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Training Faculty

The training faculty consists of Brown faculty located throughout the university. Various specialties from the professional disciplines of anthropology, medicine, pharmacology, public health, psychology and sociology are represented. In addition, since 1995 selected faculty from the Heller School at Brandeis University have been appointed as adjunct faculty and can serve as mentors for Fellows receiving training in conducting alcohol health service research. All share an interest in alcohol and substance abuse intervention and treatment research.

Mechanisms of Treatment

Timothy Apodaca

Assistant Professor (Research)
Timothy_Apodaca@brown.edu

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Richard A. Brown

Associate Professor

Richard_Brown@Brown.EDU

Peter Friedmann

Associate Professor

Peter_Friedmann@Brown.EDU

Chad Gwaltney

Assistant Professor (Research)
Chad_Gwaltney@brown.edu

Christopher Kahler

Associate Professor (Research)
Christopher_Kahler@brown.edu

Christina S. Lee

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christina_Lee@brown.edu

Rosemarie Ann Martin

Assistant Professor (Research)
Rosemarie_Martin@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Raymond Niaura

Professor

Raymond_Niaura@Brown.EDU

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Michael Stein

Professor

Michael_Stein@brown.edu

Robert Swift

Professor
Robert_Swift_MD@brown.edu

Jennifer Tidey

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer_Tidey@brown.edu

Nicotine Dependence or Co-Occurring Nicotine & Substance Dependence

Belinda Borrelli

Associate Professor (Research)

Belinda_Borrelli@Brown.EDU

Richard A. Brown

Associate Professor

Richard_Brown@Brown.EDU

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Karen Friend

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Karen_Friend@Brown.EDU

Suzy Bird Gulliver

Research Associate

Suzy_Gulliver@Brown.EDU

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Christopher Kahler

Associate Professor (Research)
Christopher_Kahler@brown.edu

Rosemarie Ann Martin

Assistant Professor (Research)
Rosemarie_Martin@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Raymond Niaura

Professor

Raymond_Niaura@Brown.EDU

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Laura Stroud

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research)

Laura_Stroud@Brown.EDU

Jennifer Tidey

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer_Tidey@brown.edu

Adolescent Tobacco or Drug Use and Interventions & Mechanisms

Richard A. Brown

Associate Professor

Richard_Brown@Brown.EDU

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Chad Gwaltney

Assistant Professor (Research)
Chad_Gwaltney@brown.edu

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Tracy O'Leary Tevyaw

Assistant Professor (Research)
Tracy_O'Leary@brown.edu

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Anthony Spirito

Professor
Anthony_Spirito@brown.edu

Lynda Stein

Sr. Research Associate

LARStein@URI.edu

Laura Stroud

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research)

Laura_Stroud@Brown.EDU

Adult Drug Use and Mechanisms

Christopher Kahler

Associate Professor (Research)
Christopher_Kahler@brown.edu

Jane Metrik

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jane_Metrik@brown.edu

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Tara White

Assistant Professor (Research)
Tara_White@brown.edu

Pregnancy & Developmental Effects

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Valerie Knopik

Assistant Professor (Research)
Valerie_Knopik@brown.edu

Barry Lester

Professor

Barry_Lester@Brown.EDU

Rosemarie Ann Martin

Assistant Professor (Research)
Rosemarie_Martin@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Laura Stroud

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research)

Laura_Stroud@Brown.EDU

Brief Motivational Interventions

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Bruce Becker

Associate Professor

Bruce_Becker@Brown.EDU

Belinda Borrelli

Associate Professor (Research)

Belinda_Borrelli@Brown.EDU

Brian Borsari

Assistant Professor (Research)
Brian_Borsari@brown.edu

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Peter Friedmann

Associate Professor

Peter_Friedmann@Brown.EDU

Chad Gwaltney

Assistant Professor (Research)
Chad_Gwaltney@brown.edu

Christopher Kahler

Associate Professor (Research)
Christopher_Kahler@brown.edu

Christina S. Lee

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christina_Lee@brown.edu

William Lewander

Professor

William_Lewander@Brown.EDU

Rosemarie Ann Martin

Assistant Professor (Research)
Rosemarie_Martin@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Lynda Stein

Sr. Research Associate

LARStein@URI.edu

Michael Stein

Professor

Michael_Stein@brown.edu

Gregory Stuart

Associate Professor

Gregory_Stuart@Brown.EDU

Robert Woolard

Professor

Robert_Woolard@Brown.EDU

Psychiatric Comorbidity

Belinda Borrelli

Associate Professor (Research)

Belinda_Borrelli@Brown.EDU

Richard A. Brown

Associate Professor

Richard_Brown@Brown.EDU

Christianne Esposito-Smythers

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christianne_Esposito@brown.edu

Karen Friend

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Karen_Friend@Brown.EDU

Robert Miranda, Jr.

Assistant Professor (Research)
Robert_Miranda_Jr@brown.edu

Michael Stein

Professor

Michael_Stein@brown.edu

Gregory Stuart

Associate Professor

Gregory_Stuart@Brown.EDU

Jennifer Tidey

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer_Tidey@brown.edu

Robert Woolard

Professor

Robert_Woolard@Brown.EDU

Caron Zlotnick

Associate Professor

CZlotnick@Butler.org

Social and Cultural Factors

Christina S. Lee

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christina_Lee@brown.edu

Irene Glasser

Research Associate in Community Health
Irene_Glasser@Brown.EDU

Health Services Research

Peter Friedmann

Associate Professor

Peter_Friedmann@Brown.EDU

Karen Friend

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Karen_Friend@Brown.EDU

Christina S. Lee

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christina_Lee@brown.edu

Robert Stout

Adjunct Professor

Robert_Stout@Brown.EDU

Daniel Squires

Assistant Professor (Research)
Daniel_Squires@brown.edu

Dominic Hodgkin

Brandeis University

Donald Shepard

Brandeis University

William Zywiak

Neurobiology and Neuropsychology of Substance Dependence

Mary A. Carskadon

Professor

Mary_Carskadon@Brown.EDU

Paul Malloy

Associate Professor

Paul_Malloy@Brown.EDU

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Laura Stroud

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research)

Laura_Stroud@Brown.EDU

Robert Swift

Professor
Robert_Swift_MD@brown.edu

Jennifer Tidey

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer_Tidey@brown.edu

Genetics

Valerie Knopik

Assistant Professor (Research)
Valerie_Knopik@brown.edu

John McGeary

Assistant Professor (Research)
John_McGeary@brown.edu

Correctional System Interventions

Peter Friedmann

Associate Professor

Peter_Friedmann@Brown.EDU

Robert Miranda, Jr.

Assistant Professor (Research)
Robert_Miranda_Jr@brown.edu

Josiah Rich

Professor of Medicine and Community Health

Josiah_Rich@Brown.EDU

Lynda Stein

Sr. Research Associate

LARStein@URI.edu

Gregory Stuart

Associate Professor

Gregory_Stuart@Brown.EDU

Caron Zlotnick

Associate Professor

CZlotnick@Butler.org

HIV & Substance Use

Peter Friedmann

Associate Professor

Peter_Friedmann@Brown.EDU

Kenneth Hugh Mayer

Professor

Kenneth_Mayer@Brown.EDU

Kathleen Morrow

Assistant Professor (Research)

Kathleen_Morrow@Brown.EDU

Josiah Rich

Professor of Medicine and Community Health

Josiah_Rich@Brown.EDU

Michael Stein

Professor

Michael_Stein@brown.edu

Motivational Interviewing and Brief Interventions for Adolescents

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Richard A. Brown

Associate Professor

Richard_Brown@Brown.EDU

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Tracy O'Leary Tevyaw

Assistant Professor (Research)
Tracy_O'Leary@brown.edu

Anthony Spirito

Professor
Anthony_Spirito@brown.edu

Lynda Stein

Sr. Research Associate

LARStein@URI.edu

College Student Drinking

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Brian Borsari

Assistant Professor (Research)
Brian_Borsari@brown.edu

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Christopher Kahler

Associate Professor (Research)
Christopher_Kahler@brown.edu

Tracy O'Leary Tevyaw

Assistant Professor (Research)
Tracy_O'Leary@brown.edu

Mark Wood

Visiting Professor in Community Health
Mark_Wood@uri.edu

William Zywiak

Substance Abuse Policy

Karen Friend

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Karen_Friend@Brown.EDU

Barry Lester

Professor

Barry_Lester@Brown.EDU

David Lewis

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Community Health
David_Lewis@brown.edu

Adolescent Substance Use: Assessment and Diagnostic Issues

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

Christianne Esposito-Smythers

Assistant Professor (Research)
Christianne_Esposito@brown.edu

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Peter Monti

Professor
Peter_Monti@brown.edu

Tracy O'Leary Tevyaw

Assistant Professor (Research)
Tracy_O'Leary@brown.edu

Anthony Spirito

Professor
Anthony_Spirito@brown.edu

Lynda Stein

Sr. Research Associate

LARStein@URI.edu

Developmental Course and Consequences of Substance Abuse

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Barry Lester

Professor

Barry_Lester@Brown.EDU

Laura Stroud

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Research)

Laura_Stroud@Brown.EDU

Internet Applications

Nancy Barnett

Associate Professor (Research)
Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu

Kristina Jackson

Assistant Professor (Research)
Kristina_Jackson@brown.edu

Suzanne Colby

Associate Professor (Research)
Suzanne_Colby@brown.edu

John McGeary

Assistant Professor (Research)
John_McGeary@brown.edu

Robert Miranda, Jr.

Assistant Professor (Research)
Robert_Miranda_Jr@brown.edu

Damaris Rohsenow

Professor
Damaris_Rohsenow@brown.edu

Robert Swift

Professor
Robert_Swift_MD@brown.edu

Jennifer Tidey

Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer_Tidey@brown.edu