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.
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.
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Our postdoctoral fellowship aims to produce the next generation of addiction scholars focused on innovative research, advanced dissemination and implementation strategies, and public education.
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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New York Times
The People Who Never Get Hangovers
Dr. Rohsenow, a professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and associate director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, was quoted in The New York Times for her research on hangovers.
Hayley Treloar Padovano, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, talks with Times about how to relax and unwind without drinking alcohol.
January 23, 2025
News from Carney
A Case for Addiction Science Advocacy
Karla Kaun argues that addiction researchers should talk about their work in their everyday lives. Those conversations can shape how drug, tobacco and alcohol use is studied in labs, taught in schools, treated in clinics and shaped by policy. Brown addiction researchers have a track record of success in exerting the influence of evidence.
CAAS Affiliated Centers
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.
The Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation's (CADRE) mission is to become a national leader in substance use bio-behavioral research and chronic disease manifestations in vulnerable populations (especially underrepresented ethnic or racial minorities), serving as a resource for training and research within Brown University as well as regionally and nationally.