Our new paper documents 12 month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of a brief online intervention to reduce #alcohol misuse and promote treatment initiation among #veterans. @iasatusc.bsky.social @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42475037/

Besides BuildClinical and Trialfacts, what vendors are researchers using successfully to help recruit participants online? Looking for affordable (like NIH R21/R34- level recruitment budgets) options that limit bots and false participants.

Start planning for your 2027 addiction conferences and save the date for #RSMj2027. Our 11th annual conference will be in Montreal, Quebec from July 16th to 18th, 2027. See you there!

What a gift to spend the #RSMj2026 weekend with four of my favorite people — my trainees who have gone on to do amazing things in four of the top clinical psychology programs. Megan Brown, @reaganfitzke.bsky.social, @keeganbuch.bsky.social, @irelandshute.bsky.social

Join us today at #RSMj2026 for a symposium featuring exciting updates to the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale (PBSM).

Join us today at #RSMj2026 in Alvarado C for a symposium featuring studies published in our special issue of Cannabis on perinatal cannabis use.

Welcome Billy Hayes to the PEARL at USC! Our new project manager earned his B.A. in Psychology from UCLA in 2025, while completing a minor in Education Studies. @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social @iasatusc.bsky.social thepearl.usc.edu/about/curren...

We are thrilled to be hosting the 10th Annual RSMj Scientific Meeting in Albuquerque, which kicks off next Friday, July 17th. The Full Conference Program is now available on the conference website at researchmj.org/meeting

The RSMj Trainee Program Committee invites all trainees (undergrad, postbacc, grad, postdoc) to join the #RSMj conference Discord for trainees. Meet other trainee attendees and connect about lodging, meetings, research collaborations, and resources discord.gg/U6FKfs3GYp

Our new @addictionjournal.bsky.social paper shows that living near a greater number of #cannabis dispensaries is associated with increased risk of cannabis use among young adults. Findings similar using government lists and web-scraped dispensary data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper from the PEARL at USC postdoc Neil Gleason in the Journal of Sex Research: Prevalence and Correlates of Condom Use Resistance Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Reporting Recent Heavy Alcohol Use and Condomless Sex. @iasatusc.bsky.social @cshrb.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us tomorrow in Lone Star E (2nd Floor) at 1:20pm for our symposium on veteran behavioral health interventions at @rsaofficial.bsky.social. @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @mizzouid.bsky.social @iasatusc.bsky.social @medunivsc.bsky.social

Our new paper published in @AddictionJrnl looks at the use of alcohol-free and low-alcohol content beverages by young adults. @iasatusc.bsky.social @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper in Cannabis looks at use of #cannabis protective behavioral strategies during pregnancy. @iasatusc.bsky.social @browncaas.bsky.social

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Join us Thursday, May 21st at noon PT for our @SoCalCTSI digital webinar to get tips on AI prompting from @USCViterbi professor, Dr. Mayank Kejriwal. Register here: sc-ctsi.org/events/semin...

Our new paper published in Journal of Traumatic Stress: Precision prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom surges: A pilot study integrating real‐time daily data with supervised learning. #PTSD @iasatusc.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Precision prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom surges: A pilot study integrating real‐time daily data with supervised learning

The application of machine learning algorithms to daily diary data represents a valuable tool for improving dynamic prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom escalations. This prospe....

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🌟 Our R34 from NIDA has been funded! Building Lifelong Outcomes through Optimizing Maternal Health (BLOOM) is a brief mobile intervention, grounded in harm reduction and Motivational Interviewing, designed to reduce prenatal cannabis use. 🐐 @ericrpedersen.bsky.social 🐐 @rachelgunn.bsky.social

My lab (The PEARL at @keckschoolusc.bsky.social) is hiring a research coordinator to support our NIH-funded studies on substance use and other health-related behaviors among young adults and veterans. Apply here or DM me with questions. @iasatusc.bsky.social usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ExternalUSCC...

New paper with my USC Social Work and RAND colleagues detailing the findings from our interviews with 50 post-9/11 #veterans (56% women, 80% non-White or multiracial identifying) about difficulties with their transition experience. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Join us at noon PT tomorrow (3/19) for our @scctsi.bsky.social webinar. Register and attend here: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New paper from Denise Tran detailing the beta test intervention findings from her NIDA K01 award. @iasatusc.bsky.social @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Join us this Thursday at noon PT for our @scctsi.bsky.social webinar with Dr. Erin Duffy from the USC Schaeffer Institute and @uscprice.bsky.social: "Ending Surprise Medical Bills: How Research Helped Change Federal Policy." Register here: sc-ctsi.org/events/semin...

New issue of the #openaccess journal, Cannabis, out today.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 9, Issue 1 of Cannabis. Check out the articles featured in our new issue and consider submitting to our #openaccess journal in the future. publications.sciences.ucf.edu/cannabis/ind...

Our new paper out today: Daily Associations Between Perceived Stress, Pain Intensity, and Alcohol Use Among Veterans With and Without Moderate‐to‐Severe Chronic Pain. @iasatusc.bsky.social @keckschoolusc.bsky.social @nyusilver.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our new paper in @addictionjournal.bsky.social: #Cannabis dispensary exposure and smoked, vaped, and edible cannabis use among young adults: Comparison of web‐scraped and government‐maintained registries. @iasatusc.bsky.social @keckschoolusc.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My second first-author paper is out! Super excited about this one and grateful for my amazing coauthors :) www.emerald.com/dhs/article-...

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