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Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illness, Addiction Recovery
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Biography

Noel Vest, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. As a formerly incarcerated scholar, Dr. Vest is an advocate 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 from NIDA to study collegiate recovery programs through an implementation science lens. He received his PhD and Master’s degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University. He completed a postdoc in the Department of Pain Medicine at Stanford University.

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Employment (2)

Boston University: Boston, Massachusetts, US

2022-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Public Health)
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Stanford University School of Medicine: Stanford, CA, US

2022-04-01 to present | Instructor (Research) (Psychiatry)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Stanford University School of Medicine: Stanford, CA, US

2019-06-01 to 2022-03-01 | Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab)
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Washington State University: Pullman, WA, US

2014-08-15 to 2019-05-04 | PhD (Experimental Psychology)
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Funding (2)

Collegiate recovery programming in the U.S.: An implementation science and mixed methods study

2022-03-01 to 2027-02-28 | Grant
National Institute on Drug Abuse (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: K01DA053391
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Interdisciplinary Research Training in Pain and Substance Use Disorders

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National Institutes of Health (Md., Md., US)
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T32DA035165.

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Works (32)

Evaluating a 30-day alcohol abstinence challenge in heavy-drinking individuals with and without chronic pain: Feasibility, safety, and perceived benefits

Alcohol
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Dokyoung S. You; Maisa S. Ziadni; Noel Vest; Nareh Megerdichian; Tara Maronesy; Ralph J. Castro; Beth D. Darnall; Sean C. Mackey; Keith Humphreys
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Profiles of Nonpharmacologic Treatment Receipt in the First 10 Weeks Following a New Back Pain Diagnosis Among Active Duty Soldiers: A Latent Class Analysis

Military Medicine
2025-02-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Nick Huntington; Mary Jo Larson; Noel Vest; Krista B Highland; Natalie Moresco; Grant A Ritter; Connor Buchholz; Rachel Sayko Adams
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Invited commentary: unveiling the grim reality—suicide mortality among formerly incarcerated individuals in North Carolina

American Journal of Epidemiology
2024-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest
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Emotion regulation predicts recovery capital beyond mindfulness and demographic variation in Recovery Dharma

Addiction Research & Theory
2024-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Vanessa Wang; Bryant M. Stone; Noel Vest; Onawa P. LaBelle
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Opioid Overdose Knowledge Among Adolescents and Young Adults

JAMA Pediatrics
2024-06-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2168-6203
Contributors: Christina E. Freibott; Noel Vest; Michael D. Stein; Sarah Ketchen Lipson
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Mode of mutual-help group attendance: Predictors and outcomes in a US national longitudinal survey of adults with lifetime alcohol use disorder

Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
2024-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2949-8759
Contributors: Christine Timko; Amy Mericle; Noel Vest; Joanne Delk; Sarah E. Zemore
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Learning with conviction: Exploring the relationship between criminal legal system involvement and substance use and recovery outcomes for students in collegiate recovery programs

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2024-04 | Journal article | Writing - original draft, Conceptualization
Part of ISSN: 0376-8716
Contributors: Noel Vest; Noel Vest; Justin S. Bell; Alexa Nieder; Rebecca Smith; Thomas Bannard; Sarah Tragesser; Patrick Hibbard; Danielle M. Dick
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Use, Treatment, and Mortality Trends in 3 National Data Sources—United States, 2010-2019

Medical Care
2024-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0025-7079
Contributors: Riley D. Shearer; Joel E. Segel; Benjamin A. Howell; Abenaa A. Jones; Utsha G. Khatri; Daniel Teixeira da Silva; Noel Vest; Tyler N.A. Winkelman
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Understanding Regional Patterns of Overdose Deaths Related to Opioids and Psychostimulants

Substance Use & Misuse
2024-03-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Joel E. Segel; Riley D. Shearer; Abenaa A. Jones; Utsha G. Khatri; Benjamin A. Howell; D. Max Crowley; Glenn Sterner; Noel Vest; Daniel Teixeira da Silva; Tyler N. A. Winkelman
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Pain in US corrections settings: the promise of digital solutions for better data and treatment access

Pain Medicine
2024-03-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1526-2375
Part of ISSN: 1526-4637
Contributors: Aditya Banerjee; Sean C Mackey; Noel Vest; Beth D. Darnall
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Healthcare utilization and readiness outcomes among soldiers with post-deployment at-risk drinking, by multimorbidity class

Alcohol
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua C. Gray; Mary Jo Larson; Natalie Moresco; Steven Dufour; Grant A. Ritter; Patrick D. DeLeon; Charles S. Milliken; Noel Vest; Rachel Sayko Adams
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Characteristics of students participating in collegiate recovery programs and the impact of COVID-19: an updated national longitudinal study

Addiction Research & Theory
2024-01-02 | Journal article | Writing - review & editing
Part of ISSN: 1606-6359
Part of ISSN: 1476-7392
Contributors: Rebecca L. Smith; Thomas Bannard; Jessica McDaniel; Fazil Aliev; Austin Brown; Erica Holliday; Waltrina DeFrantz-Dufor; Danielle M. Dick; Recovery Science Research Collaborative; Noel Vest
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Approaches to undergraduate student opioid misuse in U.S. higher education: a PRISMA-guided scoping review

OSF Registries
2023 | Other
Contributors: Christina E. Freibott; Erin G. Major; Noel Vest; Sarah K Lipson; Michael Stein
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Cancer equity for those impacted by mass incarceration

JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
2023-10-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8874
Part of ISSN: 1460-2105
Contributors: Megha Ramaswamy; Christopher Manz; Fiona Kouyoumdjian; Noel Vest; Lisa Puglisi; Emily Wang; Chelsea Salyer; Beverly Osei; Nick Zaller; Timothy R Rebbeck et al.
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Trajectories of depression among patients in treatment for opioid use disorder: A growth mixture model secondary analysis of the XBOT trial

The American Journal on Addictions
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest; Kevin Wenzel; Tse‐Hwei Choo; Martina Pavlicova; John Rotrosen; Edward Nunes; Joshua D. Lee; Marc Fishman
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A Socio-Ecological model for collegiate recovery programs

Addiction Research & Theory
2023-03-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest; Emily Hennessy; Sierra Castedo de Martell; Rebecca Smith
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Non-engagement in substance use treatment among women with an unmet need for treatment: A latent class analysis on multidimensional barriers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Hannah B. Apsley; Noel Vest; Kyler S. Knapp; Alexis Santos-Lozada; Joy Gray; Gregory Hard; Abenaa A. Jones
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The Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous Scale - Short Form: Factor Structure & Validation

Substance Use & Misuse
2023-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Beasley; Onawa LaBelle; Noel Vest; Bradley Olson; Michael D. Skinner; Joseph R. Ferrari; Leonard A. Jason
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College programming for students in addiction recovery: A PRISMA-guided scoping review

Addictive Behaviors
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest; Meg Reinstra; Christine Timko; John Kelly; Keith Humphreys
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Prison Population Reductions and COVID-19: A Latent Profile Analysis Synthesizing Recent Evidence From the Texas State Prison System

Journal of Urban Health
2021-02-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest; Oshea Johnson; Kathryn Nowotny; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
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Prison Population Reductions and COVID-19: A Latent Profile Analysis Synthesizing Recent Evidence From the Texas State Prison System

Springer Nature
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Oshea Johnson; Noel Vest; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein; Kathryn Nowotny
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Depression, Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement, and Daily Drinking Among Patients with co‐occurring Conditions: A Longitudinal Parallel Growth Mixture Model

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel Vest; Alex Sox‐Harris; Mark Ilgen; Keith Humphreys; Christine Timko
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Steep increases in fentanyl-related mortality west of the Mississippi River: Recent evidence from county and state surveillance

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Chelsea L. Shover; Titilola O. Falasinnu; Candice L. Dwyer; Nayelie Benitez Santos; Nicole J. Cunningham; Rohan B. Freedman; Noel A. Vest; Keith Humphreys
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College programming for students in addiction recovery: A PRISMA-guided scoping review

2020-10-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Noel Vest; Meg Reinstra; Christine Timko; John Kelly; Keith Humphreys
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Prison population reductions and COVID-19: A latent profile analysis synthesizing recent evidence from the Texas state prison system

2020-09-10 | Other
Contributors: Noel Vest; Oshea Johnson; Kathryn Nowotny; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
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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.

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
2020-05-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel A. Vest; Sarah Tragesser
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Parallel modeling of pain and depression in prediction of relapse during buprenorphine and naloxone treatment: A finite mixture model

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2020-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Noel A. Vest; Sterling McPherson; G.Leonard Burns; Sarah Tragesser
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Borderline Personality Disorder Features and Risk for Prescription Opioid Misuse in a Chronic Pain Sample: Roles for Identity Disturbances and Impulsivity

Journal of Personality Disorders
2019-10-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0885-579X
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Do We Know Enough to Prescribe Opioid-Agonist Therapies to Adolescents With Problematic Opioid Use? A Commentary on Camenga et al. (2019).

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
2019-07-01 | Journal article
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Borderline Features and Prescription Opioid Misuse in a Substance Use Disorder Treatment Sample

Substance Use & Misuse
2019-01-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1082-6084
Part of ISSN: 1532-2491
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Borderline personality disorder features and drinking, cannabis, and prescription opioid motives: Differential associations across substance and sex

Addictive Behaviors
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-4603
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Impulsivity and risk for prescription opioid misuse in a chronic pain patient sample

Addictive Behaviors
2016-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-4603
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Peer review (11 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

Review activity for Addiction science & clinical practice. (1)
Review activity for Drug and alcohol dependence. (2)
Review activity for Health & justice. (1)
Review activity for Implementation science communications. (1)
Review activity for Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for The International journal on drug policy. (1)
Review activity for The journal of behavioral health services & research. (3)