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Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) is an internationally-renowned research center in the field of addiction.

Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) is an internationally-renowned research center in the field of addiction.

The Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) is dedicated to advancing research and training that improves the well-being of people and communities impacted by substance use and addiction. 

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Widely considered the top postdoctoral addiction research training program in the nation, the center has enjoyed continuous federal funding since 1987.
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CAAS is home to world-renowned public health researchers in the field of addiction and substance use.
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A Rich History of Research

 

Professor Peter M. Monti, former director of CAAS, provides perspective on Brown's decades of work in the addiction and substance use space

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October 19, 2025 Boston Globe

To be free, you need to feel free. Right now, America isn't feeling it.

Tara White, Assistant Professor at CAAS, discusses how vital it is to question fear-driven responses in society.
October 14, 2025 Clinical Psychological Science

Planned Versus Unplanned Daily Substance Use Among Sexual-Minority Youths: The Moderating Role of Social Norms

A recent study co-authored by CAAS adjunct professor Ethan Mereish, CAAS postdoc alum Jamie Parnes, and current CAAS faculty member Robert Miranda investigated how daily substance use differs when it’s planned versus unplanned, specifically for nicotine, cannabis, and alcohol.
October 9, 2025 Journal of Research on Adolescence

Dynamic associations between cannabis use and sleep in adolescents and young adults during a cannabis intervention trial

CAAS postdoc alums Jamie Parnes and Samuel Meisel worked with current faculty member Robert Miranda on a study exploring the relationship between cannabis use and sleep for young adults.

CAAS Affiliated Centers

Alcohol Research Center on HIV

The Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH) is a multidisciplinary program project grant focused on reducing the impact of alcohol on the breadth and depth of the HIV epidemic.
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Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE)

The COBRE Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) focuses on understanding the mechanisms through which substance use (SU) increases the risk for and progression of chronic disease.
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