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Noel Vest, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

PhD, Washington State University

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0001-8014-9726

Noel Vest, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. As a formerly incarcerated scholar, Dr. Vest advocates for social justice issues and public policy concerning substance use disorder recovery and prison reentry. His research interests include mental health, substance use disorders, poverty, social justice, addiction recovery, and pain. He was recently awarded a K01 early investigator award through the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study collegiate recovery programs through an implementation science lens. He received his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University. He recently finished a postdoc in the Department of Anesthesia at Stanford Medicine.

BU Research

Collegiate recovery programming in the U.S.: An implementation science and mixed methods study
03/01/2023 - 02/28/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
7K01DA053391-02

Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
03/01/2023 - 02/29/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon Health & Science University NIH NIDA
5UG1DA015815-22

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Banerjee A, Mackey SC, Vest N, Darnall BD. Pain in US corrections settings: the promise of digital solutions for better data and treatment access. Pain Med. 2024 Mar 01; 25(3):165-168. PMID: 37950495; PMCID: PMC10906706; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnad150;

Vest N, Bell JS, Nieder A, Smith R, Bannard T, Tragesser S, Hibbard P, Dick DM. Learning with conviction: Exploring the relationship between criminal legal system involvement and substance use and recovery outcomes for students in collegiate recovery programs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Feb 13; 257:111127. PMID: 38394814

Segel JE, Shearer RD, Jones AA, Khatri UG, Howell BA, Crowley DM, Sterner G, Vest N, Teixeira da Silva D, Winkelman TNA. Understanding Regional Patterns of Overdose Deaths Related to Opioids and Psychostimulants. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(4):558-566. PMID: 38037904

Shearer RD, Segel JE, Howell BA, Jones AA, Khatri UG, Teixeira da Silva D, Vest N, Winkelman TNA. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Use, Treatment, and Mortality Trends in 3 National Data Sources-United States, 2010-2019. Med Care. 2024 Mar 01; 62(3):151-160. PMID: 38180005; PMCID: PMC10922552; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001969;

Ramaswamy M, Manz C, Kouyoumdjian F, Vest N, Puglisi L, Wang E, Salyer C, Osei B, Zaller N, Rebbeck TR. Cancer equity for those impacted by mass incarceration. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 Oct 09; 115(10):1128-1131. PMID: 37219371; PMCID: PMC10560595; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad087;

Gray JC, Larson MJ, Moresco N, Dufour S, Ritter GA, DeLeon PD, Milliken CS, Vest N, Adams RS. Healthcare utilization and readiness outcomes among soldiers with post-deployment at-risk drinking, by multimorbidity class. Alcohol. 2024 Feb; 114:31-39.View Related Profiles.

Vest, Noel
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 37619959; PMCID: PMC10881892; DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2023.08.008;

Cioffi CC, Hibbard PF, Hagaman A, Tillson M, Vest N. Perspectives of researchers with lived experience in implementation science research: Opportunities to close the research-to-practice gap in substance use systems of care. Implement Res Pract. 2023; 4:26334895231180635. PMID: 37790184; PMCID: PMC10326466; DOI: 10.1177/26334895231180635;

Jones AA, Shearer RD, Segel JE, Santos-Lozada A, Strong-Jones S, Vest N, Teixeira da Silva D, Khatri UG, Winkelman TNA. Opioid and stimulant attributed treatment admissions and fatal overdoses: Using national surveillance data to examine the intersection of race, sex, and polysubstance use, 1992-2020. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Aug 01; 249:109946. PMID: 37354584; PMCID: PMC10375360; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109946;

Smith RL, Bannard T, McDaniel J, Aliev F, Brown A, Holliday E, Vest N, DeFrantz-Dufor W, Dick DM. Characteristics of Students Participating in Collegiate Recovery Programs and the Impact of COVID-19: An Updated National Longitudinal Study. Addict Res Theory. 2024; 32(1):58-67. PMID: 38524726; PMCID: PMC10959520; DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2216459;

Timko C, Cucciare MA, Lor MC, Stein M, Vest N. Patient-Concerned Other Dyads' 12-Step Involvement and Patients' Substance Use: A Latent Class Growth Model Analysis. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 Sep; 84(5):762-771.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Vest, Noel

PMID: 37219032; PMCID: PMC10600972; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.22-00378;

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Vest N, Wenzel K, Choo TH, Pavlicova M, Rotrosen J, Nunes E, Lee JD, Fishman M. Trajectories of depression among patients in treatment for opioid use disorder: A growth mixture model secondary analysis of the XBOT trial. Am J Addict. 2023 May; 32(3):291-300. PMID: 36645265; PMCID: PMC10332426; DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13371;

LaBelle O, Hastings M, Vest N, Meeks M, Lucier K. The role of mindfulness, meditation, and peer support in recovery capital among Recovery Dharma members. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Feb; 145:208939. PMID: 36880913; PMCID: PMC9992926; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2022.208939;

Beasley CR, LaBelle O, Vest N, Olson B, Skinner MD, Ferrari JR, Jason LA. The Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous Scale - Short Form: Factor Structure & Validation. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(1):119-128. PMID: 36474456; PMCID: PMC9951623; DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2149245;

Apsley HB, Vest N, Knapp KS, Santos-Lozada A, Gray J, Hard G, Jones AA. Non-engagement in substance use treatment among women with an unmet need for treatment: A latent class analysis on multidimensional barriers. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Jan 01; 242:109715. PMID: 36495652; PMCID: PMC9847351; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109715;

Timko C, Vest N, Cucciare MA, Smelson D, Blonigen D. Substance use and criminogenic thinking: Longitudinal latent class analysis of veterans with criminal histories. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Dec; 143:108893. PMID: 36215912; PMCID: PMC9940453; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108893;

Vest N, Hennessy E, Castedo de Martell S, Smith R. A Socio-Ecological Model for Collegiate Recovery Programs. Addict Res Theory. 2023; 31(2):92-99. PMID: 37283915; PMCID: PMC10241438; DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2022.2123471;

Vest NA, Hennessy E, Castedo de Martell S, Smith R. A Socio-Ecological Model for Collegiate Recovery Programs. Addiction Research & Theory. 2022. View Publication

Fix RL, Vest N, Thompson KR. Evidencing the Need to Screen for Social Determinants of Health Among Boys Entering a Juvenile Prison: A Latent Profile Analysis. Youth Violence Juv Justice. 2022 Jul; 20(3):187-205. PMID: 37636534; PMCID: PMC10457077; DOI: 10.1177/15412040221096359;

Stull SW, Smith KE, Vest NA, Effinger DP, Epstein DH. Potential Value of the Insights and Lived Experiences of Addiction Researchers With Addiction. J Addict Med. 2022 Mar-Apr 01; 16(2):135-137. PMID: 33973924; PMCID: PMC8578573; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000867;

Russell AM, Vest NA, Litt DM. Social networking site use and alcohol use behaviors among adolescents: A latent profile analysis. Addict Behav. 2022 06; 129:107261. PMID: 35114629; PMCID: PMC8901540; DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107261;

Vest NA, Rossi FS, Ilgen M, Humphreys K, Timko C. Substance Use, PTSD Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Veteran Psychiatry Inpatients: A Latent Class Trajectory Analysis. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2021 11; 82(6):792-800. PMID: 34762039; PMCID: PMC8819620; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.792;

Vest N, Reinstra M, Timko C, Kelly J, Humphreys K. College programming for students in addiction recovery: A PRISMA-guided scoping review. Addict Behav. 2021 10; 121:106992. PMID: 34087765; PMCID: PMC8259809; DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106992;

Vest N, Johnson O, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Prison Population Reductions and COVID-19: A Latent Profile Analysis Synthesizing Recent Evidence From the Texas State Prison System. J Urban Health. 2021 02; 98(1):53-58. PMID: 33337529; PMCID: PMC7747775; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00504-z;

Vest N, Sox-Harris A, Ilgen M, Humphreys K, Timko C. Depression, Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement, and Daily Drinking Among Patients with co-occurring Conditions: A Longitudinal Parallel Growth Mixture Model. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 12; 44(12):2570-2578. PMID: 33104268; PMCID: PMC7863278; DOI: 10.1111/acer.14474;

Shover CL, Falasinnu TO, Dwyer CL, Santos NB, Cunningham NJ, Freedman RB, Vest NA, Humphreys K. Steep increases in fentanyl-related mortality west of the Mississippi River: Recent evidence from county and state surveillance. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 11 01; 216:108314. PMID: 33038637; PMCID: PMC7521591; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108314;

Shover CL, Vest NA, Chen D, Stueber A, Falasinnu TO, Hah JM, Kim J, Mackey I, Weber KA, Ziadni M, Humphreys K. Association of State Policies Allowing Medical Cannabis for Opioid Use Disorder With Dispensary Marketing for This Indication. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e2010001. PMID: 32662844; PMCID: PMC7361653; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10001;

Vest NA, McPherson S, Burns GL, Tragesser S. Parallel modeling of pain and depression in prediction of relapse during buprenorphine and naloxone treatment: A finite mixture model. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 04 01; 209:107940. PMID: 32135429; PMCID: PMC7173998; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107940;

Vest NA, Tragesser S. Coping motives mediate the relationship between borderline personality features and alcohol, cannabis, and prescription opioid use disorder symptomatology in a substance use disorder treatment sample. Personal Disord. 2020 05; 11(3):230-236. PMID: 31815505; PMCID: PMC7156315; DOI: 10.1037/per0000385;

Reynolds CJ, Vest N, Tragesser SL. Borderline Personality Disorder Features and Risk for Prescription Opioid Misuse in a Chronic Pain Sample: Roles for Identity Disturbances and Impulsivity. J Pers Disord. 2021 04; 35(2):270-287. PMID: 31609188

Vest N, Humphreys KN. Do We Know Enough to Prescribe Opioid-Agonist Therapies to Adolescents With Problematic Opioid Use? A Commentary on Camenga et al. (2019). J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2019 07; 80(4):406-407. PMID: 31495376; PMCID: PMC6739645; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.406;

Vest N, Tragesser S. Borderline Features and Prescription Opioid Misuse in a Substance Use Disorder Treatment Sample. Subst Use Misuse. 2019; 54(1):166-175. PMID: 30375912

Vest NA, Murphy KT, Tragesser SL. Borderline personality disorder features and drinking, cannabis, and prescription opioid motives: Differential associations across substance and sex. Addict Behav. 2018 12; 87:46-54. PMID: 29945027

Vest N, Reynolds CJ, Tragesser SL. Impulsivity and risk for prescription opioid misuse in a chronic pain patient sample. Addict Behav. 2016 09; 60:184-90. PMID: 27156219

O'Neill A, Kerr A. Non-attendance at a psychiatric day hospital new patient clinic. Ulster Med J. 1991 Apr; 60(1):44-8. PMID: 1853496; PMCID: PMC2448620

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Bar chart showing 34 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2022 and 2023