Postdocs
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Abhishek Aggarwal
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)
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Kianna Arthur
Graduate Training: Social and Personality Psychology, Texas A&M University
Dissertation: The Role of Attentional Bias, Counterfactual Thinking, and Protective Behavioral Strategies in Vape Users
Undergraduate: Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston
Interests: Counterfactual thinking, nicotine and tobacco use, motivation and goals, decision-making, intervention development
Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIDA, T32DA16184 (Cassidy)
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Julie Cristello
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)
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Ardhys De Leon
Graduate Training: Clinical Psychology, University of Central Florida
Clinical Residency: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Dissertation: The Effect of Perceived Discrimination on Alcohol Use Behaviors: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Among Hispanic/Latinx Drinkers
Undergraduate: University of South Florida
Interests: Alcohol Use, Hispanic/Latinx, Discrimination, Sociocultural factors, EMA, Emotion Regulation, Health Behaviors
Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Treloar Padovano)
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Silvi Goldstein
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)
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Emily Helminen
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
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Lindy Howe
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)
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Molly Maloney
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)
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Tessa Nalven
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-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)
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Lindsey Nichols
Graduate Training: Counseling Psychology, University of Oregon
Residency: Clinical Psychology Internship Training at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Dissertation Title: Post-Substance Use Treatment Trajectories of Adolescent Substance use Disorders: Examining the Moderating Roles of Mental Health and Social Support
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Substance use interventions and treatment for adolescents and young adults, variability in mental health treatment effects, post-treatment supports and maintenance, and research synthesis methods.
Fellowship Sponsor: NIH-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Magill & Miranda)