Research
Research Interests
medical research participation; substance use; harm reduction; research ethics; social determinants of health; gender & sexuality; mixed & experimental methods.
Publications
Jaffe, K., Nosova, E., Maher, L., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. 2021. Income generation and the patterning of substance use: a gender-based analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108862
Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. 2021. “This could be my last chance”: Therapeutic optimism in a randomized controlled trial for substance use disorders. Sociology of Health and Illness. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13297
Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. 2021. Experimental (re)structuring: The clinical trial as turning point among medical research participants. Qualitative Health Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211016408
Jaffe, K., Nosova, E., DeBeck, K., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. 2021. Trust in research physicians as a key dimension of randomized controlled trial participation in clinical addictions research. Substance Abuse. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.1900987
Jaffe, K., Choi, J., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. 2021. A paradox of need: Gaps in access to dental care among people who use drugs in Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system. Health and Social Care in the Community. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13289
Bardwell, G., Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. 2021. Participants’ treatment perspectives on a clinical trial on the use of extended-release naltrexone for substance use disorders: Considerations for future clinical research. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Advance online publication.
Roth, W., Yaylacı, S., Jaffe, K., Richardson, L. 2020. How Genetic Ancestry Testing Impacts Genetic Essentialist Views of Race: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial. PLOS ONE, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227399
Yaylacı, S., Roth, W., Jaffe, K. 2019. Measuring Racial Essentialism in the Genomic Era: The Genetic Essentialism Scale for Race (GESR). Current Psychology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00311-z
Jaffe, K., Dong, H., Godefroy, A., Boutang, D., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M., Kerr, T., Richardson, L. 2018. Informal recycling, income generation and risk: Health and social harms among people who use drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy, 60: 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.07.010
Bouris, A., Jaffe, K., Eavou, R., Liao, C., Kuhns, L., Voisin, D., Schneider, J. 2017. Project nGage: Results of a randomized controlled trial of a dyadic network support intervention to retain young Black men who have sex with men in HIV care. AIDS and Behavior, 21(12): 3618-3629. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1954-8.
Quinn, K., Voisin, D. R., Bouris, A., Jaffe, K., Kuhns, L., Eavou, R., Schneider, J. 2017. Multiple dimensions of stigma and health related factors among young Black men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 21(1): 207-216. 10.1007/s10461-016-1439-1.
Kuhns, L., Hotton, A., Garofalo, R., Muldoon, A., Jaffe, K., Bouris, A., Voisin, D., Schneider, J. 2016. Index of multiple psychosocial, syndemic conditions Is associated with antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-positive youth. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 30(4): 185-192. 10.1089/apc.2015.0328.
Conference Presentations
Jaffe, K., Choi, J., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2020) “Gaps in access to dental care among people who use drugs in a publicly funded healthcare system.” Annual Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. September 30-October 1.
Jaffe, K. (2020) “Experimental (re)structuring: Shifting place, time, and social ties among medical research participants.” Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association. August 8-11.
Jaffe, K., Shulha, H., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2019) “Income Generation and Gendered Precarity among People who use Drugs.” Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association. New York, New York.
Jaffe, K., Nosova, K., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2019) “Gender, Income, and Service Engagement among People who use Drugs.” BC Centre on Substance Use Annual Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia.
Jaffe, K., Korthuis, T., Richardson, L. (2018). “’This could be my last chance’: Therapeutic optimism in a substance use disorder randomized controlled trial.” Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine conference. Vancouver, British Columbia.
Jaffe, K., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, DeBeck, K., Richardson, L. (2018). “Trust in physicians as a key dimension of randomized controlled trial participation in clinical addictions research.” Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jaffe, K., Socías, E., Richardson, L. (2018). “Research participation in addictions RCTs: Protocol for a multi-sited nested qualitative study.” Addiction Research Day, St. Paul’s Hospital. Vancouver, British Columbia. Received “Best Oral Presentation” award.
Jaffe, K., Dong, H., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M-J, Richardson, L. (2017). “Informal recycling, income generation and risk: Health and social harms among people who use drugs.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.
Roth, W., Jaffe, K. (2017). “Does Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec.
Jaffe, K. (2017). “PrEP and the Medicalization of Sex: Sociological Approaches to Biomedical HIV Prevention.” 10th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fisher, K., Jaffe, K. (2014). “Strategies for Participatory Adolescent Engagement and Retention in Care.” Fourth Annual STI and HIV Intervention Network Conference, University of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. Received “Innovation Award” and cash prize for project design.
Fisher, K., Jaffe, K. (2014). “Youth Led Visions of HIV Elimination.” Illinois Public Health Association Annual Conference on HIV/STI. Springfield, Illinois.
Jaffe, K. (2013).“’The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love’: Gender Expectations and the Peace Corps.” Engendering Change: The Fourth Annual Gender and Sexuality Graduate Student Conference, Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois.
Awards
2021 – Dissertation Writing Scholarship, Department of Sociology, UBC
2020 – Graduate Fellowship in Applied Ethics, W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, UBC
2019 – Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award, SAGE Publishing
2019 – Graduate Student Research Award, Faculty of Arts, UBC
2017–2020 – Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2017, 2019 – Public Scholars Initiative Research Grant, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, UBC
2015 – Four Year Doctoral Fellowship and International Tuition Award, UBC
2013 – MAPSS Program Scholarship, University of Chicago
2006 – McKissick Scholar Award, University of South Carolina
Teaching & Research
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
- SOCI 384: Sociology of Health and Illness
Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
- SOCI 381: Mixed and Experimental Methods
- SOCI 387: Drugs & Society
- SOCI 369: Sociology of Sexualities
- SOCI 303: Sociology of Migration
Research Experience
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Dr. Lindsey Richardson
- Research Coordinator, OPTIMA Research Participation Ancillary Study
- Research Assistant, Social Scientific Investigation of RCT participation in Addictions Research
- University of British Columbia, Dr. Wendy Roth
- Research Assistant, Identity, Attitudes and Genetic Ancestry Testing Study
- University of Chicago, Chicago Center for HIV Elimination
- Research Coordinator, Project nGage/Young Men’s Affiliation Project/Youth Health Leadership Corps
- University of South Carolina, Dr. Liam Hein
- Research Coordinator, “Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Survival Strategies of Female Homeless Adolescents”
- University of South Carolina, Dr. Suzanne Swan
- Research Assistant, Violence Prevention with College Populations