About Us
Addiction remains a global health epidemic that affects more than 36 million people. The last decade witnessed a 22 percent increase in the number people using drugs worldwide, and this number is expected to continue to climb through 2030 — especially among young people.
Our mission is to support innovative research and advance clinical care to confront this mounting drug crisis and discover new ways to help individuals and families improve their health and wellness.
To advance this mission, our unique partnership promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research to answer key questions about the causes of alcohol, marijuana, and other drug problems, develop innovative new therapies, and address critical health disparities. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, we bring together nationally recognized clinicians and scientists to study clinical and translational problems in addiction.
As clinicians and scientists, we know firsthand the day-to-day challenges we face in the clinical management of alcohol and other drug problems in youth along with the shortcomings of the best available therapies. We are committed to advancing interventions that integrate pharmacological and behavioral interventions to achieve optimal effects on treatment outcomes.
Through close partnership with Bradley Hospital — the nation’s first psychiatric hospital exclusively for children and adolescents — we deliver the highest quality clinical services to teens who struggle with mental health and alcohol, marijuana, or other drug-related issues and their families. This clinical extension of our research program is designated a model treatment program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
As part of Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and the Warren Alpert Medical School, we are dedicated to the training of the next generation of clinicians and researchers focused on addiction and its complications. As our understanding of alcohol and other drug problems becomes more complex, so too does the training needs of clinicians and scientists.
Thank you for your interest in our work. If you have any questions, or you would like to learn more about our research studies or clinical services, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
— Robert Miranda Jr., PhD, MEd, ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Professor of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health
Training Director, Brown University Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies
Founder & Clinical Director, Bradley Vista, Bradley Hospital