Jamey Lister

Jamey Lister, PhD (Rutgers University, 2014), is an associate professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey within the School of Social Work. Dr. Lister’s scholarship targets addiction and behavioral health for medically underserved rural and urban areas. His projects emphasize practical treatment and policy implications, strategies to facilitate evidence-based practices in accessible care delivery settings, and methods tailored to population needs. Having grown up in a rural, medically underserved, health professional shortage area guides Dr. Lister’s scholarship and value to promote trust. Furthermore, this background informs his research mentoring approach with early-career scholars.

Since arriving to Rutgers in 2019, Dr. Lister has been involved as Key Personnel on more than $22 million in awards supported by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. On these, he has led efforts for over $3 million in funds as Principal Investigator (PI), Project Director (PD), and/or Site PI. These large-scale cross-sector projects utilize multidisciplinary team science and partnerships with federal funding agencies, state health departments, and medical centers implementing care. Dr. Lister serves as Founder & Director of the New Jersey Rural Health Resource Center, part of the inaugural 2026 grantees for New Jersey's Rural Health Transformation Program, supported by funds from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). He also serves as PI/PD for a statewide needs assessment and action plan to improve the primary care and rural health systems of New Jersey, supported by funds from the New Jersey Department of Health and Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). From 2022-2025, Dr. Lister was the New Jersey Director and Co-Director for Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, USVI) for the Northeast & Caribbean Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center (NeC-ROTAC), supported by funds from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The NeC-ROTAC was the first federally funded behavioral health initiative addressing health care specific to rural communities of New Jersey. Dr. Lister’s scholarship has produced 56 articles (34 involving student/postdoctoral authors) published in refereed journals, in addition to many public-facing scientific and dissemination products (e.g., technical reports, book chapters, non-refereed journal publications, practice and policy briefs, training and technical assistance activities). He routinely disseminates findings to community and health care system audiences, evidenced by 61 invited addresses and/or plenary talks, and consistent news media coverage of his research. Dr. Lister holds co-leadership and co-founder roles for two Scientific Interest Groups: (1) Rural Behavioral Health for the Society for Social Work and Research and (2) Translational Impact for the Rutgers Addiction Research Center.

Before joining the faculty at Rutgers University, Dr. Lister was at Wayne State University in Detroit as a tenure-track faculty member and postdoctoral fellow. He earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University (2014), M.S.W. from the University of Michigan (2005), and B.S. from Miami (Ohio) University (2002). Dr. Lister’s faculty positions, and each institution he earned degrees from, have been in social work programs at public research universities. Conversely, most of Dr. Lister’s research and training is with medical and health disciplines.

• Reducing Health Harms: Practice, Policy, and Research (16:910:XXX)
• Advanced Contemporary Policy: Mental Health (19:913:561)
• Reducing Drug Harm: Social Work Practice & Policy (19:912:532)
• Case Management in Addictions Practice (19:913:584)
• HBSE: Understanding Addictive Behaviors (19:912:541)
• Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis (19:912:507)
• Clinical Social Work II (19:913:502)
• Advanced Individual Studies in Social Welfare (16:910:682)
• Research in Social Work (16:910:701)
• Research in Social Work (16:910:702)

* = Served as or Principal Investigator and/or Corresponding Author
** = Student and Postdoctoral Authors

Lister, J.J.*, & Joudrey, P.J. (2023). Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption. The Journal of Rural Health, 39(1), 18-20. Doi: 10.1111/jrh.12684

Cooper, S.E.**, Fougnies, L.V.**, Juntilla, A.M., Lister, H.H., Hilton, K., & Lister, J.J.* (2026). Substance use treatment and overdose patterns in high and low social vulnerability counties – A trends analysis in New Jersey from 2014 – 2022. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 23 (100653), 1-8. Doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100653

Lister, J.J.*, Lister, H.H., Powell, K.G., Cheung, S.P.**, Peterson, N.A., Toto, A.M., & Marcello, S.C. (2024). The Rutgers Integrated Care Evaluation (RICE) Research Framework: An innovative and rigorous set of methods to evaluate integrated care programs. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24(3): 22, 1-8. DOI: 10.5334/ijic.7715

Ware, O.D., Lister, J.J.*, Cooper, S.E.**, Kim, A.H.**, Lister, H.H., Peterson, N.A., Fioravanti, S., Powell, K.G., Marcello, S.C., & Joseph, B. (2025). Subtypes and service utilization patterns among opioid use disorder patients at a community health center: Findings from a medically underserved urban area of the Northeastern United States. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 20(39), 1-10. Doi: 10.1186/s13722-025-00564-z

Broman, M., Davis, A.K., Armstrong, S., Levin, A., Ahmed, K.**, Angarita, G., Artberry, B., Bergeria, C., Earleywine, M., Gex, K., Gregoire, T., Lister, J.J., Mathai, D., Mehtani, N., Menke, N., Nichols, C., Shaub, H., Tackett, A.P., Weiss, B., Yalin, N., & Phillips, L. (2026). US drug policy does not align with experts’ rankings of drug harms: A multi-criterion decision analysis. Harm Reduction Journal, 23(17), 1-12. Doi: 10.1186/s12954-025-01390-x

Lister, J.J.*, Weaver, A., Ellis, J.D.**, Himle, J.A., & Ledgerwood, D.M. (2020). A systematic review of rural-specific barriers to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the United States. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 46(3), 273-288. Doi: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1694536

Lister, J.J.*, Ellis, J.D.**, Struble, C.A.**, Ledgerwood, D.M., & Greenwald, M.K. (2024). Protective factor predictors of abstinence and retention in patients receiving methadone treatment for opioid use disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, 615-633. Doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00893-z

Lister, J.J.*, & Lister, H.H. (2021). Improving methadone access for rural communities in the USA: Lessons learned from COVID-19 adaptations and international models of care. Rural and Remote Health, 21(4), 6770. Doi: 10.22605/RRH6770

Van der Maas, M., Lister, J.J.*, & Nower, L. (2025). Rural-urban comparison of gambling disorder treatment and recovery service availability in the United States: A hurdle model approach. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 25(4), 393-406. Doi: 10.1080/1533256X.2025.2504571

Lister, H.H., Marcello, S.C., Lister, J.J.*, Singer, B.N., O’Kane, T.**, Hilton, K. Haleva, R., Kim, A.H.**, & Steinberg, M. (2026). Building tomorrow’s health psychologists: Data from an integrated primary care internship program serving medically underserved populations. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 20(2), 134-143. Doi: 10.1037/tep0000548

Ramdin, C., Lister, J.J., Kurtzman, E., Kuo, S., Shiau, S., Greller, H., & Nelson, L. (2026). Substance use diagnoses among patients who present to federally run mental health facilities with co-morbid ADHD and bipolar disorder between 2013-2023: A national analysis using random forest methods. Journal of Addictive Diseases. Doi: 10.1080/10550887.2026.2733227 

Ramdin, C.., Lister, J., Shiau, S., Domider, M., & Nelson, L.S. (2025). Opioid utilization in emergency department visits for ankle sprains: A national analysis utilizing neural networks (2016-21). The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.09.030

Struble, C.A.**, Lister, J.J.*, Urbiel, J.**, Nyaku, A.N., & Arfken, C.L. (2022). Comparisons of injection and non-injection opioid use among Black people in methadone treatment: A pilot in Detroit. Addictive Behaviors, 126, 107182, 1-5. Doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107182

Lister, J.J.*, Ellis, J.D.**, & Yoon, M.** (2020). Opioid prescribing and opioid-overdose deaths in Michigan: Urban-rural comparisons and changes across 2013-2017. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 11, 100234, 1-8. Doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100234

Lister, J.J.*, Lee, G.**, Ellis, J.D.**, Pasman, E.**, Agius, E., & Resko, S.M. (2022). Comorbid affective and substance use disorders of Medicaid/Medicare beneficiaries at an opioid treatment program serving small urban and rural communities. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 881821, 1-9. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.881821

Lister, J.J.*, Weaver, A., Ellis, J.D.**, Molfenter, T., Ledgerwood, D.M., & Himle, J.A. (2020). Shortages of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in underserved Michigan counties: Examining the influence of urbanicity and income level. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 31(3), 1291-1307. Doi: 10.1353/hpu.2020.0095

Lister, J.J.*, Yoon, M.**, Nower, L., Ellis, J.D.**, & Ledgerwood, D.M. (2022). Subtypes of patients with opioid use disorder in methadone maintenance treatment: A pathways model analysis. International Gambling Studies, 22(2), 300-316. Doi: 10.1080/14459795.2022.2044502

Lister, J.J.*, Brown, S., Greenwald, M.K., & Ledgerwood, D.M. (2019). Gender-specific predictors of methadone treatment outcomes among African Americans at an urban clinic. Substance Abuse, 40, 185-193. Doi: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1547810

Lister, J.J.*, Greenwald, M.K., & Ledgerwood, D.M. (2017). Baseline risk factors for drug use among African-American patients during first-month induction/stabilization on methadone. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 78, 15-21. Doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.04.007

Ellis, J.D.**, Lister, J.J.*, Wohl, M.J.A., Greenwald, M.K., Ledgerwood, D.M. (2023). Exploring potential moderators of depressive symptoms and treatment outcomes among patients with opioid use disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 140, 107604, 1-6. Doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107604

Crowthers, R.A.**, Arya, M.**, Venkataraman, A., Lister, J.J.*, Cooper, S.E.**, Enich, M.**, Bender, E., Stevens, S., Sanders, R., Stagliano, K., & Jermyn, R.T. (2022). Impact of an osteopathic peer recovery coaching model on treatment outcomes in high-risk men entering residential treatment for substance use disorders. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 122(10), 521-529. Doi: 10.1515/jom-2022-0066 

Andrews, G.**, Johnson, D.**, Murray, V.**, Sen, A.**, Salerno, R.**, Jabon, J., Fulton, S.**, Acevedo, M.**, Lister, J.J., & Jermyn, R. (2025). A mixed-methods evaluation of group harm reduction counseling and testing for HIV and Hepatitis C in high-risk individuals. Journal of HIV and AIDS, 9(1), 1-10: Doi: 10.16966/2380-5536.193

Ramdin, C., Kuo, S., Shiau, S., Nelson, L., & Lister, J. (2026). Opioid use in emergency department visits for neck sprain, 2016–2022: A random forest analysis using national data. Manuscript accepted for publication at The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Lister, H.H. Marcello, S., Lister, J.J., Toto, A.M., Powell, K.G., Peterson, N.A. (2022). Advancing the behavioral health workforce: An innovative integrated care and substance use disorder training model to improve outcomes for people in medically underserved communities. Families, Systems, & Health, 40(4), 586-591. Doi: 10.1037/fsh0000739 

Pasman, E.**, Kollin, R., Broman, M.**, Lee, G.**, Agius, E., Lister, J.J., Brown, S., & Resko, S.M. (2022). Cumulative barriers to retention in methadone treatment among adults from rural and small urban communities. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17, 35, 1-10. Doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00316-3

Lloyd, J., Treitler, P.**, Lister, J.J., Nowels, M.**, & Crystal, S.C. (2024). Methadone treatment utilization and overdose trends among Medicaid beneficiaries in New Jersey before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 167, 209476. Doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209476

Broman, M.J.**, Pasman, E.**, Brown, S., Lister, J.J., Agius, E., & Resko, S.M. (2023). Social support is associated with reduced stigma and shame in a sample of rural and small urban adults in methadone treatment. Addiction Research & Theory, 31(1), 37-44. Doi: 10.1080/16066359.2022.2101640

Ware, O.D., Lee, K.A., Lombardi, B., Buccio, D.L., Lister, J.J., Park, E., Estreet, A., Van Denise, T., Neukrug, H., Blank Wilson, A., Park, D., & Lanier, P. (2024). Artificial neural network analysis examining substance use problems co-occurring with anxiety and depressive disorders among adults receiving mental health treatment. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 1-12. Doi: 10.1080/15504263.2024.2357623

Milano, N.**, Lister, J.J., & Victor, G. (2023). Differences in intent to refer buprenorphine among community correctional and treatment staff: A set of cross-lagged models predicting efficacy beliefs and familiarity with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. The American Journal on Addictions, 32, 352-359. Doi: 10.1111/ajad.13392

Sogbesan, A.**, Lenz, D., Lister, J.J., Lundahl, L.H., Greenwald, M.K., & Woodcock, E.A. (2024). Mediational pathways among drug use initiation, use-related consequences, and quit attempts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 11, 100229, 1-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100229

Carl, A.**, Pasman, E.**, Broman, M.**, Lister, J.J., Agius, E., & Resko, S.M. (2023). Experiences of healthcare and substance use treatment provider-based stigma among patients receiving methadone. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 6, 100138, 1-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100138

Victor, G., Hedden, B.J.**, Lister, J.J., Lee, G.**, Huynh, P., & Ray, B. (2023). Communit overdose surveillance: Fentanyl involvement in overdose deaths in rural Michigan. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 7, 100150, 1-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100150