People

Director

Nicole H. Weiss, Ph.D.

Current Students

Graduate Research Assistants

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Rory Araby
  • Cathryn Charpentier
  • Sarina Mendonca
  • Olivia Martin
  • Ava Orabona
  • Madeline Stover
  • Christina Vivona

Research Staff

Former Students

Alexa M. Raudales, Ph.D. (2025)
Dissertation: Opioid Use and Acute Suicide Risk: The Real-time Influence of Trauma Context
Current Position: T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention (CRISP), Warren Alpert Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University 

Emmanuel D. Thomas, Ph.D. (2025)
Dissertation: Micro-longitudinal Examination of the Association between Depression and Alcohol Use among Black Adults: Risk and Protective Factors
Current Position: Endowed Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellowship in Traumatic Stress and Addiction, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies (CAS), Rutgers University

Silvi C. Goldstein, Ph.D. (2024)
Dissertation: Race and Sex as Moderators of Harm Reduction Pharmacobehavioral Treatment for AUD
Current Position: T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health

Shannon R. Forkus, Ph.D. (2023)
Dissertation: Military Sexual Trauma and Substance Use
Current Position: F32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina

Melissa R. Schick, Ph.D. (2023)
Dissertation: Associations Among Affect, Alcohol Use, and Risky Sex: A Daily Diary Study of First Nation Adults
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Yale University School of Medicine

Svetlana Goncharenko, Ph.D. (2022)
Dissertation: Longitudinal Investigation of Childhood Trauma and Emotion-driven Impulsivity
Current Position: Lead People Analytics Consultant, TripAdvisor