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.
EXPLORE CAAS
Widely considered the top postdoctoral addiction research training program in the nation, the center has enjoyed continuous federal funding since 1987.
CAAS is home to world-renowned public health researchers in the field of addiction and substance use.
Recent Announcements
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Brown University Division of Research
Dr. Khanna Receives Phase II Research Innovation Award
Congratulations to CAAS Associate Professor Dr. Aditya Khanna for receiving a $200,000 Phase II Research Innovation Award from the Brown University Division of Research. With this funding, Dr. Khanna and his team are advancing their cross-campus project, "Building a Cross-Campus Systems Science Platform for Alcohol-Attributable Cancer Prevention." Phase II will focus on:
🔹 Building user-friendly risk projection tools
🔹 Modeling how policy and social networks impact alcohol use & cancer risk
🔹 Preparing for a major NIH center grant proposal
Thank you Dr. Khanna and team for leading this important work on preventable cancer risks.
🔹 Building user-friendly risk projection tools
🔹 Modeling how policy and social networks impact alcohol use & cancer risk
🔹 Preparing for a major NIH center grant proposal
Thank you Dr. Khanna and team for leading this important work on preventable cancer risks.
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
How Can Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder and Liver Disease Change Their Drinking Behavior?
Led by CAAS Associate Professor Dr. Hayley Treloar Padovano, a team of researchers piloted a brief intervention approach combining Motivational Interviewing, a collaborative counseling approach that helps people strengthen their own motivations for change, with personalized biobehavioral feedback, i.e. linking participants' behaviors with biological data. The team found meaningful reductions in alcohol consumption.
Congratulations to former CAAS postdoc Megan Strowger, current CAAS faculty members Matthew Meisel and Suzanne Colby, and collaborator Sarah Uriarte: Their paper, "A scoping review of Dry January: evidence and future directions," has been selected for inclusion in OUP Academic’s High-Impact Research collection. This collection showcases the top research published in Alcohol and Alcoholism in recent years.
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 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.