John Roll, PhD

• Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award

• Contingency management for treatment of substance use disorders: A meta‐analysis
  M Prendergast, D Podus, J Finney, L Greenwell, J Roll
  Addiction 101 (11), 1546-1560 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17034434/
• Effect of prize-based incentives on outcomes in stimulant abusers in outpatient psychosocial treatment programs: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study
  NM Petry, JM Peirce, ML Stitzer, J Blaine, JM Roll, A Cohen, J Obert, …
  Archives of general psychiatry 62 (10), 1148-1156 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16203960/
• Variable and potentially fatal amounts of nicotine in e-cigarette nicotine solutions
  JM Cameron, DN Howell, JR White, DM Andrenyak, ME Layton, JM Roll Tobacco control 23 (1), 77-78     217 2014 jstor.org/stable/43289446?seq=1
• An experimental comparison of three different schedules of reinforcement of drug abstinence using cigarette smoking as an exemplar. JM Roll, ST Higgins, GJ Badger pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8995832/
• Journal of applied behavior analysis 29 (4), 495-505171. Amram, O., Robison, J., Amiri, S., Pflugeisen, B., Roll, J., Monsivais, P.  (2021). Socioeconomic and Racial Inequities in Breast Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State.  Jama Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5). 175. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35366175/
• Roll JM. Focus on optimal health, not ideal health. Patient Experience Journal. 2021; 8(3):22-23. pxjournal.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=journal

John Roll earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Montana, a Master of Arts degree from Saint Bonaventure University, and a PhD from Washington State University. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Pharmacology at the University of Vermont and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Substance Abuse Research at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

He has served as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, Director of Behavioral Pharmacology in UCLA’s Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, and as a Clinical faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at UW.

Since his return to WSU in 2002 he has held the following positions: Director of the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing, Associate Vice Provost for Health Sciences, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research, Vice Dean of Research for the College of Medicine, Chair of Nutrition Exercise and Physiology, and Founding Chair of Community and Behavioral Health.

He was the Founding Director of several centers and programs at WSU, including the Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, The Translational Addiction Research Center, the Health Sciences STEM Education Research Center and the Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Center. He has had faculty appointments in the WSU Departments of Community and Behavioral Health, Psychology, Nursing, Neuroscience, Health Policy and Administration, Prevention Science, and Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. 

He was appointed by Washington State Governor Gregoire as a Vice Chair of the Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse and as an Executive Commissioner on the Eastern State Hospital Advisory Board. He has served on review committees for various agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

He is a Fellow of the following organizations: American Psychological Association (3 Divisions), Association for Behavior Analysis International, Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the Past- President of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He has published over 200 scholarly articles which have been cited more than 10,655 times. One of his articles on contingency management has been named one of the top 100 most influential articles in substance abuse research. He has been continuously funded by NIH since 1994. He has received numerous awards for his work, including: the APA (Div. 25) Distinguished Contribution to Applied Behavioral Research Award; the 2022 APA (Div. 28) MED Associates Brady-Schuster Award for his body of work underscoring the fundamental importance of behavior, and he is one of only 25 individuals to be honored with the WSU Eminent Faculty Award. He is also the recipient of an Edison Award from the Northwest Association of Biomedical Research.

Dr. Roll has served on many local and national boards ranging from civic (e.g., Spokane Symphony) to scientific (e.g., SAMHSA Expert Pannel).  

Dr. Roll is currently a professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health and Co-chair of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee.