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Our postdoctoral fellowship aims to produce the next generation of addiction scholars focused on innovative research, advanced dissemination and implementation strategies, and public education.

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Abhishek Aggarwal

    Abhishek Aggarwal

    abhishek_aggarwal@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina, SC

    Dissertation: Social-Ecological Determinants of Affective States among College Students: A Cross-Cultural Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies

    Interests: Leveraging real-time data-capturing techniques to investigate the dynamics of socio-ecological determinants of substance use; developing and evaluating digital interventions that provide contextualized and timely support to prevent these behaviors

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIGMS, P20GM130414 (Monti)

  • bello

    Mariel Bello

    mariel_bello@brown.edu
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    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology, University of Southern California

    Residency: Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program, Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Dissertation Title: Effects of Menthol, Mint, and Tobacco E-Cigarettes on Appeal and Tobacco Withdrawal in Menthol Smokers (NSF Fellowship Awardee)

    Undergraduate: University of California, Riverside

    Interests: Etiology and underlying mechanisms of substance use disorders among underserved populations; development of novel, culturally tailored evidence-based treatments to effectively treat substance use and psychiatric conditions in disadvantaged, minority groups 

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32 DA016184 (Rohsenow & Tidey)

  • Nicholas Bush

    Nicholas Bush

    nicholas_bush@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

    Dissertation: Development of an accelerometer-based automatic drinking detection algorithm

    Undergraduate: University of Rhode Island

    Interests: Temporal dynamics of substance use behavior and subjective response; mobile health assessment and intervention; functional neuroimaging associations with psychopharmacological outcomes

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32DA16184 (Tidey & Rohsenow)

  • Sarah Chavez

    Sarah Chavez

    sarah_chavez@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use, University of California San Diego and San Diego State University

    Dissertation Title: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study Examining Moderators and Mediators of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Alcohol Use among Latinx Young Adults (NIH-NIAAA T32 Predoctoral Trainee)

    Undergraduate: University of Redlands

    Interests: Risk and protective factors and racial/ethnic differences in alcohol-specific outcomes; expanding our understanding of the relationship between childhood adversity and heavy episodic drinking among Latinx young adults; developing culturally based alcohol-specific interventions for Latinx young adults who are at risk for an AUD in the near future 

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Monti & Miranda)

  • Julie Cristello

    Julie Cristello

    julie_cristello@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Florida International University

    Clinical Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

    Dissertation: Identifying drug and alcohol displays on social media using a machine learning approach, and mechanisms that impact adolescent substance use (NIH-NIDA F31 Awardee)

    Undergraduate: Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH

    Interests: Identifying modifiable risk and protective factors of substance use initiation and escalation among adolescents to inform the development of prevention and intervention programs; online (e.g., social media) and offline (e.g., parents, peers) social contexts; tailoring assessments for adolescent alcohol and drug use)

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)

  • Ferguson

    Erin Ferguson

    erin_ferguson@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida 

    Residency: Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program, Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

    Dissertation Title: Impact of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness on Demand for Alcohol and Cannabis among Co-Users

    Undergraduate: Spelman College

    Interests: Contextual factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use among those with comorbid chronic health conditions (e.g. HIV, pain); developing substance use interventions for integrated care settings

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Monti & Miranda)

  • Goldstein

    Silvi Goldstein

    silvi_goldstein@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology, University of Rhode Island

    Clinical Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

    Dissertation: Race and sex assigned at birth as moderators of harm reduction pharmacy behavioral treatment outcomes for alcohol use disorder among people experiencing homelessness (NIH-NIAAA F31 Awardee)

    Undergraduate: University of Washington, Seattle

    Interests: Harm reduction and trauma-informed treatment approaches for substance related health inequities and for individuals from systematically excluded and minoritized backgrounds; cultural factors underlying substance use and co-morbid traumatic stress.

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)

  • Helminen

    Emily Helminen

    emily_helminen@brown.edu
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    Graduate Training: School Psychology, Syracuse University

    Dissertation Title: Effects of a brief group-based compassion intervention on physiological and subjective stress reactivity

    Undergraduate: Michigan Technological University

    Interests: Developing and testing compassion-based interventions for co-occurring posttraumatic stress symptoms and substance use among sexual and gender minority people; Understanding physiological (e.g., stress reactivity) and psychological (e.g., shame) mechanisms by which compassion-based interventions are effective

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32DA16184

  • Lindy Howe

    Lindy Howe

    lindy_howe@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington

    Clinical Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

    Dissertation: Decisional processes in daily drinking: a daily diary study exploring how realworld incentives are related to drinking behaviors and experiences

    Undergraduate: University of Kentucky

    Interests: Exploring the etiology and consequences of alcohol and cannabis use across diverse adult populations using ecological momentary assessment as well as integrating wearable sensors and laboratory methods as complementary approaches. Expanding interests also include a focus on the perinatal population, particularly exploring cannabis use and associated maternal outcomes.

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32DA16184 (Tidey & Rohsenow)

  • Molly Maloney

    Molly Maloney

    molly_maloney@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychological Sciences, Purdue University

    Clinical Residency: VA Boston Healthcare System

    Dissertation: The development, feasibility, and acceptability of an ecological momentary intervention to prevent sexual violence revictimization

    Undergraduate: Union College

    Interests: Alcohol use, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, risk behavior, prevention, digital interventions

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA. T32AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)

  • Maloney

    Sarah Maloney

    sarah_maloney@brown.edu

    Graduate Training:  Health Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

    Dissertation Title: The Abuse Liability Profile of Unflavored, Sucralose-Sweetened, Electronic Cigarette in Combustible Cigarette Smokers (NIH-NIDA F31 Awardee)

    Undergraduate: Northern Kentucky University

    Interests: Clinical abuse liability assessment of novel tobacco products and co-administration of alcohol and caffeine products; developing research informed tobacco and alcohol policies aimed at reducing initiation and consequences of substance use. 

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32 DA016184 (Rohsenow & Tidey)

  • Nalven

    Tessa Nalven

    tessa_nalven@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology, University of Rhode Island

    Clinical Residency: VA Boston Medical Healthcare System

    Dissertation: A qualitative exploration of alcohol and other drug use among multiracial young adults (NIH-NIDA F31 Awardee)

    Undergraduate: University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Interests: Health disparities related to substance use, the role of minority stress in marginalized racial and ethnic populations’ substance use, positive psychology and resilience-based interventions, and mobile interventions.

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAA, T32 AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)

  • Roselyn Peterson

    Roselyn Peterson

    roselyn_peterson@brown.edu
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    Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology PhD, University of Central Florida

    Residency: Brown University

    Dissertation Title: Assessment of Sexual Protective Behavioral Strategies: Development of the Sexual and Negative Dating Inventory (SANDI)

    Undergraduate: Seattle University

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Monti & Miranda)

  • Chanda

    Chanda Phelan

    chanda_phelan@brown.edu
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    Graduate Training: Information, University of Michigan

    Dissertation Title: The Double-Edged Sword: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategies for Technology in Substance Use Disorder Recovery

    Undergraduate: Pomona College, Claremont, CA

    Interests: Human-computer interaction research focused on the opportunities and challenges of integrating technology into SUD treatment; understanding how technology is used during the recovery journey

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32 DA016184 (Rohsenow & Tidey)

  • Megan Strowger

    Megan Strowger

    megan_strowger@brown.edu

    Graduate Training: Health Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

    Dissertation Title: The effect of viewing different modalities of alcohol-related social media content shared by friends on alcohol outcomes: A longitudinal examination (NIH-NIAAA F31 Awardee)

    Undergraduate: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

    Interests: In-person and online social influences on alcohol use among young adults; social network and longitudinal methods; developing alcohol interventions for young adults which also focus on the impact of alcohol-related social media.

    Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Monti & Miranda)

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