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.
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.
Former CAAS postdoc Megan Strowger and current CAAS faculty members Matthew Meisel and Suzanne Colby conducted a review to broadly characterize the peer-reviewed literature on Dry January, summarize its main findings, strengths, and limitations, as well as delineate future research directions.
CAAS alum Kristi Gamarel and current CAAS faculty member Jasjit Ahluwalia contributed to this article about recent redefinitions of what is considered allowable in federally sponsored research.
Brown University engineers partnered with public health experts to create new diagnostic techniques that could help to deliver better, patient-centered care to adults and newborns alike.
CAAS researchers have launched a study testing MDMA, known as ecstasy or molly, and talk therapy as a treatment for PTSD and alcohol use disorder in military veterans.
Overdose deaths have declined 27% in 2024. "This progress is encouraging, but it's fragile." Read more from CAAS Professor Alexandria Macmadu's conversation with The Wall Street Journal.
An assessment by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health revealed that before the opening of an OPC in Providence, people living and working in the area were generally supportive.
A complementary approach called Counter-Attitudinal Advocacy has been found to help young adults reduce the harms related to heavy drinking by shifting how they think—not how much they drink.
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.
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.
In a Q&A, Peter Monti, a professor of alcohol and addiction studies at Brown University and a leading researcher of alcohol and disease exacerbation, shared his perspective on alcohol and cancer.
The research, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, aims to uncover how alcohol and HIV disrupt gut bacteria and contribute to chronic health issues like heart disease.
Hayley Treloar Padovano, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, talks with Women's Health about how to untangle alcohol from your social life.
As the US Surgeon General calls for cancer warning labels for alcohol, Professor Christopher Kahler says drinkers are often unaware of recommended daily alcohol limits. Easily available serving size info for different types of alcohol is key.