Emily Pasman, PhD, LMSW


Research Fellow
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
2241 NURS1

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: (734) 647-4777

In the news

Interests

  • Substance use
  • Stigma
  • Recovery
  • Harm reduction
  • Peer-delivered services

Emily Pasman is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health. Her social work practice has centered around the development, implementation, and evaluation of peer-delivered services for people in, or seeking, recovery from addiction. Her current program of research aims to expand harm reduction interventions, improve peer-delivered services, and promote effective youth prevention and recovery support. In each area, she examines stigma as a primary barrier to effective service provision. The overall goal of her work is to reduce overdose fatalities and other substance use-related harms by increasing access to evidence-based health services. 

Education

  • PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2023
  • MSW, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2019
  • BS, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2013

Publication Highlights

  • Pasman, E., O'Shay, S., Brown, S., Madden, E. F., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2023). Ambivalence and contingencies: A qualitative examination of peer recovery coaches' attitudes toward medications for opioid use disorder. Jouranl of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209121

  • Resko, S. M., Pasman, E., Hicks, D. L., Lee, G., Ellisa, J. D., O'Shay, S., Brown, S., & Agius, E. (2023). Nalozone knowledge and attitudes towards overdose response among family members of people who misuse opioids. Journal of Community Health. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01257-x

  • Pasman, E., Brown, S., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2023). Support for safe consumption sites among peer recovery coaches. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-023-09846-3

  • Pasman, E., Clift, J., Broman, M., Madden, E. F., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2023). "It depends on what you consider recovery": Perceptions of client cannabis use among peer recovery coaches. Journal of Drug Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426231176446

  • Pasman, E., Agius, E., O'Shay, S., Broman, M., Lee, G., & Resko, S. M. (2023). Are campus services reaching those in need? Substance use and awareness of university counseling services. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 1.       https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2023.2208761

  • Lee., G. Pasman, E., Ellis, J. D., Solberg, M. A., Hicks, D., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2023). Risk factors associated with simultaneous use of alcohol and prescription opioids among young adults in Michigan. Journal of Drug Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042623116526

  • O'Shay, S., Pasman, E., Hicks, D. L., Brown, S., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2023). Affected family members' communicative managmenet of opioid misuse stigma: Applying and rethinking the stigma management communication typology. Journal of Family Communication, 23(2), 89-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2023.2186882

  • Friedrich, F. S., Pasman, E., Boraginna-Ballard, L., O'Shay, S., Szechy, K. A., Ellis, J. D., Resko, S. M., & Brown, S. (2023). "Do not carry the load by yourself": Advice for families affected by non-medical opioid use. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 104(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894221145759

  • Carl, A., Pasman, E., Broman, M. J., 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100138

  • Pasman, E., O'Shay, S., Hicks, D., Resko, S. M., Agius, E., & Brown, S. (2023). Stigma communication surrounding nonmedical opioid use among affected family members. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2167588

  • Pasman, E., Lee, G., Kollin, R., Browman, M. J., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2022). Emotional exhaustion and workplace belongingness among peer recovery coaches during COVID-19. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2022.2156670

  • Pasman, E., Lee, G., Kollin, R., Rodriguez, B., Agius, E., Madden, E. F., & Resko, S. M. (2022). Attitudes toward medication for opioid use disorder among substance use treatment providers. Substance Use & Misuse, 57(12), 1828-1836. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2115853

  • Broman, M. J., Pasman, E., Brown, S., Lister, J. J., Agius, E., & Resko, S. M. (2022). 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2101640

  • 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). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00316-3

  • Pasman, E., Agius, E., Victor, G., Broman, M., Ray, B., & Resko, S. (2022). Willingness to use syringe service programs and safe consumption sites among methadone patients with histories of injection drug use in a small Midwest community. Addiction Research & Theory, 30(3), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2021.1961759