Ashleigh Nicole Scinta Herrera
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: California State University, Bakersfield (2020–2026); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2026)
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Biography and Research Information
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Ashleigh Herrera's research focuses on public health interventions, particularly those related to substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction. She has investigated the implementation and accessibility of harm reduction vending machines, examining their early use and evaluating different access models. Herrera has also studied the acceptability of naloxone distribution interventions among individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including training methods during point-in-time counts. Her work has explored the balance between public safety measures and the psychosocial needs of staff and clients in residential substance use disorder treatment settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, her publications include research on membrane properties, such as water and alcohol uptake, swelling, and ion conductivity in poly(arylene ether sulfone) materials, as well as anion and cation selectivities in zwitterion-grafted nanopores.
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- h-index: 3
- Publications: 15
- Citations: 36
Positions
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Associate Professor 2026–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatrics ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2021–2026California State University Bakersfield Social Work ORCID
Selected Publications
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Healthcare first: delivering immediate, non-contingent, and coordinated services through the street medicine model (2026)
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“There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines (2026)
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- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- Healthcare first: delivering immediate, non-contingent, and coordinated services through the street medicine model
- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- “There are plenty of those Narcans, and I started handing them out, ‘Merry Christmas, save that one’” - Strengthening and Expanding the Naloxone Cascade through Health Vending Machines
- Healthcare first: delivering immediate, non-contingent, and coordinated services through the street medicine model
- Healthcare first: delivering immediate, non-contingent, and coordinated services through the street medicine model
- Healthcare first: delivering immediate, non-contingent, and coordinated services through the street medicine model
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