Noel Vest
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Noel Vest, PhD

Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-1386
Crosstown Center
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Biography

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.

Education

  • Washington State University, PhD Field of Study: Experimental Psychology
  • Washington State University, BS Field of Study: Psychology

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Publications

  • Published on 9/1/2025

    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.

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  • Published on 9/1/2025

    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.

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  • Published on 8/20/2025

    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. PMID: 40835403.

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  • Published on 8/11/2025

    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 Aug 11. PMID: 40788848.

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  • Published on 7/31/2025

    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. 2025 Jul 31; 1-11. PMID: 40742051.

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  • Published on 2/27/2025

    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. PMID: 39520121.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 10/23/2024

    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. PMID: 39440655.

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  • Published on 10/7/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 8/29/2024

    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.

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