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Boston Globe

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

October 19, 2025
Tara White, Assistant Professor at CAAS, discusses how vital it is to question fear-driven responses in society.
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Clinical Psychological Science

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

October 14, 2025
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.
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Journal of Research on Adolescence

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

October 9, 2025
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.
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Alcohol and Alcoholism

A scoping review of Dry January: Evidence and future directions

September 8, 2025
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.
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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Rethinking E-Cigarette Flavor Policy: Can We Reduce Harm for Adults Without Inviting Youth Use?

August 27, 2025
Balancing public health priorities around e-cigarette flavors requires a careful approach that supports adult harm reduction while safeguarding youth.
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American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)

Funding and Defunding of NIH Research Should Be Based on Real Science and Not Politics or Amorphous Constructs

August 5, 2025
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.
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News from Brown

New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies

June 16, 2025
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.
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Rhode Island Monthly

A New Study at Brown University May Help Alleviate Symptoms of PTSD

May 28, 2025
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.
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APA Division 45

Dr. Zelaya Receives Division 45 Award

May 27, 2025
Congratulations to CAAS Assistant Professor David Zelaya for winning the APA Division 45 Emerging Professional – Contributions to Service Award!
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The Wall Street Journal

Fatal Overdoses Fall to Prepandemic Levels

May 15, 2025
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.
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Everyday Health

Heavy and Even Moderate Drinking Can Harm the Brain, Study Finds

April 10, 2025
CAAS faculty Chris Kahler and Mollie Monnig were quoted in an article by Every Day Health about the effects of drinking on the brain.
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News from Brown

Three-quarters of survey respondents supported an overdose prevention center in their neighborhood

April 10, 2025
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.
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News from SPH

New study finds surprising way to curb college-aged drinking harms—without cutting alcohol

April 9, 2025
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.
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New York Times

The People Who Never Get Hangovers

March 22, 2025
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.
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Time

How to Relax and Unwind Without Drinking Alcohol

February 5, 2025
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.
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News from Carney

A Case for Addiction Science Advocacy

January 23, 2025
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.
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News from Brown

What the surgeon general’s warnings about alcohol mean for individual drinkers and public health

January 14, 2025
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.
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Brown University

Mollie Monnig, Ph.D. awarded R01 to study links between alcohol, gut health and HIV

January 8, 2025
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.
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Women's Health

How To Decenter Alcohol From Your Social Life

January 7, 2025
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.
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Yahoo

U.S. surgeon general is calling for alcohol warning labels to note cancer risk

January 3, 2025
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.
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