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Noel Vest, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

PhD, Washington State University
BS, 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.

BU Research

Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN-139)
03/01/2025 - 03/01/2032 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon Health & Science University NIH NIDA
3UG1DA015815-24S1

National Alliance of Researchers with Lived Experience (NARLE)
07/01/2025 - 05/31/2027 (PI)
College on Problems of Drug Dependence

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
5K01DA053391-05

PEER RECOVERY INNOVATION NETWORK (PRIN)
03/01/2025 - 04/30/2026 (Subcontract PI)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio NIH NIDA
1R24DA057659-01

Western States Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
03/01/2023 - 02/28/2026 (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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Gilam G, Granjon M, Mackey SC, Vest N. Yes, anger and injustice are important for the study and treatment of chronic pain - A response to Umasugi. J Pain. 2026 Apr; 41:106210. PMID: 41687700

Lofaro RJ, Bohler RM, Smith KD, Vest N, Harris TV, Williams C, Mase WA. Lived Experience and Rural Barriers: A Qualitative Analysis of Peer Leadership in Recovery Community Centers. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 Jan 20; 29767342251400062. PMID: 41558983

Sturgeon JA, Vest N, Barad M, Darnall B, Mackey S. Beyond Headache: Non-cephalic Pain, Fatigue, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms as Longitudinal Predictors of Chronic Migraine Outcomes. Pain Med. 2025 Nov 19. PMID: 41259065; PMCID: PMC12715711; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf162;

Chatterjee UR, Schumer MC, Effinger DP, Jones N, Vest NA, Cahill ME, Staglin BK, Nestler EJ. Breaking barriers: centering researchers with lived experience in psychiatric neuroscience. NPP Digit Psychiatry Neurosci. 2025; 3:26. PMID: 41245664; PMCID: PMC12615256; DOI: 10.1038/s44277-025-00048-7;

Vest N, Freibott CE, Dunn KE, Moran L, Korthuis PT, Lee JD, Nunes E, Timko C. Identifying patterns of withdrawal among patients in treatment for opioid use disorder: A secondary latent class growth analysis of the CTN XBOT trial. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Oct 28; 209812.View Related Profiles.

Freibott, Christina
Vest, Noel

PMID: 41167272; PMCID: PMC12604569; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209812;

Vest N, Flesaker M, Timko C, Humphreys K, Stein MD, Hoatson T, Kelly JF. Who participates in collegiate recovery programs? A survey of students in the US and Canada. J Am Coll Health. 2026 Apr; 74(4):963-970.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Vest, Noel

PMID: 41111154; PMCID: PMC12588359; DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2573107;

Kepner W, Vest N, Risner E, Cheng H, Hurley B, Snyder H, McGovern M. Three trajectories of implementation of medications for opioid use disorder in primary care. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Sep 01; 20(1):69. PMID: 40887602; PMCID: PMC12400756; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00600-y;

Drazdowski TK, Coetzer-Liversage AP, Stein LAR, Tilson M, Watson DP, Hoffman LA, Hogue A, Castedo de Martell S, Hagaman AM, Greene RN, Satcher MF, Hibbard PF, Dewey JM, Sheidow AJ, Vest N. Supporting linkage facilitators working with persons with opioid use disorder: challenges, advances, and future directions. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1587101. PMID: 40969641; PMCID: PMC12442325; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1587101;

Martinez-Kratz J, Manning D, Vest N, Glenn J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wurcel A. The Digital Availability of US Departments of Corrections' Research Policies: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 20; 9:e76835.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Vest, Noel

PMID: 40835403; PMCID: PMC12371514; DOI: 10.2196/76835;

Adams RS, Larson MJ, Moresco N, Ogan D, Setzer M, Ritter GA, Dufour S, Vest N, Milliken CS, Gray JC. Postdeployment At-Risk Drinking Among Active Duty Women: Health Care Utilization and Military Readiness Outcomes. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Nov; 34(11):1381-1390.View Related Profiles.

Vest, Noel
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 40788848; PMCID: PMC12746430; DOI: 10.1177/15409996251365144;

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Prior A, Logan D, Masters J, Greenwood K, Vest N, Helle AC. Evaluating institutional planning around collegiate recovery programs: considerations of student awareness and a socio-ecological framework. J Am Coll Health. 2026 Feb; 74(2):441-451. PMID: 40742051; PMCID: PMC12530460; DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2533907;

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.

Vest, Noel
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 39520121; PMCID: PMC11878775; DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usae504;

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;

Vest N, Flesaker M, Bohler R, Timko C, Kelly J, Stein M, Humphreys K. Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the United States and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Jul; 86(4):633-640.View Related Profiles.

Stein, Michael
Vest, Noel

PMID: 39440655; PMCID: PMC12312095; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00207;

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;

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;

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;

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.

Freibott, Christina
Stein, Michael
Vest, Noel
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 38648053; PMCID: PMC11036307; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0561;

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;

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 Apr 01; 257:111127. PMID: 38394814; PMCID: PMC11031344; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111127;

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; PMCID: PMC10923074; DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2287220;

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;

Wang V, Stone BM, Vest N, LaBelle OP. Emotion Regulation Predicts Recovery Capital Beyond Mindfulness and Demographic Variation in Recovery Dharma. Addict Res Theory. 2024; 32(5):346-352. PMID: 39679129; PMCID: PMC11643395; DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2282531;

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;

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 54 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 54 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
1991	1
2016	1
2018	2
2019	3
2020	5
2021	2
2022	8
2023	9
2024	11
2025	10
2026	2

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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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