Congratulations to RESPECT Lab graduate student @luis-a-gomez.bsky.social in the @purduepsych.bsky.social for the successful defense of his master's thesis!! Special thanks to committee members Chris Eckhardt and @randolphhubach.bsky.social for contributing their expertise to the study!

Wonderful to see RESPECT Lab undergraduate students Madelyn Ehrhardt and Ramsey Miller present their research at the Purdue Fall Undergraduate Research Expo this week! Both projects benefited from outstanding mentorship from @luis-a-gomez.bsky.social.

Congratulations to Chavez Rodriguez in the @purduepsych.bsky.social for receiving an APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship! His research will be examining associations between intersectional discrimination, decision making, and affect in relation to alcohol outcomes.

We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...

I am excited to announce that we were awarded a new $3.4 million dollar grant from CDC to evaluate the Emergency Department-Substance Use Screening, Motivational Interviewing and Active Referral Targeting Substance Use Disorder and Overdose Prevention (ED-SMART) intervention.

Glad Sofia Rubi, @luis-a-gomez.bsky.social, and Chavez Rodriguez could participate in Overdose Remembrance and Awareness day events yesterday in Lafayette. #OverdoseAwarenessWeek

New paper examining if the Communities That Heal (CTH) intervention increased initiation, retention, and linkage to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Despite community-driven efforts to increase MOUD, there were no differences between CTH and control communities. doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

New paper out by our team examining the HIV health information provided by 4 AI platforms: rdcu.be/epVFj

It’s been great to have the RESPECT lab at #sbm2025 in San Francisco this week!

Lisa Neumeister did an excellent job presenting on sources of sexual health information among South African adolescents at #sbm2025

@luis-a-gomez.bsky.social and Stephen Beegle presented their work examining AI-delivered HIV health information at #sbm2025 that was recognized as a Citation Abstract.

Sofia Rubi did an outstanding job presenting on mobile medical units to address opioiod use disorder in the HEALing Communities Study at #sbm2025; the abstract received a Meritorious Abstract Award.

Congratulations to @luis-a-gomez.bsky.social for being awarded the Outstanding Student Poster Abstract by the HIV and Sexual Health Special Interest Group at #sbm2025!!!

Congratulations to Chavez Rodriguez whose poster reviewing interventios to promote HIV medication adherence among individuals who use substances was recognized for excellence at #sbm2025!!

U.S. scientists: Have you contacted Congress this week?https://www.psychologicalscience.org/act-now

It was good connecting with HEALing Communities Study colleagues at Columbia University’s scientific meeting.

I've spent the day working with Reporter data... differences in number of funded applications from 1/20/24-2/21/24 and 1/20/25-2/21/25 by state. This is the picture (happy to share code):

The call for abstracts, workshops, and awards for #AMERSA2025 (November 13-15 in Portland, Oregon) opened over the weekend! Submissions focused on expanding access to substance use resources that increase positive health outcomes are encouraged. Submit by May 1 here: amersa.org/annual-confe...

SAMHSA website is back-up. Now is a great time to download NSDUH data, for those interested in these data.

New article out detailing efforts to address the opioid crisis within Ohio jails as part of the HEALing Communities Study: rdcu.be/d2AIL

Fortunate to work with an amazing group of undergraduate and graduate students and research staff—we were able to have most together to celebrate the graduating seniors and a great semester