Noel Vest
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Noel Vest, PhD

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

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

Publications

  • Published on 11/9/2024

    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. 2024 Nov 09. 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 US and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Oct 23. 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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  • Published on 8/29/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 6/1/2024

    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. PMID: 38648053.

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  • Published on 5/11/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 2/13/2024

    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.

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