Noel Vest, PhD

Prison to Ph.D. | Assistant Professor at @BUSPH | Postdoc @Stanford | PhD @WSU | Formerly Incarcerated Scholar | *views are my own

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

New website. Please let me know what you think. A link to the website is in the comments.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Trying to express the importance of this figure. #ISAM2026

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

This IS happening in Vegas (may or may not Stay There).

[From Prison Cells to PhD @prison2pro]

Dr. @noelvest started college inside High Desert State Prison in 2005. Today, he’s a BU professor after earning his doctorate and completing a Stanford fellowship.

Hear Noel discuss recovery, accountability & prison education Sept. 22.
https://t.co/gfRarzJ58b

#PrisonEducation

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Anti-Public Health 101

[Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys]

I spoke with @WashTimes about how the cannabis industry has adopted the tobacco industry's approach of fostering addiction for profit.
https://t.co/JNKFiJHdml

[Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys]

Most common reason I reject editorials submitted to journals is that they attack "conventional wisdom" or "the received view" which no one holds, as evidenced by the fact that they don't cite anyone who supports the views they are critiquing. A lot of academics just can't let go of the self-image of brave rebel fighting the Establishment, even when they are in every way the embodiment of that Establishment.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

@Cillat3 @CSNCoyote Me too.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Returning to Las Vegas for a full-circle moment. I’ll be joining this panel to share how CSN’s prison education program gave me my first college credits while incarcerated—and helped set me on a path that eventually led to Stanford and Boston University. @CSNCoyote

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

@RecoveryDoctor @NIDAnews Horrible.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Powerhouse panel on the Past, Present, and Future of Recovery Science today in Bethesda. Thanks to @NIDAnews for the invite.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

A wonderful article on recovery supports.

[Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys]

Spoke with @nytimes about recovery supporting settings beyond the treatment system and how they can help. [Gift link] https://t.co/vZ1z1venDs

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

@CPDDorg @RecoveryDoctor @GarlandGerber @KeithNHumphreys @wkepner #CPDD26

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Great things happening at @CPDDorg in Portland today. First-ever lived experience track and man did it feel good. Thanks to @RecoveryDoctor @GarlandGerber @KeithNHumphreys @wkepner

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Lounging in PDX with come of the coolest cats I know. @wkepner @KeithNHumphreys

[Dr. Stan Andrisse @Dr_Andrisse]

Proud to celebrate @noelvest as he joins the @CouncilonCJ

Noel has transformed lived experience into leadership. His story reminds us what's possible when opportunity and determination meet.

#CriminalJustice #Recovery #SecondChances #Leadership

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

I am incredibly excited to contribute to this great organization.

Special thanks to @glennEmartin , @SyritaSteib @KeithNHumphreys and @BrandondelPozo

[Council on Criminal Justice @CouncilonCJ]

CCJ is pleased to welcome one of our newest members – @NoelVest, assistant professor at Boston University's School of Public Health (@BUSPH).

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

This is the life.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

I just published an invited commentary in Addiction that offers a necessary expansion of the recovery research agenda by William White and John F. Kelly. https://t.co/MibQ52RDev

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Finally made it to the science mothership.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Proud to be involved in this work.

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

Hey I know this guy.

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

We are thrilled to welcome @noelvest (@BUSPH) to the network! Vest’s research focuses on collegiate recovery programs, recovery support services, and justice-impacted populations.

Learn more from his SSN member profile: https://t.co/FOlTcaqIe2

[Noel Vest, PhD @noelvest]

My recent OPED. Campuses need to do their part to step up and provide real support for their students in addiction recovery.

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

In this @timeshighered op-ed, @noelvest (@BUSPH) argues that campus recovery programs remain too small, underfunded, and poorly integrated into health systems to adequately support students in recovery. He calls for greater institutional investment. ⤵️
https://t.co/cNKb6EuiCh