Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Tessa Nalven
Biography
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)