Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Affiliated Research Centers and Labs
Research Centers
Conducts collaborative research that will lead to more effective treatment for alcohol and drug use, and is creating a nationwide program in addiction education and training for psychologists, physicians, medical students, and health care professionals.
The Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine (CBPM) is a leading research center in the Brown University Health system. Research scientists and their teams work to discover new and improved health promotion and disease management approaches, focusing on the role of human behavior in health and disease.
Our mission is to improve health, especially in underserved populations, by conducting interdisciplinary research and education to empower individuals, providers, organizations, and communities to practice and promote healthier behaviors and environments.
Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) was established to develop, promote, and coordinate the international health activities of Brown University faculty and students committed to global community engagement.
The Mindfulness Center at Brown brings together top academics in research with leading educators in mindfulness. Dedicated to rigorous research and student-centered education, our goal is to offer programs that improve individual lives and organizational effectiveness.
CADRE is a federally funded NIH COBRE Center. Through its affiliation with the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, CADRE investigates mechanisms whereby substance use impacts disease, using a combination of behavioral and physiological laboratory-based approaches across several substances of abuse.
Labs
We coalesce preclinical and human laboratory models to examine stress-related biobehavioral mechanisms in addiction medicine.
We study the causes and consequences of alcohol use in young adults, as well as the subjective evaluation of alcohol-related consequences in young adults.
Working to understand why vulnerable populations are especially prone to cigarette smoking and to try to find new ways of helping them quit.
We investigate the neural basis of emotion and drug effects using MRI, monoamine challenge, and assessments of temperament, affect and behavior.
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