Staff Publications & Presentations

Ahonen, E. Q., Adams, E. L., & Watson, D. P. (2016, December). Alpha testing the eLearning component of a multi-faceted implementation strategy for the Housing First model: The benefit of multiple methods. [Conference session]. 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Washington, D.C.

Ahonen, E. Q., Watson, D. P., Adams, E. L., & McGuire, A. (2017). Alpha test results for a Housing First eLearning strategy: the value of multiple qualitative methods for intervention design. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 3, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0187-y

Andraka-Christou, B., & Watson, D. P. (Eds.). (2025). Seizing research opportunities made available by policy driven funding to mitigate the opioid crisis [Special issue]. Journal of Substance Use and Treatment. https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/100V506ZFM3

Andraka-Christou, B., Rager, J. B., Brown-Podgorski, B., Silverman, R. D., & Watson, D. P. (2018). Pain clinic definitions in the medical literature and U.S. state laws: an integrative systematic review and comparison. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 13(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-018-0153-6

Bell, J. S., Griffin, T., Castedo de Martell, S., Kay, E. S., Hawk, M., Ray, B., & Watson, D. (2024). Workforce outcomes among substance use peer supports and their contextual determinants: A scoping review protocol. Research Square, rs.3.rs-3308002. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3308002/v1

Bell, J. S., Hagaman, A., Beattey, J., Fears, G., White, W. L., & Watson, D. P. (2025). Advancing peer support workforce research: Insights and recommendations through the lens of professionalization. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 170, 209612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209612

Bell, J. S., Watson, D. P, Griffin, T., Castedo de Martell, S., Kay, E. S., Hawk, M., Ray, B., & Hudson, M. (2025). Workforce outcomes among substance use peer supports: A scoping review of individual and organizational influences. Frontiers in Public Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1515264

Bell, J., Taylor, L., & Watson, D. P. (2023). Cook County health community health workers for COVID response and resilient communities: Sustainability activities report. Chestnut Health Systems.

Bray, B. C., Watson, D. P., Salisbury-Afshar, E., Taylor, L., & McGuire, A. (2023). Patterns of opioid use behaviors among patients seen in the emergency department: Latent class analysis of baseline data from the POINT pragmatic trial. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 146, 208979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.208979

Brown, B., Omenka, I., & Watson, D. P. (2014, November). Using the housing first model (HFM) fidelity index to evaluate the current supportive housing system in Indiana. [Conference session]. 2014 Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA.

Brown, M. M., & Watson, D. P. (2015). Balancing Empirical Evidence and Ethical Considerations in the Implementation of Permanent Supportive Housing. Psychiatric Services, 66(9), 1002. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.660901

Brown, M., Cummings, C., Lyons, J., Carrión, A., & Watson, D. P. (2018). Reliability and validity of the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) in real-world implementation. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 27(2), 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2018.1482991

Brown, M., Vaclavik, D., Watson, D. P., & Wilka, E. (2017). Predictors of homeless services re-entry within a sample of adults receiving Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program( HPRP) assistance. Psychological Services, 14(2), 129–140. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000112

Buchanan, V., Watson, D. P., Freeman, S., Brown, B., & Inman, H. (2013). Indiana’s Access to Recovery Program: Summative Report. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Childress, S., Leech, T., Watson, D., Robison, L., & Greene, M. (2020). Indiana Partnerships for Success (PFS): Final Report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. https://fairbanks.indianapolis.iu.edu/doc/research-centers/research/PFS-Final-Report.pdf

Childress, S., Sightes, E., Leech, T., Greene, M., Coons, L., & Watson, D. P. (2018). Binge drinking trends among young adults in 10 Indiana Counties. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Dewey, J. M., & Watson, D. P. (2025, August). Community Health Worker High School Pipeline Program (Evaluation Report). Chestnut Health Systems Lighthouse Institute, Chicago, IL.

Dewey, J. M., & Watson, D. P. (2025, October). Peer Engagement to Enhance Recovery (“PEER”) Program (Evaluation Report). Chestnut Health Systems Lighthouse Institute, Chicago, IL.

Dewey, J. M., Bell, J. S., LaVergne, D., Jason, L. A., & Watson, D. P. (2025).“Trust the process:” NARR Level 3 recovery home approaches to working with criminal legal system-involved residents. Justice, Opportunities, and Rehabilitation, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/2997965X.2025.2467729

Dewey, J. M., Staton, M., & Watson, D. P. (2025). "It caused me more stress than you know: Experiences managing recovery while navigating medication for opioid use disorder treatment." Journal of Substance Use, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2025.2519353

Dewey, J. M., Tompkins, J., Mericle, A., & Watson, D. P. (2025). “Wing Leaders” in recovery residences: Staff key approaches supporting criminal legal system-involved residents receiving medication for opioid use disorder. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1519469

Dewey, J., Hudson, M., Taylor, L., & Watson, D. P. (2023). Cook County Health Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities: Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report. Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems

Dewey, J., Karch, L., Walsh, D., Hernandez, V., Nowinski Konchack, J., Hinami, K., Mitchel, M., Riggins, D., Sallan, J., Sriner, K., & Watson, D. (2023, October). Recovery Homes: A primary, a pilot, and a candid discussion. [Conference session]. Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine. Wisconsin, Dells, WI, United States.

Dewey, J., Oppenheim, E. R., & Watson, D. P. (2023). (Dis) Empowering trans people: Depathologization through treatment guidelines and provider decision-making. Humanity and Society, 47(3), 342–364. https://doi.org/10.1177/01605976231162341

Dewey, J., & Watson, D. P. (2023, June).‘It’s more stress than you know': A qualitative study of client experiences navigating MOUD treatment. [Conference session]. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 85th Annual Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, United States. 

Dir, A. L., Tillson, M., Aalsma, M. C., Staton, M., Staton, M., & Watson, D. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 at the intersection of substance use disorder treatment and criminal justice systems: Findings from three states. Health and Justice, 10(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-022-00184-8

Dir, A. L., Watson, D. P., Zhiss, M., Taylor, L., Bray, B. C., & McGuire, A. (2021). Barriers impacting the POINT pragmatic trial: the unavoidable overlap between research and intervention procedures in "real-world" research. Trials, 22(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05065-3

Drazdowski, T. K., Coetzer-Liversage, A. P., Stein, L. A. R., Tilson, M., Watson, D. P., Hoffman, L. A., Hogue, A., Castedo de Martell, S., Hagaman, A. M., Greene, R. N., Satcher, M. F., Hibbard, P. F., Dewey, J. M., Sheidow, A. J., & Vest, N. (2025). Supporting linkage facilitators working with persons with opioid use disorder: Challenges, advances, and future directions. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, Article 1587101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1587101

Figert, A., George, C., & Watson, D. P. (2009, June). Modeling flexibility and program success: An evaluation of Chicago’s CHHP program. [Conference session]. North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit IV, Washington, DC.

Fowler, N. R., Frame, A., Perkins, A. J., Gao, S., Watson, D. P., Monahan, P., & Boustani, M. A. (2015). Traits of patients who screen positive for dementia and refuse diagnostic assessment. Alzheimer's & dementia, 1(2), 236–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2015.01.002

Franceschini, D., Swartz, J. A., Watson, D. P., Mackesy-Amiti, M., Taylor, L., Zhao, P., Messmer, S., Jimenez, A. D., & Gastala, N. (2025). Syringe service program-based telemedicine linkage to opioid use disorder treatment: Results from a pragmatic randomized trial of the STAMINA intervention. Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 19, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768357251372336

Freeman, S., Inman, H., Brown, B., & Watson, D. P. (2013). Formative evaluation of Indiana’s Access to Recovery Program (ATR). Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Gastala, N., Messmer, S., Watson, D. P., & Charest, T. (2021). Practice pearls. Expanded buprenorphine treatment via telehealth. Family Practice Management, 28(3), 35.

George, C., & Watson, D. P. (2009, August). Falling through the cracks: The Aging of Chicago’s homeless population. [Conference session]. American Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

George, C., Krogh, M., Watson, D., Wittner, J., Radner, N., Walker, C.,& Wiens, C.(2009). Homeless over 50: The graying of Chicago’s homeless population (policy report). CES4Health.info. http:// http://www.ces4health.info/find-products/view-product.aspx?code=5F3YT5CT

George, C., Orwat, J., & Watson, D. P. (2009). Formative evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s Treatment Coordinator Pilot Program. Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Golembiewski, E., Watson, D. P., Robison, L.,& Coberg, J. W. (2017). Social Network Decay as Potential Recovery from Homelessness: A Mixed Methods Study in Housing First Programming. Social sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 6(3), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6030096

Grella, C. E., Ostlie, E., Scott, C. K., Dennis, M. L., Carnevale, J.,& Watson, D. P.(2021). A scoping review of factors that influence opioid overdose prevention for justice-involved populations. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 16(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00346-1

Grella, C. E., Ostlie, E., Watson, D. P., Scott, C. K., Carnevale, J., & Dennis, M. L. (2022). Scoping review of interventions to link individuals to substance use services at discharge from jail. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 138, 108718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108718

Harford, S., Darabi, H., Del Rios, M., Majumdar, S., Karim, F., Vanden Hoek, T., Erwin, K.,& Watson, D. P.(2019). A machine learning based model for Out of Hospital cardiac arrest outcome classification and sensitivity analysis. Resuscitation, 138, 134–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.03.012

Hogue, A., Satcher, M. F., Drazdowski, T. K., Hagaman, A., Hibbard, P. F., Sheidow, A. J., Coetzer-Liversage, A., Mitchell, S.G., Watson, D.P., Wilson, K.J., Muench, F., Fishman, M., Wenzel, K., de Martell, S., & Stein, L. A. R. (2024). Linkage facilitation services for opioid use disorder: Taxonomy of facilitation practitioners, goals, and activities. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 157, 209217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209217

Huynh, P., Sightes, E., Ray, B., & Watson, D. P. (2019). Post-naloxone use among lay responders throughout Indiana. Indiana Public Policy Institute, Center for Health& Justice.

Jalali, A., Clairemont, C., Hart, K., Ryan, D., McCollister, K., Watson, D. P., Grella, C., Dennis, M., & Murphy S. (2024, June). Health-related quality of life Profiles of individuals with a history of opioid use disorder by intensity of criminal-legal system involvement. [Conference session] College on Problems of Drug Dependence 86th Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Janota, A., Brann, M., Silverman, R., & Watson, D. P. (2018). Indiana drug overdose fatality review. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Janota, A., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Watson, D. P., & Coons, L. (2018). Prescription drug use in fatal overdose deaths: Findings and implications. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Kahn, J. H., Hart, M. K., Watson, D. P., Allen, C. B., Singh, R. R., Grella, C. E., & Dennis, M. L. (2025). Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of Recovery Management Checkups. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20(53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00684-4

Kahn, J. H., Hart, M. K., Watson, D. P., Allen, C. B., Singh, R. R., Grella, C. E., & Dennis, M. L. (2025). Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of Recovery Management Checkups. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 20(53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-025-00684-4

Kooremann, H., Kouns, L., Greene, M., Watson, D. P., & Golembiewski, E. (2015). Substance Use among Young Adults in Indiana Who are Not Enrolled in College. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Leech, T. G., Jacobs, S.,& Watson, D.(2020). Factors Associated with Binge Drinking during the Transition into Adulthood: Exploring Associations Within Two Distinct Young Adult Age Ranges. Substance abuse: research and treatment, 14, 1178221820951781. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221820951781

Leo, P., Gastala, N., Fleurimont, J., Messmer, S., Maes, P., Richardson, J., Neeb, C., Stackhouse, N., Koruba, S., & Watson, D. P. (2021). A community partnership to improve access to buprenorphine in a homeless population. Annals of Family Medicine, 19(1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2636