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News from CAAS

Kristina Jackson, PhD received NOA for her RO1 from NIAAA

February 17, 2021
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.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Capone Receives Grant from Providence VA CfNN

February 15, 2021
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dr. Christy Capone, received a grant from the Providence VA's Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Scott Published in Translational Issues in Psychological Science

February 12, 2021
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. 
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News from CAAS

Drs. Colby and Denlinger-Apte Co-Chair SRNT Conference

February 11, 2021
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".
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News from CAAS

Dr. Treloar Padovano Receives NIGMS Grant

February 5, 2021
Dr. Hayley Treloar Padovano recentely received a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences - COBRE grant P20GM130414 (PI: Monti) Replacement Project 3! 
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New York Times

Dr. Magill's Work Featured in NY Times

February 4, 2021
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.
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News from CAAS

New Research Assistant joins Dr. Miranda's Lab

February 2, 2021
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!
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News from CAAS

Dr. Cioe Published in AIDS Care

January 27, 2021
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!
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News from CAAS

Dr. Kearns Published in Addictive Behaviors

January 25, 2021
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.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Meisel Published in Development and Psychopathology

January 22, 2021
Dr. Samuel Meisel has a new published paper that report the results of his F31 funded dissertation.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Guy Published Primary Outcomes Paper from Dissertation

January 14, 2021
Dr. Arryn A. Guy published the primary outcomes paper from her dissertation this winter in Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Sokolovsky Published in Addictive Behaviors

January 12, 2021
Dr. Alexander Sokolovsky published a new paper examining the impacts of COVID-19 related campus closures on the tobacco use of college students.
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News from CAAS

Brown CAAS Team published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence

January 8, 2021
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.
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News from CAAS

Cara Murphy Published in Appetite

January 7, 2021
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.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Ahluwalia Invited to Serve on FDLI Committee

January 6, 2021
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!
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News from CAAS

D&I Science Conference Presentation by Dr. Sara Becker

January 4, 2021
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.
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Dr. Angela Stevens Publication in JSAD

December 22, 2020
"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.
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Dr. Jennifer Tidey elected 2021 Fellow of SRNT

December 15, 2020
Dr. Jennifer Tidey was recently elected a 2021 Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).
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Dr. Sara Becker featured in Yahoo News and on BBC World News

December 14, 2020
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Dr. Goodyear Chavanne receives Research Enhancement Action Fund

December 10, 2020
Dr. Kimberly Goodyear Chavanne will examine, "Understanding the impact of race on public attitudes toward individuals and communities with opioid addiction."
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Dr. Becker receives Research Award

December 8, 2020
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
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News from CAAS

New Neuroscience Graduate Program Student

December 7, 2020
Join us in welcoming Dallece (Elena) Curley who will be working under the mentorship of Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler!
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News from CAAS

Brown University Team Published in Special Issue of American Psychologist

December 3, 2020
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.
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The Indy

Dr. Haass-Koffler featured in Indy

November 27, 2020
Dr. Carolina Haass-Koffler was interviewed by Indy (The College Independent Hill) on the rising fentanyl crisis in the US!
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News from CAAS

Dr. Jacob Van den Berg has Two New Publications!

November 23, 2020
Dr. Jacob Van den Berg recently published in Journal of Men's Health!
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News from CAAS

Dr. Merrill Publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence

November 19, 2020
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.
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News from Brown

Pod e-cigarettes less harmful than regular cigarettes, new study finds

November 18, 2020
In the first-ever clinical trial of fourth-generation electronic cigarettes, researchers found that adults who switched to e-cigarettes had lower levels of a major carcinogen compared to smokers who continued using combustible cigarettes.
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Psychological Science

Dr. Treloar Padovano Publication in Psychological Science

November 18, 2020
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.
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Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research Journal

Dr. Haass-Koffler published in Alcoholism Research

November 16, 2020
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."
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Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Dr. Sara Becker selected as Spotlight Researcher in ABCT

November 13, 2020
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!
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NeuroImage

White Lab Publication

November 9, 2020
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!
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Addiction Biology

Dr. Treloar Padovano Publication in Addiction Biology

November 6, 2020
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!
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News from CAAS

CAAS Welcomes the 2020 Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows

November 2, 2020
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.
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News from CAAS

Welcome New CAAS Staff

October 29, 2020
We are thrilled to welcome three recently hired staff members to the Brown CAAS team, Sharon Lang, Ellaina Reed, and Mika Salas!
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Medical XPress

Drs. Tidey and Cioe Publication Featured in Medical Xpress

October 28, 2020
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!
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Dr. Gunn Publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence

October 27, 2020
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.
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Tobacco Regulatory Science

Dr. Cioe Published in Tobacco Regulatory Science

October 23, 2020
"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.
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AIDS

Dr. Jacob Van den Berg Publication

October 19, 2020
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.
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News from CAAS

Holly Boyle Receives F31 Fellowship

October 16, 2020
Fourth year PhD student Holly Boyle received a fellowship for her research.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Sara Becker Landmark Publication in Pediatrics

September 23, 2020
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."
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News from CAAS

New Research Assistant with Project ARC

September 18, 2020
Join us in welcoming a new member to the Brown Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies team.
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News from CAAS

Dr. Melissa Pielech New Publication in Special Issue of American Psychologist

September 18, 2020
Dr. Melissa Pielech, and co-authors recently published a manuscript in the journal American Psychologist.
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News from CAAS

Brown CAAS Faculty Promoted to Associate Professor

September 10, 2020
We are so excited to congratulate Brown CAAS faculty recently promoted to Associate Professor!
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News from CAAS

Martin attends roundtable

September 2, 2020
Dr. Rosemarie Martin was a participant at a roundtable on Expanding MAT to Justice Involved Populations
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News from CAAS

Project MIMIC Contingency Management Training Milestone

August 31, 2020
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News from CAAS

Dr. Cioe Receives Research Excellence Award

August 26, 2020
Patricia Cioe receives Research Excellence Award
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News from Brown

Imaging rapid drug effects in the human brain

August 25, 2020
Brown University researchers outline a method of showing how drugs affect the brain within minutes to hours of being taken.
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News from CAAS

Announcing the New White Lab Research Website

August 17, 2020
Dr. Tara L. White’s new website for the White Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience launched this week
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News from CAAS

Kelli Scott Promotion

August 6, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Kelli Scott, who has recently become an Assistant Professor at CAAS!
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Addiction Biology

Padovano and Miranda recent paper in Addiction Biology

August 3, 2020
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.
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