Melanie is a Research Assistant based in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University, Ageing and Geroscience theme, supporting a programme of work for the Healthy Ageing Lead at the Department of Health and Social Care.

She comes with over five years of experience in health services research with a focus on health disparities related to substance use, behavioural health, and reproductive health. Prior to joining Newcastle University in 2022, Melanie was a Research Associate at a safety-net healthcare system in Denver, Colorado and a Program Assistant for The Carter Centre Mental Health Programme in Atlanta, Georgia.

Melanie is versed in qualitative methods in particular and has co-authored eight publications to date. She is passionate about bridging the gap between research and practice/policy.

• Rinehart D, Stowell M, Barrett K, Langland K, Thomas-Gale T, Al-Tayyib A, O'Connell R. Exploring Family Planning Perspectives Among Men Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Implications for Service Development. Journal of Addiction Medicine 2022, epub ahead of print.
• Binswanger I, Rinehart D, Mueller S, Narwaney K, Stowell M, Wagner N, Xu S, Hanratty R, Blum J, McVaney K, Glanz J. Naloxone Co-Dispensing with Opioids: a Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2022.
• Stowell M, Thomas-Gale T, Jones H, Binswanger I, Rinehart D. Perspectives among women receiving medications for opioid use disorder: Implications for development of a peer navigation intervention to improve access to family planning services. Substance Abuse 2022, 43(1), 722-732.
• Rinehart D, Stowell M, Collings A, Durfee M, Thomas-Gale T, Jones H, Binswanger I. Increasing access to family planning services among women receiving medications for opioid use disorder: A pilot randomized trial examining a peer-led navigation intervention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2021, 126, 108318.
• Mueller S, Glanz J, Nguyen A, Stowell M, Koester S, Rinehart D, Binswanger I. Restrictive opioid prescribing policies and evolving risk environments: A qualitative study of the perspectives of patients who experienced an accidental opioid overdose. International Journal of Drug Policy 2021, 92, 103077.
• Rinehart D, Leslie S, Durfee M, Stowell M, Cox-Martin M, Thomas-Gale T, Shlay J, Havranek E. Acceptability and Efficacy of a Sexual Health Texting Intervention Designed to Support Adolescent Females. Academic Pediatrics 2020, 20(4), 475-484.
• Rinehart D, Leslie S, Kuka K, Doyle R, Stowell M, Thomas-Gale T, Shlay J, Havranek E, Albright K. Adolescent Female Perspectives in an Urban Safety Net: Developing an Intervention Focusing on Sexual Health and Text-Messaging. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2020, 31(3), 1379-1398.
• Doyle R, Albright K, Hurley L, Chávez C, Stowell M, Dircksen S, Havranek E, Anderson M. Patient Perspectives on a Text Messaging Program to Support Asthma Management: A Qualitative Study. Health Promotion Practice 2019, 20(4), 585-592.