Drs. Rachel Gunn, Kristina Jackson, Alexander Sokolovsky, Angela Stevens, and Jane Metrik recently published a manuscript examining the effects of substance use ordering on consumption during alcohol and cannabis co-use days.

Dr. Cara Murphy is the second author of "Multidimensional elements of impulsivity as shared and unique risk factors for food addiction and alcohol misuse" published in Appetite. 

This research suggests that both alcohol and food misuse are characterized by overlapping risk factors, particularly in trait impulsivity.

Jasjit S Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS, professor of behavioral and social sciences and medicine, was invited to serve on FDLI’s 2021 Tobacco and Nicotine Products Committee on December 22nd, 2020! The Food and Drug Law Institute is a Think Tank in DC that works with the FDA.

Recently, in December 2020, Dr. Sara Becker presented at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth. Dr.

Brown CAAS second year postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Angela Stevens, has a new second author publication, "Changes in alcohol consumption among college students due to COVID-19: Effects of campus closure and residential change" that was both published and featured in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 

Dr. Jennifer Tidey was recently elected a 2021 Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).

The status of Fellow is a distinction conferred by the Society on members in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of nicotine and tobacco research, and of service to SRNT.

Over the weekend of 12/11, Dr. Sara Becker went viral for her tweets regarding The Wall Street Journal's editors that encouraged Jill Biden to drop “Dr.” from her title that drew backlash from celebrities, politicians and teachers. Dr.

Dr. Kimberly Goodyear Chavanne received the Research Enhancement Action Fund (REAF) for her study to examine, "Understanding the impact of race on public attitudes toward individuals and communities with opioid addiction."

REAF is the Research Enhancement Action Fund from the Center of Alcohol and Addiction Studies that aims to support data-driven projects aimed to address health disparities and social injustice in alcohol and other drug use and its consequences among minority populations.