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Project Offers First Look at Location, Needs, and Service Gaps of Recovery Housing

January 11, 2022 by

Emeryville, CA--While some have offered estimates of the number of recovery residences in the U.S., the National Study of Treatment and Addiction Recovery Residences (NSTARR), a joint effort between the Public Health Institute’s Alcohol Research Group and RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, is the first to systematically collect information on how many recovery residences there are in the country and where they are located. Results of the project were recently published in Drug … [Read more...]

Secondhand Harms Project Generates 26 Studies Across 36 Countries

December 10, 2021 by

After five-years of data analyses, the GENAHTO (Gender and Alcohol's Harms to Others) project wrapped up this year after producing a broad range of critical outcomes, including 26 published studies from across the globe. As the first multinational project to assess the extend and impacts of alcohol's secondhand harms, it provided new insights into how different social and cultural contexts and alcohol-related policies affect or mitigate such alcohol harms to others. By studying how … [Read more...]

Phase II of the SHARE Project Receives Funding

October 28, 2021 by

This new grant builds on the previous SHARE project and is headed by Bright Outcome and funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). It includes support from ARG Scientific Director and Senior Scientist Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD, and team.  Together, they will develop and validate the Share HumAn REsearch (SHARE) platform to address the unmet need for assisting alcohol researchers with the submission of study data to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and … [Read more...]

New Grant Explores Changes in Alcohol Use and Mental Health Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic

October 25, 2021 by

The pandemic continues to impact our lives in ways we're still struggling to understand. That's why ARG scientist Priscilla Martinez, PhD, and colleagues are working to better understand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected us, in particular our alcohol and substance use, co-use and mental health. Research team members include Cat Munroe, Thomas K. Greenfield, William C. Kerr, Deidre Patterson, Yu Ye, and Libo Li. The new NIAAA-funded longitudinal study will look at how alcohol and substance … [Read more...]

Alcohol Is the Breast Cancer Risk No One Wants to Talk About

October 5, 2021 by

Michele Cohen Marill--WIRED AS OCTOBER USHERS in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the social media campaign Drink Less for Your Breasts stands out like a red flag against a cheerful tide of pink ribbons, especially the ones printed on labels of alcoholic beverages. This is the time of year when some craft brewers tint their beer pink, and rosé bottles and cocktail menus display the iconic ribbon, touting companies’ donations to breast cancer organizations. Drink Less for Your Breasts … [Read more...]

Childhood Adversity Plays a Large Role in Heavy Alcohol Use

September 22, 2021 by

ARG Study Finds Childhood Trauma and History of Family Alcohol Problems Increase Likelihood of High Intensity Drinking, Particularly among Indigenous American Drinkers Press Release Emeryville, CA (September 20, 2021) – In new research that compares drinking rates across racial/ethnic groups, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) current drinkers report more instances of high intensity drinking (eight or more drinks in any one day) than Whites and other groups combined. However, when … [Read more...]

Victims of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Violence More Likely Assaulted by Someone They Know

September 3, 2021 by

In a new study looking at the characteristics of victims and perpetrators of female-perpetuated sexual assault (FPSA), found that, for assaults that happened in childhood, victims were most likely perpetrated by people with whom they had a relationship such as friends, classmates, family members, and babysitters. Victimization by authority figures, including teachers and coaches, was less common. Only 1.8% were victims of strangers. On average, victimization occurred between 11 and 12 years of … [Read more...]

Rewriting Trauma Care for Sexual Minorities: A Profile of Cat Munroe

September 3, 2021 by

It was when working with survivors of sexual assault that Cat Munroe identified gaps in how these survivors are perceived by those working within the medical and criminal justice systems. Cat saw first-hand how people interacted with survivors and found approaches lacking an emotional connection. While volunteering as a victim advocate for sexual assault victims and years later, as a trainee providing clinical services to sexual assault survivors in a college counseling services, they witnessed … [Read more...]

New Research Staff Bring Diverse Expertise to ARG 

August 20, 2021 by

As our organization continues to grow with new grants and projects, we've recently hired research staff to support and build on the work we do. We're thrilled and so inspired by the breadth of  experience, expertise, and savviness our new hires bring to ARG. Pamela Trangenstein, PhD joins us as a scientist and brings to ARG her work on spatial analysis, alcohol and cannabis use and related harms, policy evaluation and translational research. As a former ARG/UC Berkeley post-doctoral … [Read more...]

Amy Mericle Talks About the Importance of the NSTARR Project

July 14, 2021 by

 With a background in addiction health services research, PI Amy Mericle, PhD, leads the project and in this video discusses the significance and importance of collecting data on recovery residences. The National Study of Treatment and Addiction Recovery Residences (NSTARR) is the largest and most diverse study of recovery housing to date, laying the groundwork for observing this important component of the housing, treatment, and recovery support services landscape. NSTARR will … [Read more...]

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