Katie is a Senior Research Assistant working on the team. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience. Katie is from Cincinnati, OH and enjoys kickboxing, reading, and cooking in her free time.

Amaya is an undergraduate student from New Jersey studying Economics on the Public Policy track at Brown University. In her free time, she enjoys working out, reading young adult and literary fiction novels, and learning more about health and health equity.

Jerry is an undergraduate student at Brown and is concentrating in Computer Science. Outside of work, Jerry enjoys baking, drinking tea, and squirrel-watching

Shukria is an undergraduate student at Brown University, concentrating in Public Health with a Certificate in Data Fluency. Outside of work, she enjoys going for walks, cooking, drinking tea, and spending time with friends.

Petros is an undergraduate student at Brown concentrating in Public Health. Petros is from South Portland, Maine and outside of school he enjoys playing basketball, reading Stephen King, and running around with his two dogs.

Carline  is the CADRE/COBRE Research Nurse Practitioner as well as the Clinical Laboratory Research Manager. She provides clinical support to all active randomized clinical trials. A graduate of Boston College, she came to CAAS in 2019 with extensive career experience in critical care, cardiology, diabetes management and women’s’ health in the settings of acute care, primary care and college health. Her project involvement includes protocol development, performing eligibility physical exams, administration of psychiatric assessments, monitoring vital signs as well as identifying behavioral changes during study lab sessions and monitoring for adverse events for both in-person and remote study sessions. She is also responsible for starting intravenous access when necessary to draw blood samples for in-person sessions. She is involved in numerous studies for the CADRE/COBRE which looks at how substance use impacts disease. In her free time, she loves to spend time outdoors with her friends and family. She is a proud Navy Mom. She loves to write, hike, travel and go sailing whenever she can!

Rita is a Research Nurse Practitioner at the Brown University School of Public Health. She works in the lab ensuring that our participants are safe while being a part of our research studies. Her work is centered primarily around alcohol use disorder. Outside of work Rita loves to hike, travel, spend time at the beach, and visit her family in Connecticut. She can still do a handstand after years of being a gymnast!