CAAS News

Dr. Merrill publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence highlighted the importance of consumption rate, not just amount

Dr. Jennifer Merrill & former CAAS Postdoc Dr. Carpenter recently published a manuscript on the impact of not only amount, but also rate of alcohol consumption during drinking events, on alcohol-related consequences.

Dr. Treloar Padovano Publication in Psychological Science

Dr. Treloar Padovano recently published an article in Psychological Science titled, "The Altered Course of Learning: How Alcohol Outcome Expectancies are Shaped by First Drinking Experiences" with co-authors, Drs. Tim Janssen, Alexander Sokolovsky, and Kristina M. Jackson

Highlights from Dr. Treloar Padovano:

Dr. Haass-Koffler published in Alcoholism Research

Dr. Carolina L. Haass-Koffler was recently published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research Journal for her paper, "Differences in Sociodemographic and Alcohol‐Related Clinical Characteristics Between Treatment Seekers and Nontreatment Seekers and Their Role in Predicting Outcomes in the COMBINE Study for Alcohol Use Disorder."

Read more about the publication.

Dr. Sara Becker selected as Spotlight Researcher in ABCT

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has featured Associate Professor and Director of the New England ATTC, Dr. Sara Becker, as their Research Spotlight!

White Lab Publication

Dr. Tara White and her White Lab Team just published a groundbreaking new paper on brain compounds signalling emotional wellness in healthy people in NeuroImage!

Link to the paper (Free online!) is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920309940#

See the Carney Institute press release featuring Dr. Tara White and the White Lab's newest publication! 

Dr. Treloar Padovano Publication in Addiction Biology

Dr. Treloar Padovano recently published a paper titled, "Incubation of alcohol craving as it naturally occurs in a developmentally diverse sample of dependent and nondependent drinkers" in Addiction Biology!

Read the full paper here!

 

CAAS Welcomes the 2020 Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows

The Center for Alcohol and Addiction studies is thrilled to welcome the new Fall 2020 Postdoctoral Fellows who will spend the next few years focused on innovative research, advanced dissemination and implementation strategies, and public education. 

Welcome New CAAS Staff

We are thrilled to welcome three recently hired staff members to the Brown CAAS team, Sharon Lang, Ellaina Reed, and Mika Salas!

Sharon Lang recently joined Dr. Sara Becker as a Research Assistant on the Project MIMIC team. Sharon is a recent graduate from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of arts dual degree in psychology and economics where she worked as a research assistant in multiple laboratories.

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