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Brown University NIAAA and NIDA Research Training Programs in Alcohol Treatment and Early Intervention Research and Substance Abuse Intervention Outcome Research at The Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Brown University
Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
Damaris J. Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Directors
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Robert Stout, Ph.D.
Robert Swift, M.D. Ph.D.
Gary Kaplan, M.D.
Co-Directors
Research Training Program
Behavioral, social, health care, medical, and forensic scientists wishing to pursue a career in substance abuse research are invited to apply for positions in the Brown University NIAAA/NIDA Training Programs in Substance Abuse Research. The Brown programs, funded by NIAAA/NIDA, prepare professionals to conduct high quality research in assessment and intervention of substance abuse including illicit drugs, tobacco, and caffeine, and alcohol.
Weekly seminars and colloquia emphasize conceptualization and conduct of research. The training program focuses on the development and implementation of on-site research under the supervision of trainee-selected faculty mentors.
Trainees have opportunities to present their work and interact with the Brown faculty through the program of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Through collaboration, Brandeis University faculty are also available as mentors for those fellows specializing in health services delivery research.
Key research programs ongoing at the Center include clinical trials comparing combinations of pharmacotherapies and behavioral therapies (e.g., naltrexone, cue exposure, and communication skills training, and the NIAAA multi-site collaboration study of the independent and combined effects of behavioral and pharmacotherapies, Project Combine) for substance use; the role of smoking as a risk factor in relapse; the role of genetic markers; prenatal effects of drugs; early motivational interventions for teenagers and adults involved in an alcohol-related injury; motivational interventions for college students mandated to treatment; case monitoring as a tool for decreasing relapse, recidivism, and health services costs; the long-term effects of substance treatment; and intervention, assessment, and lab studies dealing with adults and adolescents involved in the legal system. An emerging area of research expertise utilizes a rodent model of alcohol seeking and self-administration to investigate the underlying neuroanatomical systems that mediate alcohol consumption, craving, and relapse.
The Center currently has over 30 research grants focused on alcohol and other drug use, representing nearly 5 million in direct costs. The Center is part of the Public Health Program in the Brown Medical School.
The Curriculum
A formal didactic curriculum complements hands-on research and supervision. It includes seminars on treatment research methods/design and statistical analysis; topics in substance use and abuse; the ethical conduct of research; and grant writing. The trainees’ individual needs may also be satisfied by formal courses at Brown University.
A significant portion of the training program is devoted to grant writing. An intensive seminar with substantial faculty input is a major component of training in the first year. The end product of the grant writing seminar is an NIH quality grant proposal. Since 1997, over half of the fellows who have completed the program have become a PI on an NIH grant.
Training Faculty
Research trainees select an established mentor whose area of research matches well with their own. The primary mentors for the Research Training Program are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, all are Brown Medical School faculty members in Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Community Health, Medicine, or Emergency Medicine.
Nicotine Dependence and Co-Occurring Nicotine and Substance Dependence:
David Abrams, Ph.D.
Belinda Borrelli, Ph.D.
Richard Brown, Ph.D
Suzanne Colby, Ph.D.
Suzy Gulliver, Ph.D.
Christopher Kahler, Ph.D.
Selene MacKinnon, Psy.D.
Peter Monti, Ph.D.
Raymond Niaura, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Laura Stroud, Ph.D.
Jennifer Tidey, Ph.D.
Adolescent Tobacco, Marijuana, or Drug Use Assessment Interventions:
Richard Brown, Ph.D.
Suzanne Colby, Ph.D.
Peter Monti, Ph.D.
Tracy O’Leary, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Lynda Stein, Ph.D.
Laura Stroud, Ph.D.
Drug Dependence Intervention:
Richard Brown, Ph.D.
Peter Friedmann, M.D., M.P.H.
Aruna Gogineni, Ph.D.
Suzy Gulliver, Ph.D.
Peter Monti, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Michael Stein, M.D.
Animal Models of Drug Reinforcement and Consumption:
Christine Czachowski, Ph.D.
Gary Kaplan, M.D.
Michael Walker, Ph.D.
Neurobiology/Neuropsychology of Substance Dependence:
Cristine Czachowski, Ph.D.
Gary B. Kaplan, M.D.
Paul Malloy, Ph.D.
Robert Swift, M.D., Ph.D.
Pregnancy and Developmental Effects of Substance Use:
Suzanne Colby, Ph.D.
Aruna Gogineni, Ph.D.
Barry Lester, Ph.D.
Peter Monti, Ph.D.
Laura Stroud, Ph.D.
Psychiatric Comorbidity and Subtane Use:
Belinda Borrelli, Ph.D.
Richard Brown, Ph.D
Norman Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Gary Kaplan, M.D.
Gregory Stuart, Ph.D.
Jennifer Tidey, Ph.D.
Cultural/Ethnic Factors and Interventions:
Matthew Gutmann, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Lynda Stein, Ph.D.
Health Care Delivery and Cost Issues in the Addictions:
David Abrams, Ph.D.
Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D.
Constance Horgan, Sc.D.
David Lewis, M.D.
Donald Shepard, Ph.D.
Charles Neighbors, Ph.D.
Robert Stout, Ph.D.
William Zywiak, Ph.D.
Motivational Interviewing and Brief Interventions for Adults and Adolescents:
Nancy Barnett, Ph.D.
Bruce Becker, M.D.
Belinda Borrelli, Ph.D.
Suzanne Colby, Ph.D.
Peter Friedmann, M.D., M.P.H.
Aruna Gogineni, Ph.D.
Christopher Kahler, Ph.D.
William Lewander, M.D.
Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
Ted D. Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Tracy O’Leary, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Lynda Stein, Ph.D.
Michael Stein, M.D.
Robert Woolard, M.D.
College Student Drinking:
Nancy Barnett, Ph.D.
Tracy O’Leary, Ph.D.
Mark Wood., Ph.D.
Patient/Treatment Matching:
Mitchell Karno, Ph.D.
Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Drug Policy:
David Abrams, Ph.D.
Norman Hoffmann, Ph.D.
David Lewis, M.D.
Developmental Consequences of Substance Abuse:
Barry Lester, Ph.D.
Lewis Lipsitt, Ph.D.
Correctional System Interventions:
Norman Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Lynda Stein, Ph.D.
Caron Zlotnick, Ph.D.
HIV and Substance Use:
Aruna Gogineni, Ph.D.
Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D.
Kathleen Morrow, Ph.D.
Peter Friedmann, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael D. Stein, M.D.
Adolescent Substance Use: Assessment and Diagnostic Issues:
Nancy Barnett, Ph.D.
Suzanne Colby, Ph.D.
Norman Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
Tracy O’Leary, Ph.D.
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Lynda Stein, Ph.D.
Pharmacotherapy, Mechanisms and Treatments:
David Abrams, Ph.D.
Suzy Gulliver, Ph.D.
Cristine Czachowski, Ph.D.
Gary B. Kaplan, M.D.
Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.
Raymond Niaura, Ph.D.
Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.
Robert Swift, M.D., Ph.D.
Jennifer Tidey, Ph.D.
The Details
Trainees receive a NIDA stipend for their training period. Fellowships are for two years. Stipends for post-doctoral research fellows range from $35,568 to $51,036 depending upon post-doctoral experience, plus an allowance for travel and research-related expenses and health benefits. Limited funds are also competitively available for R and D projects.
Brown Medical School is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer and actively encourages applications from women and minorities.
Application review will begin on January 17, 2005 and will continue until the positions are filled or the search is closed. For further details and application materials please visit our website at:
http://bms.brown.edu/DPHB/pages/training/training_psychology/psychology_home.htm (under “Clinical Research Fellowships”).
Or:
Phone: (401) 444-1833
Fax: (401) 274-0771
Email: Postdoc_training@brown.edu
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