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News from CAAS

How Expectancies About Drinking Alcohol are Shaped

August 2, 2020
Treloar Padovano shares findings from a study about adolescents and alcohol
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News from Brown

$6.2 million grant renews Alcohol Research Center on HIV funding for five years

July 22, 2020
The grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund the center, based at Brown’s School of Public Health, as researchers work to reduce the impact of alcohol misuse on the HIV epidemic.
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News from CAAS

Anthony Surace accepted into TIPH Program

June 29, 2020
Congratulations to Anthony Surace who was recently accepted into the This Is Public Health (TIPH) Ambassador Program
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Miranda takes home award

June 29, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Miranda for winning the Mark Wood Mentoring Award.
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Lidia Meshesha wins award

June 28, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Meshesha on winning the Sharon Chauncey Fellow Award, and the 2021 Diversity Chair
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Pielech recently published

June 27, 2020
Melissa Pielech recently published an article in The Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
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Colby Named Editor

June 23, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Colby, recently named Deputy Regional Editor (of the Americas) for Addiction.
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Magill presents podcast and publication

June 19, 2020
Dr. Magill presented a podcast in Spring 2020 and contributed to a publication
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Morayo Akande's first publication

June 16, 2020
Congratulations to Morayo Akande on her first First-authored publication.
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Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Rachel Cassidy publishes paper on E-cigarette measurement

June 1, 2020
Dr. Rachel Cassidy published a paper on E-cigarette measurement. This paper validated a measure of reward from e-cigarette use in users of tank-style e-cigarettes.
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News from CAAS

Sokolovsky publishes two papers

May 29, 2020
Alexander Sokolovsky recently published two papers in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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Miranda featured speaker

May 5, 2020
Robert Miranda was a featured speaker in a recent virtual K99 Grant Writing Workshop
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Van den Berg and Operario Publish

May 1, 2020
Jacob. van den Berg with Don. Operario and Stein has published two separate articles on (1) health disparities, and (2) motivational interviewing
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Aston co-chairs conference

April 16, 2020
Elizabeth Aston was a conference co-chair of the Collaborative Perspectives on Addictions 2020 conference
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News from Brown

Brown honors accomplished and early-career scholars

April 8, 2020
Each year, the Research Achievement Awards recognize the research and scholarship of both longtime and early-career faculty members from a wide array of academic disciplines.
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News from CAAS

Sokolovsky receives grant

April 6, 2020
Congratulations to Alexander Sokolovsky who recently received a 5-year research grant
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Helseth receives grant

March 31, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Helseth who recently received a NIDA K23 grant
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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Dr. Carey recently published a paper

March 31, 2020


Dr. Kate Carey and colleagues published paper entitled "Correcting Exaggerated Drinking Norms With a Mobile Message Delivery System: Selective Prevention With Heavy-Drinking First-Year College Students." They sent 10 weeks of daily text messages containing accurate campus drinking norms to first year college students. At the end of the semester, students who received the norms texts drank less and reported fewer alcohol consequences that students who received daily texts with neutral content.
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Substance Abuse Journal

Sara Becker and Sarah Helseth have a new publication in the Substance Abuse Journal

March 24, 2020
Congratulations to Sara Becker and Sarah Helseth on their new publication in Substance Abuse! Studying moderators of treatment outcome is important to help match patients to treatment. This study found that families with poor parent-teen communication and those with low levels of deviant peer affiliation had better outcomes if the parent received a brief motivational intervention than if they received brief education.
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Journal of Adolescent Health

Dr. van den Berg published a paper in the Journal of Adolescent Health

March 10, 2020
Jacob van den Berg just had a paper that published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, titled "Transmission Risk Among Youth Living With HIV in the U.S."
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News from CAAS

Monnig presents at conference

March 9, 2020
Mollie Monnig presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
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Becker named plenary speaker

March 6, 2020
Dr. Sara Becker was a plenary speaker at the Rosecrance Health Network Inaugural Adolescent Behavioral Health Symposium
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Cioe and Colby present

February 25, 2020
Drs. Patricia Cioe and Suzanne Colby presented at the American Lung Association in Providence RI
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Ahluwalia receives seed award

February 21, 2020
Jasjit Ahluwalia received a 2020 Research Seed Award from Brown University
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Addictive Behaviors Journal

Dr. Gunn recently published a paper on Cannabis in the Addictive Behaviors journal

February 18, 2020
Dr. Rachel Gunn recently published a paper titled "Complex cannabis use patterns: Associations with cannabis consequences and cannabis use disorder symptomatology" in the journal Addictive Behaviors. This paper examined the evolving cannabis use landscape by using latent class analysis to classify cannabis users from three college campuses across the U.S.
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News from CAAS

Helseth chosen for JCOIN

February 17, 2020
Sarah Helseth was recently chosen for NIDA's Justice Community Opioid Intervention Network (JCOIN)
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Vandenberg presents at conference

January 31, 2020
Dr. van den Berg presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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Monnig presents at symposium

January 31, 2020
Mollie Monnig recently presented at the first annual Rhode Island Microbiome Symposium
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News from CAAS

Dr. Spirito and colleagues presented at the NIH HEAL Initiative

January 17, 2020
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Becker presents at meetings and at Penn State

January 10, 2020
Sara Becker presented at the Public Health TA Center Networking Meeting and at Penn State University
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Padovano presents at conference

January 9, 2020
Hayley Padovano will present at the Society for Ambulatory Assessment in Australia
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CAAS faculty elected Fellows

December 10, 2019
Suzanne Colby, Damaris Rohsenow, and Jennifer Tidey have been elected Fellows of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco
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News from CAAS

Cassidy, Aston, Colby and Tidey publish

December 9, 2019
Drs. Cassidy, Aston, Colby and Tidey published a paper on adolescent smoking.
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Rosemarie Martin makes multiple presentations

November 26, 2019
Rosemarie Martin has given multiple national presentations to the U.S. Department of Justice and at several national conferences
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Carey Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

November 24, 2019
The Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to Kate Carey.
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News from CAAS

Cioe presents at AIDS Conference

November 11, 2019
Patricia Cioe presented at the 32nd Annual Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference
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Gunn receives award, publishes study

November 5, 2019
Dr. Gunn received a 5-year K08 award, and co-published a new study involving cannabis and veterans
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Tidey at symposium

October 23, 2019
Dr. Tidey was a Discussant at the NIH Tobacco Regulatory Science symposium
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Monti, Becker, and Carey Present at NIAAA

October 11, 2019
Drs. Peter Monti, Kate Carey, and Sara Becker presented at an NIAAA-sponsored workshop.
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News from CAAS

Becker presents at conference

October 10, 2019
Dr. Sara Becker presented at the Addiction Health Services Research conference
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News from CAAS

Merrill presents in Canada

October 9, 2019
Dr. Merrill presented on "Heavy Drinking" in Toronto, and Sherbrooke, Canada
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Cioe receives notification of publication acceptance

October 8, 2019

Dr. Patricia Cioe and CAAS colleagues were notified that A PILOT STUDY TO EXAMINE THE ACCEPTABILITY AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES IN HIV-POSITIVE SMOKERS has been accepted for publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. This is the first study to examine the use of electronic cigarettes as a method of harm reduction in HIV-positive smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit smoking. The study demonstrated that cigarettes smoked per day were reduced by more than 80% overall and 37% of participants completely transitioned to e-cigs, completely eliminating combustible tobacco.
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News from CAAS

Barnett and Jackson receive grant

October 7, 2019
Drs. Barnett and Jackson received a grant
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News from CAAS

Recent recognition for Patricia Cioe

September 18, 2019
Dr. Patricia Cioe has been busy lately, giving a presentation and receiving two awards.
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News from CAAS

Haas-Koffler receives award

September 9, 2019
Dr. Haas-Koffler received an R01 Award from NIH/NIAAA
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News from CAAS

Rosemarie Martin invited as a Subject Matter Expert

August 2, 2019
Dr. Rosemarie Martin, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, was an invited subject matter expert at National Governor’s Association (NGA) Southeast Regional Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) workshop. Through a partnership with the American Correctional Association & the CDC, NGA brought 5 states to the table to discuss access to MAT for justice involved populations.
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News from CAAS

Cara Murphy is a contributor on a newly published book

July 31, 2019
Cara Murphy was a contributor on the now published book: Compulsive Eating Behavior and Food Addiction: Emerging Pathological Constructs edited by Dr. Cottone, Dr. Sabino, Dr. Moore, and Dr. Koob
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News from Brown

With $12.5M grant, Brown to create research center on substance misuse and chronic disease

July 30, 2019
With a new five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation will launch four research projects and establish a clinical laboratory for biological addiction research at Brown University.
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News from Brown

Brown awarded $10.8 million for opioid treatment aimed at parolees and people on probation

July 25, 2019
The new collaboration between Brown University and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections will expand an already successful opioid treatment program in correctional institutions, helping people who are in the justice system but outside prison walls.
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Alcohol and Alcoholism

Drs. Mollie Monnig and Peter Monti publish in in "Alcohol and Alcoholism"

July 19, 2019
Drs. Mollie Monnig and Peter Monti have had an article titled Cerebral Metabolites on the Descending Limb of Acute Alcohol: A Premiliminary 1H MRS, accepted for publication in Alcohol and Alcoholism. Their study examined metabolic changes in the brain on the descending limb of blood alcohol concentration. Congratulations to both!
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