Dr. Kristina Jackson received the notice of award for her R01, "Understanding Adolescent In-Vivo Exposure to Alcohol Content in the Media" from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dr. Christy Capone, received a grant from the Providence VA's Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology.

Assistant Professor and New England ATTC Evaluation Director, Dr. Kelli Scott, recently published a manuscript in Translational Issues is Psychological Science using qualitative methods to explore stigma among health professionals providing treatment for opioid use disorder. 

Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Behavioral and Social Sciences, Dr. Suzanne Colby, along with Brown University, Deparment of Behavioral and Social Sciences PhD Alumni, Dr. Rachel Denlinger-Apte, recently co-chaired a virtual conference for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) entitled "E-Cigarettes and Health Equity".

Dr. Hayley Treloar Padovano recentely received a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences - COBRE grant P20GM130414 (PI: Monti) Replacement Project 3! 

Dr. Molly Magill's work from NIAAA-funded projects (R21, AA023662; K23, AA018126) on mechanisms of Motivational Interviewing was recently cited and linked in a New York Times piece on the use of Motivational Interviewing to speak with those opposed to vaccinations. The article, "The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People" was published on January 31st, 2021. Collaborators on the featured project include Jacques Gaume, Timothy Apodaca, Justin Walthers, Nadine Mastroleo, Brian Borsari, and Richard Longabaugh.

Our new staff member, Audrey Bell, is a recent William and Mary Psychology graduate joining Dr. Robert Miranda's research team as a Research Assistant. In the lab, Audrey will be working on studies involving medication treatment for adolescents with alcohol use disorder!

Dr. Patricia Cioe's manuscript titled, "Personalized feedback improves cardiovascular risk perception and physical activity levels in persons with HIV: results of a pilot randomized clinical trial" was recently published in AIDS Care!

CAAS Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Nathan Kearns, was recently published in Addictive Behaviors! His manuscript focused on the effect of acute trauma-related stress after alcohol consumption on perceived likelihood of negative driving-related consequences (i.e., getting in an accident, getting pulled over) and willingness to drive.

Dr. Samuel Meisel has a new published paper that report the results of his F31 funded dissertation.

Dr. Arryn A. Guy published the primary outcomes paper from her dissertation this winter in Progress in Community Health Partnerships.

Dr. Alexander Sokolovsky published a new paper examining the impacts of COVID-19 related campus closures on the tobacco use of college students.

Drs. Rachel Gunn, Kristina Jackson, Alexander Sokolovsky, Angela Stevens, and Jane Metrik recently published a manuscript examining the effects of substance use ordering on consumption during alcohol and cannabis co-use days.

Dr. Cara Murphy is the second author of "Multidimensional elements of impulsivity as shared and unique risk factors for food addiction and alcohol misuse" published in Appetite.

Jasjit S Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS, professor of behavioral and social sciences and medicine, was invited to serve on FDLI’s 2021 Tobacco and Nicotine Products Committee!

Dr. Sara Becker presented at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth.

"Changes in alcohol consumption among college students due to COVID-19: Effects of campus closure and residential change" was both published and featured in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Dr. Jennifer Tidey was recently elected a 2021 Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).

Dr. Kimberly Goodyear Chavanne will examine, "Understanding the impact of race on public attitudes toward individuals and communities with opioid addiction."

Sara Becker, Ph.D., formally received the 2020 G. Alan Marlatt Mid-Career Research Award from the Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Join us in welcoming Dallece (Elena) Curley who will be working under the mentorship of Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler!

A team of faculty and staff from the School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert School of Medicine have the lead article in a special issue of the American Psychologist.

Dr. Carolina Haass-Koffler was interviewed by Indy (The College Independent Hill) on the rising fentanyl crisis in the US!

Dr. Jacob Van den Berg recently published in Journal of Men's Health!

Dr. Jennifer Merrill & former CAAS Postdoc Dr. Carpenter recently published a manuscript on the impact of not only amount, but also rate of alcohol consumption during drinking events, on alcohol-related consequences.

Dr. Treloar Padovano recently published an article in Psychological Science titled, "The Altered Course of Learning: How Alcohol Outcome Expectancies are Shaped by First Drinking Experiences" with co-authors, Drs. Tim Janssen, Alexander Sokolovsky, and Kristina M. Jackson.

Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler was recently published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research Journal for her paper, "Differences in Sociodemographic and Alcohol‐Related Clinical Characteristics Between Treatment Seekers and Nontreatment Seekers and Their Role in Predicting Outcomes in the COMBINE Study for Alcohol Use Disorder."

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has featured Associate Professor and Director of the New England ATTC, Dr. Sara Becker, as their Research Spotlight!

Dr. Tara White and her White Lab Team just published a groundbreaking new paper on brain compounds signalling emotional wellness in healthy people in NeuroImage!

Dr. Treloar Padovano recently published a paper titled, "Incubation of alcohol craving as it naturally occurs in a developmentally diverse sample of dependent and nondependent drinkers" in Addiction Biology!

The Center for Alcohol and Addiction studies is thrilled to welcome the new Fall 2020 Postdoctoral Fellows who will spend the next few years focused on innovative research, advanced dissemination and implementation strategies, and public education.

We are thrilled to welcome three recently hired staff members to the Brown CAAS team, Sharon Lang, Ellaina Reed, and Mika Salas!

Drs. Jennifer Tidey & Patricia Cioe recently worked in collaboration with colleagues at Vermont Center on Behavior and Health and Johns Hopkins University on a study that found lowering nicotine decreases addictiveness of smoking in vulnerable populations!

Dr. Rachel Gunn was recently published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence with her paper, "Ordering in alcohol and cannabis co-use: Impact on daily consumption and consequences" with co-authors, Drs. Alexander Sokolovsky, Angela K. Stevens, Jane Metrik, Helene White, and Kristina Jackson.

"E-cigarette Perceptions among HIV-positive Smokers in a Switching Study" by Dr. Patricia Cioe, Dr. Jennifer Tidey, Alana Mercurion, Catherine Costantino, and Dr. Christopher Kahler was just published in Tobacco Regulatory Science.

This qualitative study demonstrated that e-cigarettes were viewed as a less harmful, cost-effective method of reducing or eliminating CC smoking, and non-tobacco flavors were an essential part of EC appeal and use. Another finding suggested flavored EC liquid seems to enhance the user experience and may influence the user’s ability to make a complete switch.

Dr. Jacob van den Berg and his team have a paper entitled: "A systematic review of early adoption of implementation science for HIV prevention or treatment in the United States" that was just published in the journal AIDS. The manuscript was led by Dr. Sylvia Shangani, a former PhD student in the Behavioral and Social Sciences department, who just graduated and started a tenure track job at Old Dominion University this fall plus two undergraduates at Brown, Nidhi Bhaskar and Natasha Richmondand, and Drs. Don Operario and Jacob van den Berg.

Fourth year PhD student Holly Boyle received a fellowship for her research.

Congratulations to the Director of the New England ATTC, Dr. Sara Becker, on this landmark publication in Pediatrics "Brief Behavioral Interventions for Substance Use in Adolescents: A Meta-analysis."

Join us in welcoming a new member to the Brown Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies team.

Dr. Melissa Pielech, and co-authors recently published a manuscript in the journal American Psychologist.

We are so excited to congratulate Brown CAAS faculty recently promoted to Associate Professor!

Dr. Rosemarie Martin was a participant at a roundtable on Expanding MAT to Justice Involved Populations

Patricia Cioe receives Research Excellence Award

Dr. Tara L. White’s new website for the White Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience launched this week

Congratulations to Dr. Kelli Scott, who has recently become an Assistant Professor at CAAS!

Treloar Padovano and Robert Miranda published a paper in Addiction Biology showing that craving when in the presence of visible alcohol cues in the natural environment intensified with more days of continuous abstinence, specifically among drinkers with dependence. This work supports the phenomenon described as "incubation of craving," wherein longer periods of abstinence enhance cue-elicited craving in animal analogue models of dependence.