Director
Current Students
Graduate Research Assistants
- Alana Egan (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Jewelia Ferguson (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Diana Ho (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Reina Kiefer (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Noam Newberger (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Kathryn Price (Major Professor: Weiss)
- Catherine Trinh (Major Professor: Weiss)
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