Marisa Booty | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Marisa Booty

PhD candidate

Graduate research assistant

I am a public health sociologist committed to mixed-method, interdisciplinary research on the intersections of public health and public safety to improve health outcomes for individuals involved with the criminal legal system.

Contact Information

marisa.booty@uky.edu

1549 Patterson Office Tower

Education

M.H.S., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
B.A., University of Kentucky

Research Interests

criminal legal system
substance use disorder
mental and behavioral health
Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
Egocentric network analysis

Affiliations

Sociology
American Society of Criminology
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice Health
Kentucky Storytelling Community of Practice

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Grant Funding

National Institute on Drug Abuse R36 Dissertation Award

R36DA061317 Booty (PI) 6/1/2024 – 5/31/2026

Title: Examining the Impact of the Criminal Legal System on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery: A Socioecological Perspective.

This award provides protected time to complete the dissertation. The goal of this dissertation project is to understand the impact that criminal legal system involvement has on opioid use disorder treatment and recovery. $100,000. Score: 11. Role: Principal Investigator.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Booty, M.D., Olvera, R., Balvanz, P., Oser, C.B., Shouse, A., & McGladrey, M. (2025). “I’m not a bad mom, I’m a sick mom”: Using Photovoice to examine parental recovery narratives given institutional constraints. Sociology of Health & Illness, 47(5), e70056.

Booty, M. D., Harp, K., Batty, E., Knudsen, H. K., Staton, M., & Oser, C. B. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to the use of medication for opioid use disorder within the criminal justice system: Perspectives from clinicians. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 149, 209051.

Booty, M., O’Dwyer, J., Webster, D., McCourt, A., & Crifasi, C. (2019). Describing a “mass shooting”: the role of databases in understanding burden. Injury epidemiology, 6, 1-8, 8, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7.

Booty, M.D., Williams, R.G., and Crifasi, C.K.. (2019). Evaluation of a Crisis Intervention Team Pilot Program: Results from Baltimore, MD. Community Mental Health Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00474-w.