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  • Lofaro, R., Confer, L.M., Schwind, J., Bohler, R. (2025). Rurality Weakens the Positive Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Substance Use Treatment Involving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. 
  • Lofaro, R., Bohler, R., Smith, K.D., Vest, N., Harris, T., Williams, C., Mase, W.M. (2025). Lived Experience and Rural Barriers: A Qualitative Analysis of Peer Leadership in Recovery Community Centers. Substance Use & Addiction Journal.
  • Bohler, R., Lofaro, R.J., Smith, K.D., Johnson, J.A., Shehaj, B., Kite, B., Mase, W.A. (2025). Bridging the gaps: Rural recovery community centers and their role in addressing substance use disorders. Journal of Rural Health. 41(4), e70084. doi: 10.1111/jrh.70084.
  • Lofaro, R., Bohler, R., Spurgeon, R., Mase, W.M. (2025). Rural and Urban Differences in Treatment on Demand for Substance Use Treatment Involving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of Rural Health. 41(3), e70076. doi: 10.1111/jrh.70076.
  • Lofaro, R. J., Lungu, M., Witkowski, K., & Sapat, A. (2025). The Opioid Crisis, Policy Deservingness, and Humanization: A Nationwide Survey of First Responders’ Viewpoints on Clients of Color. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 16(1), e70006. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.70006
  • Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2025). Race, lived experience, representation, and discrimination: Analyzing the representative capacities of the racial majority. The American Review of Public Administration, 55(1), 41-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740241275715
  • Silwal, A., Bohler, R., Hunt, T., Olvera, R.G., Lofwall, M.R., Cook, C.D., Marks, K.R., Bridden, C., Freeman, P.R., Nouvong, M., Fanucchi, L.C., El-Bassel, N., Frazier, L.A., Walsh, S.L., Talbert, J.C. (2025). Identifying and responding to policy-related barriers, facilitators, and misunderstandings in the HEALing communities study: A community-driven approach. International Journal of Drug Policy. 142, 104851. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104851.
  • Koutijian, P., Bohler, R., Senst, T., Siddiqi, K., Rochani, H., Koldony, A. (2025). Evaluation of an In-Jail and Post-Release Comprehensive Treatment Model for Opioid Use Disorder in Massachusetts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 270, 112616. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112616.  
  • Kolodny, A., Bohler, R. (2025). The Opioid Industry’s Legacy: A Generation of Prescribed Suffering.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 86(1), 24com15664. doi: 10.4088/JCP.24com15664.
  • Vest, N., Flesaker, M., Bohler, R., Timko, C., Kelly, J., Stein, M., & Humphreys, K. (2025). Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the US and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors. Journal of the Study of Alcohol and Drugs. 86(4), 633-640. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00207.
  • Kolodny, A., Bohler, R. (2024). Screened Out — How a Survey Change Sheds Light on Iatrogenic Opioid Use Disorder. New England Journal of Medicine. 391(23), 2183-2184. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2410911.
  • Cioffi, C.C., Flinn, R.E., Passman, E., Gannon, K., Gold, D., Esteban McCabe, S., Kepner, W., Tillson, M., Colditz, J.B., Smith, D.C., Bohler, R., O’Donnell, J.E., Hildebran, C., Montgomery, B.W., Clingan, S., Lofaro, R.J. (2024). Beyond the 5-Year recovery mark: Perspectives of researchers with lived and living experience on public engagement and discourse. International Journal of Drug Policy. 133:104599. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104599.
  • Bowser, D., Bohler, R., Davis, M.T., Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M. (2024). Payment-related barriers to medications for opioid use disorder: A critical review of the literature and real-world application. Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment. 165, 20944. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209441.
  • Floyd, A., Silcox, J., Strickler, G., Nong, T., Blough, M., Bolivar, D., Rabin, M., Bratberg, J., Irwin, A., Hartung, D., Hansen, R., Bohler, R., Green, T.C. (2024). Policies, adaptations, and ongoing challenges to naloxone, buprenorphine and nonprescription syringe access across four-states: Findings from an environmental scan and key Informant interviews. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. 11:100243. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100243.  
  • Witkowski, K., Lofaro, R. J., Headley, A. M., Contreras, S., Remington, C. L., & Ganapati, N. E. (2024). Understanding problematic substance use among first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of law enforcement, fire, and EMS workers in the United States. International Journal of Drug Policy, 123, 104261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104261
  • Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2024). Deservingness, humanness, and representation through lived experience: analyzing first responders’ attitudes. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 34(4), 563-581. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muae015
  • Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2024). Occupational and personal challenges during the opioid crisis: Understanding first responders’ experiences and viewpoints of clients with opioid use disorder. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 18, e93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.79