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August Update from the Institute
Upcoming Events
Job Opportunities
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IAS Faculty Members in the News
AUGUST UPDATE FROM THE INSTITUTE
Hello!

Can you believe it's August?  As Fall starts to peek it's head around the corner, we hope you are still enjoying your Summer! This month's IAS newsletter is a fun one in which we are spotlighting some great achievements in our Institute as well as in the field of Addiction Science!

First, we would like to congratulate our our very own IAS Director, Adam Leventhal, PhD for receiving the APF Gold Medal for Impact in Psychology!  This is a great honor that recognizes Dr. Leventhal's significant contributions to research on youth tobacco use and vaping which has played an integral role in informing FDA policy decisions on the prohibition of sales of flavored e-cigarette products.  Dr. Leventhal's work highlighted by this award is a great example of the "cell-to-society" work that IAS strives to do.  From science and research, to impacting our society at such a high level as the FDA which can then impact the lives of people in a positive way is the mission of IAS and we are fortunate to have this type of leadership driving our Institute.  

Speaking of impacting lives, we would also like to highlight our very own IAS Associate Director, Dr. Daryl Davies and salute him on the funding of a NIAAA R25!  The USC Rising STARS (Scientific Training in Alcohol Research and other Substances) Program is an alcohol and substance use disorder training program designed to advance underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate students in the field of Addiction Science. This unique and innovative program is a partnership between the USC Institute for Addiction Science, California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), and Charles R. Drew Medical University (CDU). The mission of the USC Rising STARS program is to cultivate the creativity and intellectual talents of our most motivated undergraduate URM students and to make their talents available to strong graduate programs. Undergraduate trainees interested in research in alcohol and substance use will work with world-class USC faculty to participate in real-world laboratory or psychosocial research, gain mentorship, and have access to opportunities for advancement to graduate programs. This novel traineeship will provide the next generation of addiction scientists with valuable, real-world experiences that will propel them forward into higher education and careers in the addiction sciences. Congratulations Dr. Davies and team on this award and we look forward to supporting this wonderful training program!

If you haven't already registered for our upcoming IAS Distinguished Speaker Series event on August 24th, please click here!  We are excited to welcome Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHSfrom Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.  Dr. Philbin will be talking about "Cannabis policy implementation and outcomes among minoritized youth and young adults in the United States: A mixed methods analysis".  Please see below for more information about the talk!  Lunch and parking will be provided.  We hope to see you there!
As always, we are very appreciative of your continued support of the Institute for Addiction Science and look forward to continuing to share our ongoing and upcoming projects and activities with you.

Warmest Regards,
Adam Leventhal, John Clapp, Daryl Davies, Ricky Bluthenthal, Terry Church, Vickie Williams and Loba Ojo
UPCOMING EVENTS


This talk will be in-person at the Soto Street Building, Room 116
1845 N. Soto Street
Los Angeles, CA 90032

Upon arrival, please see the receptionist and obtain a parking permit to place on your dashboard. Lunch will be served outside in the courtyard immediately following the talk.

Virtual option also available.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Research Team - Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences is in search of: A dependable, flexible, and detail-oriented person is needed to join a research team at the University of Southern California to participate in new pilot studies related to substance use, including studies related to cannabis use during pregnancy. These studies are investigating harm reduction approaches to substance use, including how expanding cannabis legalization may worsen existing maternal health disparities.

Employment Involves:
(1) Data collection. Conducting one-on-one interviews and focus groups with study participants (e.g., people who inject drugs, women who use cannabis during pregnancy, young women who vape, health providers and midwives);
(2) Data analysis. Conducting data analysis (e.g., thematic analysis, grounded theory using ATLAS.ti);
(3) Project management. Supporting all study-related project and data management (e.g., Institutional Review Board submissions and related protocols, managing and storing data according to HIPAA, managing
transcription of data).

Excellent English writing and speaking skills are required, and bilingual in English and Spanish writing and speaking skills are ideal. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational capabilities, superb problem-solving skills, and a demonstrated ability to work independently while managing multiple tasks. Opportunities for mentorship and support in writing manuscript writing and peer-reviewed publications are available. Flexible hours on some evenings and weekends may be needed (e.g., conducting research interviews to accommodate study participants’ schedules). The majority of the work will be conducted remote from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday). Prior experience in a research environment is preferred.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the social sciences or in a health related field is preferred. 

For more information or to apply, please email Rachel Carmen Ceasar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at rceasar@usc.edu. 
PUBLICATIONS FROM IAS FACULTY
Below are selected publications from the previous month (July 2022) from faculty members and scholars of the Institute for Addiction Science. 

Allem, J.-P., Van Valkenburgh, S. P., Donaldson, S. I., Dormanesh, A., Kelley, T. C., & Rosenthal, E. L. (2022). E-cigarette imagery in Netflix scripted television and movies popular among young adults: A content analysis. Addictive Behaviors Reports16, 100444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100444 

 

Black, D. S., & Kirkpatrick, M. (2022). Test of daily app-based mindfulness meditation preceding a planned smoking quit attempt date on abstinence: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial recruiting across the 58 counties of California. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 106855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106855 

 

Dadiomov, D., Bolshakova, M., Mikhaeilyan, M., & Trotzky-Sirr, R. (2022). Buprenorphine and naloxone access in pharmacies within high overdose areas of Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harm Reduction Journal19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00651-3 

 

Donaldson, S. I., Dormanesh, A., Perez, C., Majmundar, A., & Allem, J.-P. (2022). Association between exposure to tobacco content on social media and tobacco use. JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2223 

 

Harlow, A. F., Cho, J., Tackett, A. P., McConnell, R. S., Leventhal, A. M., Stokes, A. C., & Barrington-Trimis, J. L. (2022). Motivations for e-cigarette use and associations with vaping frequency and smoking abstinence among adults who smoke cigarettes in the United States. Drug and Alcohol Dependence238, 109583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109583 

 

Hummer, J. F., Tucker, J. S., Rodriguez, A., Davis, J. P., & D'Amico, E. J. (2022). A longitudinal study of alcohol and cannabis use in young adulthood: Exploring racial and ethnic differences in the effects of peer and parental influences from middle adolescence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.21-00050 

 

Jacobs, W., Merianos, A., Mahabee-Gittens, & Leventhal, A. (2022). Vaping motivations: Association of Behavioral Inhibition and behavioral activation systems with nicotine and cannabis vaping among adolescents. Addictive Behaviors135, 107436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107436 

 

Kennedy, A. J., George, J. S., Rossetti, G., Brown, C. O., Ragins, K., Dadiomov, D., Trotzky-Sirr, R., Sanchez, G., Llamas, H., & Hurley, B. (2022). Providing low-barrier addiction treatment via a telemedicine consultation service during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, county: An assessment 1 year later. Journal of Addiction MedicinePublish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/adm.0000000000001034 

 

Mason, T. B., Tackett, A. P., Kechter, A., & Leventhal, A. M. (2022). Prospective associations of tobacco weight control beliefs with e-cigarette use patterns in the path study. Substance Use & Misuse, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2096240 

 

Nowotny, K. M., Valdez, A., & Cepeda, A. (2022). Syndemic profiles for HIV, hepatitis C, and sextually transmitted infections among Mexican American women formerly affiliated with Youth Street Gangs. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03773-8 

 

Oh, H., Rajkumar, R., Banawa, R., Zhou, S., & Koyanagi, A. (2022). Illicit and prescription drug use and psychotic experiences among university students in the United States. Journal of Substance Use, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2022.2098842 

 

Oszkinat, C., Luczak, S. E., & Rosen, I. G. (2022). An abstract parabolic system-based physics-informed long short-term memory network for estimating breath alcohol concentration from transdermal alcohol biosensor data. Neural Computing and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-022-07505-w 

 

Ramos, G. G., Sussman, S., Moerner, L., Unger, J. B., & Soto, C. (2022). Project Sun: Pilot Study of a culturally adapted smoking cessation curriculum for American Indian Youth. Journal of Drug Education, 004723792211115. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472379221111542 

 

Rhee, J. U., Vieira, V. M., Firth, C. L., Pedersen, E. R., Dunbar, M. S., & Timberlake, D. S. (2022). Concentration of cannabis and tobacco retailers in Los Angeles County, California: A spatial analysis of potential effects on youth and ethnic minorities. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs83(4), 502–511. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2022.83.502 

 

Shi, H., Leventhal, A. M., Wen, Q., Ossip, D. J., & Li, D. (2022). Sex differences in the association of e-cigarette and cigarette use and dual use with self-reported hypertension incidence in US adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac170 

 

Steeger, C. M., Harlow, A. F., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Simon, P., Hill, K. G., & Leventhal, A. M. (2022). Longitudinal associations between flavored tobacco use and tobacco product cessation in a national sample of adults. Preventive Medicine161, 107143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107143 

 

Weinberg, E. M., Dukewich, M., Jakhete, N., Stonesifer, E., Im, G. Y., Lucey, M. R., Shetty, K., Rice, J. P., Victor, D. W., Ghobrial, M. R., Shetty, A., Rutledge, S. M., Florman, S. S., Hsu, C., Shoreibah, M., Aryan, M., Orandi, B. J., Han, H., Terrault, N., & Lee, B. P. (2022). Early liver transplantation for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis and a history of prior liver decompensation. American Journal of GastroenterologyPublish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000001901 

 

Young-Wolff, K. C., Pacula, R. L., & Silver, L. D. (2022). California cannabis markets—why industry-friendly regulation is not good public health. JAMA Health Forum3(7). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2018 

 

Zeledon, I., Telles, V., Dickerson, D., Johnson, C., Schweigman, K., West, A., & Soto, C. (2022). Exploring culturally based treatment options for opioid use disorders among American Indian and Alaska native adults in California. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs83(4), 613–620. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2022.83.613

ADDICTION SCIENCE IN THE NEWS
This section highlights a few news articles from the month highlighting research or programming from an IAS member or IAS research program, as well as articles related to addiction science. 

Can a Target gift card help you stay off meth? This L.A. program is trying it
Los Angeles Times, July 4th, 2022

Largest ever study of tobacco content on social media links exposure to tobacco use 
Keck School News, July 11th, 2022 

Liver transplant patients with prior drinking problems can do well after transplantation, USC study finds
USC News, July 12th, 2022

Investors See Far Out Profits in Psychedelic Medicine 
The Wall Street Journal, July 13th, 2022 

Cannabis Regulations Inadequate Given Rising Health Risks of High-Potency Products 
USC Schaeffer Center, July 18th, 2022

Soaring Overdose Rates in the Pandemic Reflected Widening Racial Disparities 
The New York Times, July 19th, 2022
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