Our research on tobacco and cannabis co-use was featured in the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
September 17, 2024
We are excited to share that the Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, has published an insightful summary of our research on the classification of co-use of tobacco and cannabis. Grateful for their efforts in helping to broaden the reach and impact of our work!
Read more here.
Dr. Nhung Nguyen delivered an impactful talk to community coalitions
July 10, 2024
Dr. Nguyen was invited by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) to give a talk in the Research into Action webinar —the bridge between scholarly research and day-to-day coalition efforts. She presented research on the potential impact of co-use of tobacco and cannabis use on mental health disorders and provided implications for efforts addressing the linkage between substance use and mental health to inform coalition work on substance use prevention and treatment.
Read more here.
Dr. Vuong Do published a paper in JAMA Open Network
July 3, 2024
Vuong Do, our lab member and a postdoctoral fellow at the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education just published a paper in JAMA Open Network. This paper found that co-use of tobacco and cannabis in youths is linked to almost twice the odds of reporting higher levels of externalizing problems compared with tobacco or cannabis use exclusively. Congrats, Vuong!
Read more about this paper here.
Dr. Nhung Nguyen has been selected as a RISE fellow
May 28, 2024
Dr. Nhung Nguyen was selected as one of nine fellows in the RISE cohort 11. Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) is an all-expenses-paid training opportunity for junior faculty who are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. RISE is designed to train competitive scientists and enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce. Read more about RISE here.
Dr. Deanna Halliday received a travel award
March 4, 2024
Deanna Halliday, a postdoctoral fellow and our lab member just received the 2024 NIDA Diversity Scholars Travel award from the Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities (ORTDD) to attend the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) conference in Edinburgh. Congrats, Deanna!
Our research on tobacco and cannabis co-use and mental health was featured in news outlets
September 13, 2023
U.S. News & World Report issued a press release regarding Dr. Nhung Nguyen's recent publication on the concurrent use of tobacco and cannabis and its impact on mental health. Read more here.