Sara Parent, ND

• Bastyr University, ND, Naturopathic Medicine
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, Biology

Scholarly Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Washington State University

1.         Jett, J. D., Keshtkar, M., Seidler, E., Palmer, K., Tyutyunnyk, D., Beck, R., Parent, S. C., Weeks, D. L., Chaytor, N., McPherson, S. M., & McDonell, M. G. (2026). Hours Since Last Drink Is Associated With Multiple Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Cutoffs Among Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder. Drug testing and analysis, 10.1002/dta.70134. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.70134

2.         Peavy, K. M., Palmer, K., Leickly, E., Bains, A., Parent, S., & McDonell, M. G. (2026). Bringing evidence-based stimulant treatment to permanent supportive housing. Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, 54(1), 86–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2586385

3.         Rash, C. J., Black, S. I., Parent, S. C., Erath, T. G., & McDonell, M. G. (2025). Data-Driven Contingency Management Incentive Magnitudes: A Review. JAMA psychiatry, 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.1341. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.1341

4.         McDonell, M. G., Parent, S., Jett, J. D., Keshtkar, M., Palmer, K., Beck, R., Tyutyunnyk, D., Williams, M., Weeks, D. L., Chaytor, N. S., McPherson, S., Murphy, S. M., Ries, R. K., & Roll, J. M. (2025). Testing adaptations to contingency management for alcohol use disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 93(8), 540–550. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000960

5.         Rash, C.J., McDonnell, M., Erath, T., Parent, S., Rawson, R., Wattenberg, S. & Signatories:  Alessi, S.M., Dallery, J., DeFulio, A, DePhilippis, D., Dunn, K.E., Gaalema, D.E., Heil, S.H., Higgins, S.T., Hirchak, K.A., Koffarnus, M.N., Ledgerwood, D.M., McPherson, S.M., Miguel, A., Reback, C.J., Roll, J., Shoptaw, S., Silverman, K., Stanger, C., Stitzer, M., Weinstock, J. (2025). A call to action: Evidence-based contingency management. The American Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240261

6.      Keshtkar, M, Tyutyunnyk, D, King, P, Palmer, K, Brigman, M, Jett, JD, Beck, R, Parent, SC, Ries, R, McPherson, SM, Chaytor, NS, Roll, JM, Weeks, DL, McDonell, MG (2024). Covid-19 vaccination status and beliefs of individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and alcohol use disorder, Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100284

7.      Lu, T. T., Parent, S. C., Chaytor, N., Amiri, S., Palmer, K., McPherson, S., Jett, J., Ries, R., McDonell, M. G., & Murphy, S. M. (2024). Budget Impact Tool for Implementing Contingency Management for Co-occurring Alcohol Use Disorders and Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 75(4), 326–332. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220547

8.      Parent, S. C., Peavy, K. M., Tyutyunnyk, D., Hirchak, K. A., Nauts, T., Dura, A., Weed, L., Barker, L., & McDonell, M. G. (2023). Lessons learned from statewide contingency management rollouts addressing stimulant use in the Northwestern United States. Preventive medicine, 176, 107614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107614

9.      Hirchak, K. A., Echo-Hawk, H., Parent, S., Peavy, K. M., Webb, K., Bajet, K., Richardson, M., Granbois, A., Herron, J. L., Catron, K., King, K., Parsells, E., Freese, T. E., Thomas, L. R., Rawson, R., Clark, H. W., Roll, J., & McDonell, M. G. (2023). The urgent need for contingency management among Tribal communities in the United States: Considerations for implementation, policy, and sovereignty. Preventive medicine, 176, 107662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107662

10.  Green, B., Parent, S., Ware, J., Hasson, A. L., McDonell, M., Nauts, T., Collins, M., Kim, F., & Rawson, R. (2023). Expanding access to treatment for stimulant use disorder in a frontier state: A qualitative study of contingency management and TRUST program implementation in Montana. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment, 151, 209032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209032

11.  Jett, J. D., Kordas, G., Parent, S., Keshtkar, M., Shin, R., King, P., McPherson, S. M., Ries, R., Roll, J. M., McDonell, M. G., & Chaytor, N. (2023). Assessing Clinically Significant Cognitive Impairment Using the NIH Toolbox in Individuals with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness and Alcohol Use Disorder. Journal of addiction medicine, 17(3), 305–311. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000001105

12.  Rawson, R. A., Erath, T. G., Chalk, M., Clark, H. W., McDaid, C., Wattenberg, S. A., Roll, J. M., McDonell, M. G., Parent, S., & Freese, T. E. (2023). Contingency Management for Stimulant Use Disorder: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations. The Journal of ambulatory care management, 46(2), 152–159. https://doi.org/10.1097/JAC.0000000000000450

Dr. Sara Parent is a Scholarly Assistant Professor with the PRISM Collaborative in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health whose work focuses on Contingency Managment (CM), a behavioral intervention for substance use disorder. With eight years of experience in CM research, training, and program development, she has co-developed nationally recognized CM training and implementation resources, including web-based learning programs and electronic fidelity tools. Dr. Parent has served on federally-funded expert panels focused on CM training and technical assistance and has delivered more than 60 conference symposia, invited presentations, and training seminars and webinars on this subject. Her professional and research interests center on making evidence-based, positively-oriented practices more widely available to the people and communities who could benefit, through understanding dissemination and implementation barriers and facilitators, as well as individual factors, that influence uptake and outcomes.