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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)

  • Kianna Arthur

    Kianna Arthur

    kianna_arthur@brown.edu

    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)

  • 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)

  • Ardhys De Leon

    Ardhys De Leon

    ardhys_de_leon@brown.edu

    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)

  • 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)

  • 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-NIAAA, T32 AA07459 (Miranda & Monti)

  • Dr. Nichols

    Lindsey Nichols

    lindsey_nichols@brown.edu

    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)

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