Dr. Rachel Gunn recently published a paper titled "Complex cannabis use patterns: Associations with cannabis consequences and cannabis use disorder symptomatology" in the journal Addictive Behaviors. This paper examined the evolving cannabis use landscape by using latent class analysis to classify cannabis users from three college campuses across the U.S.

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Helseth on being chosen for NIDA's Justice Community Opioid Intervention Network (JCOIN) 2020-2022 Investigators Program! This capacity building initiative trains and mentors researches to better address health problems in criminal justice populations.

Dr. Mollie Monnig gave an invited presentation on "Microbial Translocation and Innate Immune Markers following Moderate Alcohol in Healthy Volunteers" at the first annual Rhode Island Microbiome Symposium at the University of Rhode Island.

Dr. Jacob van den Berg gave an oral presentation on January 9, 2020 entitled: "Social media use and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among at-risk college students in the United States" at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences in Maui, Hawaii.

Dr. Anthony Spirito, together with co-investigators Drs. Anashua Rani Ghose Elwy and Kathleen Kemp of Brown Research, and Drs. Sarah Helseth and Sara Becker of CAAS,  presented at the NIH HEAL Initiative on parents’ and teens’ knowledge, opinions, and safety skills around opioid use.

Dr. Sara Becker presented on the work of the New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) at the Public Health TA Center Networking Meeting and Discussion on the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use Disorder! This meeting was hosted by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations.

Dr. Hayley Treloar Padovano will present her work to an international audience at the Society for Ambulatory Assessment conference in Melbourne, Australia, January 17, 2020.

Dr. Damaris Rohsenow has been elected a Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, the organization that is the world leader in developing and disseminating new advances and knowledge about nicotine and tobacco. The new Fellows will be announced at the March 2020 Annual Meeting of the organization.