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Michael Bernstein co-authored an article in BMJ-Evidence Based Medicine

July 14, 2019
Dr. Bernstein co-authored an article in BMJ-Evidence Based Medicine, led by Dr. Charlotte Blease at Harvard University.
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Tidey named Deputy Editor

July 12, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Tidey was promoted to Deputy Editor of the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, for which she had been an Associate Editor since 2008.
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Haass-Koffler Receives Travel Award

July 10, 2019
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Rosemarie Martin was an opening panel member at the National Opioid Leadership Summit

June 25, 2019
Dr. Martin was a member of opening panel 'Inside Out – Exploring Cross Sector Collaboration for Maximum Impact' and breakout panel 'Leaning in-How criminal justice can integrate treatment, accelerate recovery and prevent arrests' at the National Opioid Leadership Summit in Sacramento June 24 - 25. The U.S. General Jerome Adams was the opening plenary speaker.
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Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Jacob van den Berg co-authors article for AIDS Care

June 25, 2019
Dr. van den Berg and other Brown colleagues co-authored an article entitled "Open pilot trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based HIV PrEP intervention for MSM: Preliminary effects, and evidence of feasibility and acceptability" that was published in AIDS Care.
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Merrill award and presentation

June 19, 2019
Jennifer Merrill received a new grant award from NIAAA, and presented at the 2019 Kettil Bruun Society
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Jennifer Tidey was the Discussant in the CPDD Presidential Symposium

June 19, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Tidey was the Discussant in the CPDD Presidential Symposium, entitled Impact of Tobacco Use on Substance Use Disorders: Mechanism to Epidemiology.
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Jackson presents new study data

June 17, 2019
Dr. Kristina Jackson presented new data from a NIDA-funded study in her talk "Real-world simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use: An ecological study of motives and social context" at the Research Society on Alcohol in Minneapolis, MN.
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Rohsenow, Martin, and Tidey present at Conference

June 17, 2019
Drs. Damaris Rohsenow, Rosemarie Martin, and Jennifer Tidey presented at The College on Problems of Drug Dependence
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Martin addresses nation’s Governors

June 14, 2019
Rosemarie Martin was invited to speak at the National Governor's Association (NGA)
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Hayley Treloar Padovano served on two editorial boards for 2019 and presented at the Research Society on Alcohol

June 11, 2019
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Merrill selected as keynote speaker

May 15, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Merrill is the keynote speaker for The Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
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Magill receives Independent Scientist award

May 13, 2019
Molly Magill was recently awarded an Independent Scientist Award (K02) from NIAAA
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News from Brown

New studies can inform programs to prevent sexual violence among teens locally, globally

April 12, 2019
While most teens can define consent as saying ‘yes,’ their understanding of how consent translates into real life experiences varies.
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Peter Monti receives award from NIAAA

April 9, 2019
Peter M. Monti delivered the 10th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
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Tara White joins editorial board and completes a fellowship

April 9, 2019
Tara White joined the Editorial Board of Behavioral Neuroscience, and completed a visiting fellowship at the University of Cambridge
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Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research Journal

Monti and Monnig publish article on HIV/HCV

March 25, 2019
Dr. Molly Monnig, along with Dr. Peter Monti, and other co-authors, published an article linking alcohol use to inflammatory biomarkers in people living with HIV infection and HCV infection.
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AIDS Care

Patricia Cioe has a recent publication in AIDS Care

March 21, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Trish Cioe who just had a publication in AIDS Care. Her team found that increased physical activity was not associated with reduced overall HIV symptom burden over time, but that participants with more physical activity had lower symptom burden at week 12. In addition, men reported lower symptom burden than women.
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Sara Becker receives award

November 5, 2018
Sara J. Becker, Ph.D. received the Dissemination and Implementation Science Special Interest Group's Early Career Achievement Award
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News from Brown

New studies on student alcohol use can inform interventions to reduce blackouts

November 2, 2018
While most college students who drink alcohol don’t intend to drink to the point of blackout, many don’t fully understand the specific behaviors and risk factors associated with alcohol-induced memory loss.
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Patricia Cioe recognized

November 1, 2018
Patricia Cioe was presented with the ANAC Researcher Recognition Award by The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)
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Nancy Barnett grant renewal

October 2, 2018
Nancy Barnett received an R01 grant renewal from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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Kristina Jackson talk

September 28, 2018
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News from Brown

Children of mothers who use marijuana start using the drug earlier

September 24, 2018
A national survey finds that children whose mothers use marijuana try it two years younger, highlighting a public health need for targeted interventions.
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Kate Carey receives grant

September 11, 2018
Kate Carey received a 4-year R01 from NIAAA, titled "Using Counter Attitudinal Advocacy to Change Drinking Behavior."
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News from Brown

What to expect: the FDA’s plan to limit nicotine in cigarettes

August 7, 2017
For years, researchers at Brown’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies have been studying the potential impact of reducing nicotine in cigarettes, a policy that has now been formally introduced by the FDA.
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U.S. renews addiction center’s funding with emphasis on opioids

June 27, 2017
With a new $3.8 million grant, the federal government has renewed funding for Brown’s New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center for the next five years.
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$2M grant to study simultaneous marijuana, alcohol use

September 22, 2016
Next year at colleges in three states with different marijuana use laws, a team of public health researchers will study why students often use marijuana and alcohol simultaneously.
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News from CAAS

Lowering nicotine loosens tobacco’s hold

September 30, 2015
A team of researchers, including two at Brown University, show that when people smoked cigarettes with less nicotine, they smoked less, felt less craving, and tried to quit more. Results appear in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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News from CAAS

Early sip of alcohol linked to more drinking later

March 31, 2015
A new study by researchers in Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies finds that children given a sip of alcohol before sixth grade were more likely to have had a full drink or have gotten drunk by ninth grade than those who didn’t get a sip. But the study reveals only an association, not proof of a cause, the researchers caution.
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Marking 30 years of addiction studies

September 16, 2013
In three decades, the nation’s attitude toward addiction has changed from shame and criminalization to diagnosis, treatment, and research. Brown’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies has been a leading advocate and agent for that change. CAAS and the University are celebrating 30 years of accomplishments in addiction studies.
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Smoking may make hangovers worse

December 5, 2012
People who like to smoke when they drink may be at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning, according to a study by Damaris Rohsenow and Kristina Jackson of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies.
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Parenting cuts genetic risk of teen drinking

November 8, 2012
In a new study, addiction researchers found that attentive parenting can overcome a genetic predisposition to alcohol use disorder among teens. Although further research is needed, says lead author Robert Miranda Jr., parents can have an impact if they “closely monitor their child’s behavior and peer group.”
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Computers less helpful on college drinking

October 15, 2012
Colleges have increased use of computer-delivered interventions to provide alcohol counseling because they can reach more students while using fewer resources. But in a new systematic review, researchers found that the impact of CDIs on students was weaker and more short-lived than the effect of face-to-face counseling.
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Smoking: Quitting is tough for teens, too

September 12, 2012
A new study finds that relatively early into tobacco addiction, teens experience many of the same negative psychological effects during abstinence as adults do, with a couple of exceptions. The data can inform efforts to improve the efficacy of quitting and withdrawal treatment programs.
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Monti honored for life’s work

November 16, 2011
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies presented Peter Monti its Addictive Behavior Lifetime Achievement Award
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Early Stimulus Funding Supports Research in Adolescent Addiction

June 9, 2009
Robert Miranda Jr., assistant professor (research) with the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, will examine whether the drug topiramate can help reduce marijuana addiction among teens.
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