Noel Vest, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences

PhD, Washington State University

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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.


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
5K01DA053391-03

Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
03/01/2023 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon Health & Science University NIH NIDA
5UG1DA015815-23

Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
03/01/2023 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon Health & Science University NIH NIDA
5UG1DA015815-23



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  1. Huntington N, Larson MJ, Vest N, Highland KB, Moresco N, Ritter GA, Buchholz C, Adams RS. Profiles of Nonpharmacologic Treatment Receipt in the First 10?Weeks Following a New Back Pain Diagnosis Among Active Duty Soldiers: A Latent Class Analysis. Mil Med. 2025 Feb 27; 190(3-4):e690-e699.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39520121; PMCID: PMC11878775; DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usae504;
     
  2. You DS, Ziadni MS, Vest N, Megerdichian N, Maronesy T, Castro RJ, Darnall BD, Mackey SC, Humphreys K. Evaluating a 30-day alcohol abstinence challenge in heavy-drinking individuals with and without chronic pain: Feasibility, safety, and perceived benefits. Alcohol. 2025 Feb; 122:91-100. PMID: 39489405; PMCID: PMC11757067; DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2024.10.046;
     
  3. Vest N, Flesaker M, Bohler R, Timko C, Kelly J, Stein M, Humphreys K. Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the US and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Oct 23.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39440655
     
  4. Vest N. Invited commentary: unveiling the grim reality-suicide mortality among formerly incarcerated individuals in North Carolina. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 07; 193(10):1339-1340. PMID: 38872334; PMCID: PMC11458185; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae111;
     
  5. Bell JS, Nieder A, Shore C, Blankenship A, Dolgoff E, Gibson M, Alnashri Y, Markham B, Murphy D, Singer A, Vest N. Recovery resources for college students: Leveraging web scraping to unveil current estimates. Psychol Addict Behav. 2024 Dec; 38(8):911-916. PMID: 39207365; PMCID: PMC11806936; DOI: 10.1037/adb0001028;
     
  6. Satcher MF, Belenko S, Coetzer-Liversage A, Wilson KJ, McCart MR, Drazdowski TK, Fallin-Bennett A, Zaller N, Schultheis AM, Hogue A, Vest N, Sheidow AJ, Del Pozo B, Watson DP, Hibbard PF, Stevens R, Stein LAR. Linkage facilitation for opioid use disorder in criminal legal system contexts: a primer for researchers, clinicians, and legal practitioners. Health Justice. 2024 Aug 29; 12(1):36. PMID: 39207608; PMCID: PMC11363440; DOI: 10.1186/s40352-024-00291-8;
     
  7. Freibott CE, Vest N, Stein MD, Lipson SK. Opioid Overdose Knowledge Among Adolescents and Young Adults. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jun 01; 178(6):618-620.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38648053; PMCID: PMC11036307; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0561;
     
  8. Timko C, Mericle A, Vest N, Delk J, Zemore SE. Mode of mutual-help group attendance: Predictors and outcomes in a US national longitudinal survey of adults with lifetime alcohol use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Sep; 164:209395. PMID: 38740188; PMCID: PMC11300150; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209395;
     
  9. 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;
     
  10. 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 Apr 01; 257:111127. PMID: 38394814; PMCID: PMC11031344; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111127;
     
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2019 Washington State University: Experimental Psychology Graduate Student of the Year
2017 Addictive Behaviors: Elsevier Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing
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Addiction Recovery
Mental Health
Substance Use Disorders
Pain, Chronic
Latent Class Modeling
collegiate recovery programs
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