, T (PI), Mello, MJ (Co-I)
Providence Safe Communities Partnership
RI Department of Transportation 70A202705, 2/01-2/03, $200,000
Mello, MJ (PI)
Rhode Island Violent Death Reporting System Pilot Project
Harvard Injury Control Research Center, 2/02-2/03, $9000.
Mello, MJ (PI)
Examining Alcohol Use in Rhode Island Boaters
UEMF (internal funding), 6/99-7/01, $1800
Mello, MJ (PI)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | MPH | Boston University |
| 1986 | MD | University of Cincinnati |
| 1981 | BA | Boston University |
American Board of Internal Medicine Certification 1989
American Board of Emergency Medicine Certification 1997; 2006, 2016
Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP)1999
John E. Fogarty Award; Rhode Island Public Health Association May 2006
Outstanding Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University 2011
Outstanding Research Mentor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University 2015
Outstanding Investigator Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University 2016
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 2017
Gregory Jay Research Impact Award Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University 2017
C.A.R.E. Award The Miriam Hospital 2018
Certificate of Recognition for Exemplary Teaching Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 2019
Certificate of Recognition for Thesis Mentoring in MPH Program Brown University School of Public Health 2019
Brown Emergency Medicine Excellence in Medical Student Education 2019
Alpert Medical School PCPM Outstanding Faculty Award 2020
Dean's Award for Excellence in Faculty Research Mentoring in the Division of Biology and Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 2021
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine National Mentorship Award 2022
Exemplary Service Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University 2022
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Baird, Janette | Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Research) |
| Beaudoin, Francesca | Academic Dean of School of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Research) |
| Becker, Sara | Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Choo, Esther | Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Chun, Thomas | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Greve, Mark | Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Linakis, James | Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine |
| Nathanson, Andrew | Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Ranney, Megan | Deputy Dean, School of Public Health; Director, Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health; Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Emergency Medicine; Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Health Services, Policy, and Practice |
| Slingsby, Brett | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator |
| Spirito, Anthony | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Vivier, Patrick | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics |
| Zonfrillo, Mark | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
American College of Emergency Physician
Rhode Island Chapter - American College of Emergency Physicians
Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
Injury Free Coalition for Kids
I am Director of the Master of Science in Population Medicine program at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and teach Research Methods in Population Medcine and Leadership in Healthcare.
| MED 2030 - Research Methods in Population Medicine |
