GRANT FUNDED RESEARCH

Project Write
 
Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA023495)
 
This project investigates the potential utility of writing about drinking experiences and emotions as a means of reducing future unwanted negative drinking experiences.
 
Contributors:
       PI: Clayton Neighbors, PhD
       Co-I: Lindsey Rodriguez, PhD
                 Qian Lu, PhD
       Affiliated Professor: Chelsie Young, PhD
       Grad RAs: Jordanna Lembo, MA
                          Joanne Angosta, MA
       Staff: Alyssa Rice, BS

The Raven Grant
​​Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01 AA025043-01A1)
 
This project uses counter-attitudinal advocacy, an established intervention for several health behaviors including safe sex and smoking cessation, in a novel context to target problematic alcohol use in college students.
 
Contributors:
       PI: Kate Carey, PhD
       Co-PI: Angelo DiBello, PhD
       Co-PI: Clayton Neighbors, PhD
       Grad RAs: Mary M. Tomkins, PhD, Carol Wang, MA, Andrew Weinstein, BS,                                                Gabrielle Longo, BS 
       Staff, UH: Alyssa Rice, BS
       Staff, Brown: Melissa Hatch, BA

Project T.R.E.A.D.
​​Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R21 AA026380-01A1​)

Project T.R.E.A.D. is a NIH - funded study designed to examine the physical activity and alcohol use of college students. The study will evaluate associations between physical activity and alcohol consumption at daily and weekly levels using an objective measure of physical activity. Utilizing a discrete fitness tracker, participants' physical activity will be recorded for 21 days. Participants will also complete daily surveys to monitor self-reports of physical activity and alcohol consumption. 

Contributors:
       PI: Clayton Neighbors, PhD
       Co-PI: Craig Henderson, PhD
       Co-PI: Leigh Leasure, PhD
       Grad RAs, UH: Joanne Angosta, MA, Gabrielle Longo, BS
       Grad RAs, SHSU: Cody Sze BA
       Staff:  Alyssa Rice, BS

Project Gandr

Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01 AA027168-01)

​This semester we will be pilot-testing a phone app that explores what life is like for first-year college students. At this time we are only testing the workings of the app, so we are focused on app functioning and issues with back-end management. We will not be collecting data from the entire first-year class until Fall 2021. 
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Contributors:
      PI: Joseph LaBrie, PhD
      Co-PI: Clayton Neighbors, PhD
      Postdoctoral Fellow: Mary Tomkins, PhD
      Staff, LMU:
      Staff, UH: Alyssa Rice, BS

​OTHER RESEARCH

Psychosocial Beliefs About Cannabis Use
 
This project is seeking to understand the psychosocial beliefs individuals hold regarding the use of cannabis and its implications for the initiation of cannabis use, and the development of problematic cannabis use behaviors. In addition, this project seeks to understand the relationship of these beliefs with other psychosocial indicators of psychological functioning and their relationship with existing theoretical constructs related to cannabis use.
 
Contributors:
       PI: Andrew Weinstein, BS
       Co-I: Clayton Neighbors, PhD

Posting to Social Media
 
Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1k99AA025394-01A1)
 
This project is a social media personalized normative feedback intervention for heavy drinking students.

Contributors:
       PI: Mai-Ly Steers, PhD