Staff Publications & Presentations

Watson, D. P., Andraka-Christou, B., Clarke, T., & Wiegandt, J. (2020). Introduction to the special issue on innovative interventions and approaches to expand medication assisted treatment: Seizing research opportunities made available by the opioid STR program. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 108, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.10.004

Watson, D. P., Brucker, K., McGuire, A., Snow-Hill, N. L., Xu, H., Cohen, A., Campbell, M., Robison, L., Sightes, E., Buhner, R., O'Donnell, D.,& Kline, J. A.(2020). Replication of an emergency department-based recovery coaching intervention and pilot testing of pragmatic trial protocols within the context of Indiana's Opioid State Targeted Response plan. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 108, 88–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.06.002

Watson, D. P., Buchanan, V., Brown, B., Inman, H., & Freeman, S. (2013, October). The‘little things’ that make recovery work: An evaluation of Indiana’s Access to Recovery(ATR) Program. [Conference session]. 2013 Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Portland, OR.

Watson, D. P., Clark, K., Dennis, M. L., Grella, C. E., & Hart, M. K. (2025).“They don’t give you no note if it’s got fentanyl”: Using cognitive interviews to understand self-report and urine drug screen discrepancies. Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 19, 29768357251316220. https://doi.org/10.1177/2976835725131622

Watson, D. P., Dennis, M. L., & Grella, C. E. (2024, July). Using cognitive interviews to explore discrepancies in criminal legal system-involved study participants’ urine test results and perceived fentanyl exposure. [Conference Session]. 38th International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

Watson, D. P., Dewey, J., Sarapas, C., & Taylor, L. (2023, December). Cook County Health community health workers for COVID response and resilient communities: Year 2 evaluation report. Chestnut Health Systems

Watson, D. P., Dewey, J., Sarapas, C., Taylor, L. (2023). Cook County Health Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Year 2 Evaluation Report. Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems.

Watson, D. P., Etminan, S., & Gastala, N. (2023). Sublingual buprenorphine-naloxone exposure and dental disease. JAMA, 329(14), 1223–1224. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2803524

Watson, D. P., Franceschini, D., Swartz, J. A., Dewey, J., Mackesy-Amiti, M. E., Taylor, L., Staton, M., Zhao, P., Messmer, S., Jimenez, A. D., & Gastala, N.(2024, June) Syringe Exchange-Based Telemedicine Linkage to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Results from a mixed method randomized trial of the STAMINA intervention. [Conference session]. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 86th Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Watson, D. P., George, C., Orwat, J., & Hoffman, M. (2010). Formative evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s Treatment Coordinator Pilot Program, phase 2. Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Watson, D. P., Greene, M., & Wright, E. R. (2013, August). Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in Indiana: Epidemiological profile of a treatment population. [Conference session]. 2013 meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY.

Watson, D. P., Hudson, M., & Taylor, L. (2025, October). Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities evaluation report: Year 4 extension period. Chestnut Health Systems Lighthouse Institute, Chicago, IL.

Watson, D. P., Jacobs, E.,& Tobin, M. (2007). Evaluation of the University of Michigan’s youth evaluation workshop. Prepared by authors for the Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Watson, D. P., Kitchin, K., Power, T., & Morton, F. (2017, May). Housing First: Keeping it real. [Invited Workshop]. CSH Supportive Housing Summit 2017. Denver, CO.

Watson, D. P., Leech, T., Greene, M., Childress, S., Nannery, R., & Adams, E. (2018). Indiana Partnerships for Success young adult baseline survey: Results related to alcohol and prescription drug use. University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., McCranie, A,& Wright, E. R.(2014). Everything old is new again: Recovery and serious mental illness. In R. J. Johnson, R. J. Turner, and B. G. Link(Eds.), Sociology of Mental Health: Selected Topics from Forty Years(pp. 125-139). New York, NY: Springer.

Watson, D. P., McGuire, A., Buhner, B., & Brucker, K. (2019, September). A hybrid type 1 design to facilitate rapid testing and translation of an emergency department-based opioid use disorder intervention through academic-state government partnership. [Conference session]. 5th Biennial Society for Implementation Research Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Watson, D. P., Orwat, J., Wagner, D. E., Shuman, V.,& Tolliver, R.(2013). The Housing First Model(HFM) fidelity index: designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 8, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-8-16

Watson, D. P., Orwat, J., Wagner, D., Shuman, V., & Tolliver, R. (2013). The Housing First Model (HFM) Fidelity Index: Designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 8, 16. PMCID: PMC3655861

Watson, D. P., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Messmer, S., & McGuire, A. (2023, May). Factors affecting successful post-discharge engagement of emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services. [Conference session]. World Congress on Public Health, Rome, Italy.

Watson, D. P., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Messmer, S.,& McGuire, A.(2023). Evaluation of post-discharge engagement for emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 18(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00523-4

Watson, D. P., Phillips Steele, L., Burgess, M., & Kennedy, K. (2016, April). Housing First/Harm reduction: Recent Innovations. [Invited Workshop]. Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care Development Day Training. Indianapolis, IN.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Huynh, P., & Robison, L. (2017). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): 3rd formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Jackson, J.(2017). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program (IMAP): 2nd formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Irby-Shasanmi, A., Jackson, J., & Robison, L.(2016). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program (IMAP): 1st formative evaluation report. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Eliacin, J. (2018). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): 4th formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Sightes, E. (2019, May). Indiana Good Samaritan law knowledge and compliance: Lay responder postcard meeting results. [Conference session]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention for States Annual Grantee Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., Eliacin, J., & Campbell, M. (2018). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): Final summative report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Phalen, P., Duhart Clarke, S. E., Taylor, L., Swartz, J., & Gastala, N. (2024). Fentanyl exposure and detection strategies utilized by clinical trial participants seeking linkage to opioid use disorder treatment at a syringe service program. Journal of Medical Toxicology, 20(1), 13–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-023-00979-7

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Huynh, P., & Duwve, J. (2017, December). Regulations to expand naloxone access and use: Citizens’ understanding as a barrier to adoption. [Conference session]. 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Washington, D.C.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Huynh, P., Sightes, E., Walker, S., Brucker, K.,& Duwve, J.(2018). Lay responder naloxone access and Good Samaritan law compliance: postcard survey results from 20 Indiana counties. Harm reduction journal, 15(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0226-x

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Xu, H., Edwards, R., Salyers, M. P., Hill, J.,& Shue, S.(2017). Developing Substance Use Programming for Person-Oriented Recovery and Treatment(SUPPORT): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 3, 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0212-1

Watson, D. P., Robison, L., Golembiewski, E., Coberg, J., & Huynh, P. (2017). Evaluation of the Penn Place permanent supportive housing program: Summative report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Watson, D. P., Sarapas, C., Wilson, K., J., & Taylor, L.(2023). Cook County Health Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids(ED-ALT) Evaluation Report II. Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems.

Watson, D. P., Sharma, L. S., & George, C. C. (2010). An exploratory investigation of landlord-client relationships in the Hospital to Housing Program. Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Watson, D. P., Shuman, V., Kowalsky, J., & Golembiewski, E. (2017). Housing First and harm reduction: A rapid review and document analysis of the U.S. and Canadian open-access literature. Harm Reduction Journal, 14, 30. PMCID: PMC5442650

Watson, D. P., Shuman, V., Kowalsky, J., Mulhlenkord, A., Rabi, T., & Young, J.(2018). Housing, hope, and health: Improving lives through Housing First practice (online training). Corportation for Supportive Housing. https://csh.csod.com/LMS/LoDetails/DetailsLo.aspx?loId=a93f3362-db30-4c70-94f0-814d55b2d382&back=%2fLMS%2fBrowseTraining%2fBrowseTraining.aspx#t=1

Watson, D. P., Singh, R., Johnstone, C., Dennis, M. L., Grella, C. G., & Scott, C. K. (2023, December). Preparing Recovery Management Checkups for Primary Care(RMC-PC) for delivery by Federally Qualified Health Center Staff: Assessing feasibility for a future hybrid study. [Conference session]. 16th Annual Conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Crystal City, VA, United States.

Watson, D. P., Singh, R., Johnstone, C., Dennis, M., Grella, C., & Scott, C. (2023, December 11). Preparing recovery management checkups for primary care (RMC-PC) for delivery by federally qualified health center staff: Assessing feasibility for a future hybrid study [Poster presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States

Watson, D. P., Snow-Hill, N., Saldana, L., Walden, A. L., Staton, M., Kong, A., & Donenberg, G. (2020). A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot. Implementation Research and Practice,1,1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489520974974

Watson, D. P., Snow-Hill, N., Saldana, L., Walden, A. L., Staton, M., Kong, A.,& Donenberg, G.(2020). A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot. Implementation research and practice, 1, 2633489520974974. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489520974974

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., & Gastala, N. (2022). Identifying unique barriers to implementing rural emergency department-based peer services for opioid use disorder through qualitative comparison with urban sites. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00324-3

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Dennis, M. L., Grella, C. E., & Scott, C. K. (2021). Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: A qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centers with SBIRT services. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 16(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00381-y

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Grella, C. E., Dennis, M. D., & Scott, C. K. (2022, April). Navigating intersecting public health crises: Understanding people with opioid use disorder’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic through semi-structured interviews. [Conference session]. 3rd Annual HEAL Investigators Meeting, Virtual conference.

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Grella, C. E., Scott, C. K., & Dennis, M. L. (2022). Navigating intersecting public health crises: A qualitative study of people with opioid use disorders' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 17(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00449-3

Watson, D. P., Swartz, J. A., Robison-Taylor, L., Mackesy-Amiti, M. E., Erwim, K., Gastala, N., Jimenez, A. D., Staton, M. D., & Messmer, S. (2021). Syringe service program-based telemedicine linkage to opioid use disorder treatment: protocol for the STAMINA randomized control trial. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 630. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10669-0

Watson, D. P., Swartz, J., Magee, L., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Brucker, K.,& McGuire, A. B., & Bray, B. C. (2023, June). Identifying latent classes of emergency department patients receiving telehealth peer recovery coach services for substance use disorder and assessing class predictors and outcomes. [Conference session]. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 85th Annual Scientific Meeting,  Denver, CO, United States. 

Watson, D. P., Tillson, M., Taylor, L., Xu, H., Ouyang, F., Beaudoin, F. L., O'Donnell, D., & McGuire, A. B. (2024). Results from the POINT pragmatic randomized trial: An emergency department-based peer support specialist intervention to increase opioid use disorder treatment linkage and reduce recurrent overdose. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 45(3), 378–389. https://doi.org/10.1177/29767342231221054

Watson, D. P., Tillson, M., Taylor, L., Xu, Huiping, Ouyang, F., & McGuire, A. (2023, October). Results from the POINT pragmatic trial: Assessment of a peer-based emergency department intervention for people who use opioids [Poster presentation]. Addiction Health Services Research Conference, New York, NY, United States

Watson, D. P., Wagner, D. E.,& Rivers, M.(2013). Understanding the critical ingredients for facilitating consumer change in housing first programming: a case study approach. The journal of behavioral health services & research, 40(2), 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-012-9312-0