
Joel Gregory Sprunger, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
One Stetson Square
COM Psychiatry Addiction Research - 0553
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN, 2010 (Psychology)
Master's Degree: Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 2013 (Clinical Psychology)
PhD: Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 2018 (Clinical Psychology)
Clinical Interests
Psychology
Psychiatry
Specialities
Clinical Psychology
Research Support
Grant: #H79TI080732 09-30-2018 -09-29-2023 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration ASPIRE: Accelerating Substance use and Psychiatric screening among Individuals at-risk or HIV-infected and facilitated Referral via the Emergency Department Role:PI 2447305.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #H79TI080732 09-30-2018 -09-29-2023 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration ASPIRE: Accelerating Substance use and Psychiatric screening among Individuals at-risk or HIV-infected and facilitated Referral via the Emergency Department Role:PI 2447305.00 Active Level:Federal
Grant: #UG3DA059409 Investigators:Welge, Jeffrey; Winhusen, T 09-01-2023 -08-31-2024 National Institute on Drug Abuse Improving Buprenorphine Retention with Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation for Patients with Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Role:PI $582205.00 Active
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
, ; Samet, Jeffrey H; El-Bassel, Nabila; Winhusen, T John; Jackson, Rebecca D; Oga, Emmanuel A; Chandler, Redonna K; Villani, Jennifer; Freisthler, Bridget; Adams, Joella; Aldridge, Arnie; Angerame, Angelo; Babineau, Denise C; Bagley, Sarah M; Baker, Trevor J; Balvanz, Peter; Barbosa, Carolina; Barocas, Joshua; Battaglia, Tracy A; Beard, Dacia D; Beers, Donna; Blevins, Derek; Bove, Nicholas; Bridden, Carly; Brown, Jennifer L; Bush, Heather M; Bush, Joshua L; Caldwell, Ryan; Calver, Katherine; Calvert, Deirdre; Campbell, Aimee N C; Carpenter, Jane; Caspar, Rachel; Chassler, Deborah; Chaya, Joan; Cheng, Debbie M; Cunningham, Chinazo O; Dasgupta, Anindita; David, James L; Davis, Alissa; Dean, Tammy; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Eggleston, Barry; Fanucchi, Laura C; Feaster, Daniel J; Fernandez, Soledad; Figueroa, Wilson; Freedman, Darcy A; Freeman, Patricia R; Freiermuth, Caroline E; Friedlander, Eric; Gelberg, Kitty H; Gibson, Erin B; Gilbert, Louisa; Glasgow, LaShawn; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn A; Gomori, Stephen; Gruss, Dawn E; Gulley, Jennifer; Gutnick, Damara; Hall, Megan E; Harger Dykes, Nicole; Hargrove, Sarah L; Harlow, Kristin; Harris, Aumani; Harris, Daniel; Helme, Donald W; Holloway, JaNae; Hotchkiss, Juanita; Huang, Terry; Huerta, Timothy R; Hunt, Timothy; Hyder, Ayaz; Ingram, Van L; Ingram, Tim; Kauffman, Emily; Kimball, Jennifer L; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Knott, Charles; Knudsen, Hannah K; Konstan, Michael W; Kosakowski, Sarah; Larochelle, Marc R; Leaver, Hannah M; LeBaron, Patricia A; Lefebvre, R Craig; Levin, Frances R; Lewis, Nikki; Lewis, Nicky; Lofwall, Michelle R; Lounsbury, David W; Luster, Jamie E; Lyons, Michael S; Mack, Aimee; Marks, Katherine R; Marquesano, Stephanie; Mauk, Rachel; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; McConnell, Kristin; McGladrey, Margaret L; McMullan, Jason; Miles, Jennifer; Munoz Lopez, Rosie; Nelson, Alisha; Neufeld, Jessica L; Newman, Lisa; Nguyen, Trang Q; Nunes, Edward V; Oller, Devin A; Oser, Carrie B; Oyler, Douglas R; Pagnano, Sharon; Parran, Theodore V; Powell, Joshua; Powers, Kim; Ralston, William; Ramsey, Kelly; Rapkin, Bruce D; Reynolds, Jennifer G; Roberts, Monica F; Robertson, Will; Rock, Peter; Rodgers, Emma; Rodriguez, Sandra; Rudorf, Maria; Ryan, Shawn; Salsberry, Pamela; Salvage, Monika; Sabounchi, Nasim; Saucier, Merielle; Savitzky, Caroline; Schackman, Bruce; Schady, Elizabeth; Seiber, Eric E; Shadwick, Aimee; Shoben, Abigail; Slater, Michael D; Slavova, Svetla; Speer, Drew; Sprunger, Joel; Starbird, Laura E; Staton, Michele; Stein, Michael D; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle J; Stopka, Thomas J; Sullivan, Ann; Surratt, Hilary L; Sword Cruz, Rachel; Talbert, Jeffery C; Taylor, Jessica L; Thompson, Katherine L; Vandergrift, Nathan; Vickers-Smith, Rachel A; Vietze, Deanna J; Walker, Daniel M; Walley, Alexander Y; Walters, Scott T; Weiss, Roger; Westgate, Philip M; Wu, Elwin; Young, April M; Zarkin, Gary A; Walsh, Sharon L (2024). Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. The New England journal of medicineMore Information
Knudsen, Hannah K; Walker, Daniel M; Mack, Nicole; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Huerta, Timothy R; Glasgow, LaShawn; Gilbert, Louisa; Garner, Bryan R; Dasgupta, Anindita; Chandler, Redonna; Walsh, Sharon L; Tin, Yjuliana; Tan, Sylvia; Sprunger, Joel; Sprague-Martinez, Linda; Salsberry, Pamela; Saucier, Merielle; Rudorf, Maria; Rodriguez, Sandra; Oser, Carrie B; Oga, Emmanuel; Nakayima, Julie; Linas, Beth S; Lefebvre, R Craig; Kosakowski, Sarah; Katz, Rachel E; Hunt, Timothy; Holman, Ari; Holloway, JaNae; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Fareed, Naleef; Christopher, Mia; Aldrich, Alison; Adams, Joella W; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn (2024). Reducing perceived barriers to scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution and medications for opioid use disorder in the United States in the HEALing (helping end addiction long-term®) communities study. Preventive medicine, 185, 108034More Information
Glasgow, LaShawn; Douglas, Christian; Sprunger, Joel G; Campbell, Aimee N C; Chandler, Redonna; Dasgupta, Anindita; Holloway, JaNae; Marks, Katherine R; Roberts, Sara M; Martinez, Linda Sprague; Thompson, Katherine; Weiss, Roger D; Aldridge, Arnie; Asman, Kat; Barbosa, Carolina; Blevins, Derek; Chassler, Deborah; Cogan, Lindsay; Fanucchi, Laura; Hall, Megan E; Hunt, Timothy; Jadovich, Elizabeth; Levin, Frances R; Lincourt, Patricia; Lofwall, Michelle R; Loukas, Vanessa; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Nunes, Edward; Oga, Emmanuel; Oller, Devin; Rudorf, Maria; Sullivan, Ann Marie; Talbert, Jeffery; Taylor, Angela; Teater, Julie; Vandergrift, Nathan; Woodlock, Kristin; Zarkin, Gary A; Freisthler, Bridget; Samet, Jeffrey H; Walsh, Sharon L; El-Bassel, Nabila (2024). Effect of the Communities that HEAL intervention on receipt of behavioral therapies for opioid use disorder: A cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial. Drug and alcohol dependence, 259, 111286More Information
Sprunger, Joel G; Girard, Jeffrey M; Chard, Kathleen M (2024). Associations between transdiagnostic traits of psychopathology and hybrid posttraumatic stress disorder factors in a trauma-exposed community sample. Journal of traumatic stress, 37 (3) , 384-396More Information
Thompson-Hollands, Johanna; Lee, Daniel J; Allen, Elizabeth S; Pukay-Martin, Nicole D; Campbell, Sarah B; Chard, Kathleen M; Renshaw, Keith D; Sprunger, Joel G; Birkley, Erica; Dondanville, Katherine A; Litz, Brett T; Riggs, David S; Schobitz, Richard P; Yarvis, Jeffrey S; Young-McCaughan, Stacey; Keane, Terence M; Peterson, Alan L; Monson, Candice M; Fredman, Steffany J (2024). The significant others' responses to trauma scale (SORTS): applying factor analysis and item response theory to a measure of PTSD symptom accommodation. European journal of psychotraumatology, 15 (1) , 2353530More Information
Brown, Jennifer L; Gause, Nicole K; Braun, Robert; Punches, Brittany; Spatholt, David; Twitty, T Dylanne; Sprunger, Joel G; Lyons, Michael S (2023). Substance Use and Mental Health Screening Within an Emergency Department-Based HIV Screening Program: Outcomes From 1 Year of Implementation. Health promotion practice, 15248399231193005More Information
Sprunger, Joel G; Johnson, Keilan; Lewis, Daniel; Kaelber, David C; Winhusen, T John (2022). Five-year incidence of substance use and mental health diagnoses following exposure to opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines during an emergency department encounter for traumatic injury. Drug and alcohol dependence, 238, 109584More Information
Eckhardt, Christopher I; Parrott, Dominic J; Swartout, Kevin M; Leone, Ruschelle M; Purvis, Danielle M; Massa, Andrea A; Sprunger, Joel G (2021). Cognitive and Affective Mediators of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Aggression. Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 9 (3) , 385-402More Information
Sprunger, Joel G; Hales, Andrew; Maloney, Molly; Williams, Kipling; Eckhardt, Christopher I (2020). Alcohol, Affect, and Aggression: An Investigation of Alcohol's Effects Following Ostracism. Psychology of violence, 10 (6) , 585-593More Information
Massa A.;Eckhardt C.;Sprunger J.;Parrott D.;Subramani O. (07-01-2019). Trauma cognitions and partner aggression: Anger, hostility, and rumination as intervening mechanisms. Psychology of Violence, 9 (4) , 392-399More Information
Sprunger J.;Schumacher J.;Coffey S.;Norris D. (04-01-2019). It’s time to start asking all patients about intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Practice, 68 (3) , 152-161A
Blake K.;Hopkins R.;Sprunger J.;Eckhardt C.;Denson T. (04-20-2017). Relationship quality and cognitive reappraisal moderate the effects of negative urgency on behaviora. Psychology of Violence, 8 (2) , 218-228More Information
Sprunger J.;Eckhardt C. (01-01-2017). Predicting past and future dating violence from implicit and explicit violence attitudes: An experim. Partner Abuse, 8 (4) , 361-376More Information
Sprunger J.G.;Eckhardt C.I.;Parrott D.J. (01-01-2015). Anger, problematic alcohol use, and intimate partner violence victimisation and perpetration. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 25 (4) , 273-286More Information
Freeman R.;Eckhardt C.;Parrott D.;Sprunger J. (01-01-2015). Mechanisms of Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence. Violence Against Women, 21 (8) , 939-957More Information
Eckhardt C.;Murphy C.;Sprunger J. (08-01-2014). Interventions for perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Psychiatric Times, 31 (8)
Girard, J. M., Sprunger, J. G., Chard, K. M.Reading Between the Lines: Exploring Lexical and Emotional Content in Baseline Trauma Impact Statements. Psychology of ViolenceMore Information
Sprunger, J. G., Martin, C. E., Stayton Coe, L. E., Molano, J. R., Kreitzer, N., Punches, B., Chard, K. M.Masking the pain: The effects of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers’ mental health in hospital settings. Journal of Affective Disorders
Hunt, Timothy; Oser, Carrie B; Friedmann, Peter D; Mack, Nicole; Balvanz, Peter; Freisthler, Bridget; Chandler, Redonna K; Hochstatter, Karli; Harris, Daniel R; Glasgow, LaShawn; D'Costa, Lauren; Russo, Mary R; Eggleston, Barry; Aldridge, Arnie; Bellair, Paul; Cogan, Allyson G; David, James L; El-Bassel, Nabila; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Gomori, Steve; Hagan, Holly; Hanson, Steve; Holloway, JaNae; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Knott, Charlie; Konstan, Michael W; Walsh, Sharon L; LeBaron, Patricia A; Lyons, Michael S; McGladrey, Margaret; Papp, Joan; Murphy, Sean M; Springer, Sandra; Oga, Emmanuel; Staton, Michele; Schady, Elizabeth; Montero, Fernando; Surratt, Hilary L; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle; Winhusen, John; Zarkin, Gary A; Hamilton, Greer A; Sprunger, Joel G (2025). Overdose education and naloxone distribution in jails: Examining the impact of the Communities That HEAL intervention in 4 states. Health & justice, 13 (1) , 47More Information
McMullan, Jason; Mueller, Will; Brown, Jennifer L; Ewing, Irene; Lyons, Michael S; Sprunger, Joel; Winhusen, John; Collins, Thomas (2025). Approaches, Barriers, and Facilitators in Statewide Initiative to Combat Opioid Overdose: A Narrative Review of Ohio's Experiences During the HEALing Communities Study. Prehospital emergency care, 29 (4) , 519-524More Information
Sprunger, Joel; Brown, Jennifer; Rubi, Sofia; Papp, Joan; Lyons, Michael; Winhusen, T John (2024). Jail-based interventions to reduce risk for opioid-related overdose deaths: Examples of implementation within Ohio counties participating in the HEALing Communities Study. Health & justice, 12 (1) , 48More Information
Sprunger, Joel G; Schumacher, Julie A; Coffey, Scott F; Norris, David R (2019). It's time to start asking all patients about intimate partner violence. The Journal of family practice, 68 (3) , 152;154;156;161A