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Thanks to Co-chairs
Drs. Joy Gabrielli and Freddy Martinez-Rivera Monthly Seminars are Underway
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August 20, 2025
In our inaugural Fall presentation, Dr. Cox provided a lecture entitled "Understanding and Addressing High Risk Alcohol Use Among Young Adults". This well attended talk brought addiction science into prevention and Public Policy. This work is still developing, so the lecture was not recorded, but look forward to the outcomes!
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Save the Date:
Back to Fall Social Event!
Join us at the beginning of the Fall semester for bocce ball and fun!
When: September 10, 2025, 6-8pm
Where: Box Car at Depot Park
Please RSVP by September 9 using the link below!
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UF CARE Lab Open House
Led by Social Committee Co-Chairs Drs. Amanda Elton and Brandon Warren, we introduced Lab Open House last spring. Don't miss introductions to the labs of Dr. Shanting Chen and Dr. Barry Setlow immediately following the September monthly seminar. Don't worry, you don't have to go anywhere- they're coming to us!
When: September 17, 2025, following the Monthly Seminar
Where: MBI L4-101
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And Since the Last Time:
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Promotion
Congratulations! Dr. Meredith Berry (HEB, HHP). was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. If you don't know her work check out her publications here.
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New APA Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Lindsey Rodriguez (Psych, CLAS) on her election to the status of Fellow, American Psychological Association. Dr. Rodriguez's nomination was supported through Division 50 (Society for Addiction Psychology).
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New PhDs
Congratulations to Vijaya Seegulam who defended her dissertation. Her committee included UF CARE members: Drs. Linda Cottler, Chair, Chris McCurdy, and Sara Jo Nixon.
Mark Britton, former F31 recipient, also defended his dissertation this summer. His mentor was Dr. Robert Cook (PHHP, Epi).
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In The News:
Dr. Sara Jo Nixon was highlighted in a recent New York Times article about alcohol use in older adults. Read all about it here!
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Community Outreach
Ms. Brandy Stone, a member of our Community Advisory Committee, is working to bridge the gap between SUD treatment and the Gainesville community. Gainesville Fire Rescue received grant funding for the Medication Assisted Treatment Program (MAT), a mobile model to serve patients in the local community.
This program was featured in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services webinar titled "How Grassroots Community Paramedicine Launched a City's Role in Public Health".
Check out the link below to learn more!
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Welcome New Members!
Congratulations to our new affiliates!
Whitney Burchfield and Samantha Goldstein are both PhD trainees under Dr. Nichole Scaglione (HEB, HHP).
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Stay in Touch!
Are you a UF CARE alumni OR an affiliate with an upcoming graduation? If you studied addiction-related research at UF, please be sure to give us your most up-to-date contact information so we can stay in touch!
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Have news
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Have updates you'd like to be included in the next UF CARE newsletter? Click below to share news about you and/or your affiliate trainees!
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Support UF CARE!
Philanthropic gifts are essential to fulfilling our mission to improve research and education efforts regarding the critical health threat of addiction. Click below to make a tax-deductible donation!
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Akiyama S, Ople RS, Kremsmair A, Ramos-Gonzalez N, Nedungadan T, Kennedy BJ, Appourchaux K, Eans SO, Tsai BA, Kraml C, Huang X-P, McLaughlin JP, Majumdar S, Sarpong R: Total synthesis and biological activity of “Carbamorphine”: O- to CH2 replacement in the E-ring of the morphine core structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2025, 122:e2425438122-e2425438132. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2425438122 PMID:40587788.
Cottler LB, Rosales LC, Seegulam VL, et al. Characteristics of persons with varying vaccination personas: data from the CDC-funded PANDEMIC project. Discov Public Health. 2025;22(1):326. doi:10.1186/s12982-025-00703-6
Dabiri S, Raman R, Cottler LB, Striley CW, Grooms J. Racial Climate on Willingness to Participate in Clinical Research. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. Published online July 7, 2025. doi:10.1007/s40615-025-02530-6
Fitzgerald ND, Palamar JJ, Cottler LB. Prevalence and correlates of self-reported new psychoactive substance use among adults in 20 US cities: Results from National Drug Early Warning System surveillance. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025;273:112711.
doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112711
Fitzgerald ND, Palamar JJ, Cottler LB. Use of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyl in the United States: Current Trends. Curr Addict Rep. 2025;12(1):6. doi:10.1007/s40429-025-00625-y
Gipson CD, Fallin-Bennett A, Khokhar JY, Knackstedt L, Stoops WW, Vickers-Smith R, Cottler L. A Case Against Purity: Prioritizing Translational Polysubstance Use Research. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 38(4):282-286. PMID: 40396755
Goldstein, S. J., Kalina, E., Murray, E., Grimes, K. E. L., Blakey, S. M., & Scaglione, N. M. (2025, August). Cadet perspectives on USAFA climate as it relates to sexual assault: Informing cross-cutting prevention. Poster presentation at the Military Health Services Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.
Haorah J, Iyappan H, Samikkannu M, Chennakesavan K, McLaughlin JP, Thangavel Sammikannu. Epigenetics and mitochondrial biogenesis: The role of sirtuins in HIV neuropathogenesis. Molecular Neurobiology, 2025 Aug, 62(8): 10333-10348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-025-04885-7 PMID: 40198445 (online April 8)
Hone, L. S. E., Ahmed, M., Arnold-Tolbert, M., Cohen, J., Chance, S., Gebru, N. M., Hersch, E., Miller, C., Moran, J., Morales, C., Morgan-Daniel, J., Perez, E., Rohleen, T., Wilhelm, C., Lattie, E., & Scaglione, N. M. (2025, August). Digital interventions for college students’ alcohol-related sexual violence: A review. Poster presentation at the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions 13th scientific meeting, San Diego, CA.
Kalina, E., Arteaga, A., Morgan-Daniel, J., Leeman, R. F., & Scaglione, N. M. (2025, June). How to assess event-level impaired control: A scoping review. Poster presentation at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Preliminary findings presented at the College of Health and Human Performance 2025 DK Stanley Memorial Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL).
Knackstedt, LA. (2025, June). Incorporating polysubstance use in research with animals [Conference symposium presentation]. Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Mesa JR, Dick SY, Greenan K, Wu L, Knackstedt LA. (2025). The role of the prefrontal cortex to nucleus accumbens core projection in the reinstatement of cocaine-seeking after cocaine-alcohol polysubstance use. Neuropsychopharmacology. PMID: 40841764 Online ahead of print.
Mottinelli M, Journigan VB, Obeng S, Pallares VLC, Mesangeau C, Kapanda CN, Cutler SJ, Lambert JA, Eans SO, Ganno ML, Sheng W, King T, Sharma A, Mollereau C, Avery BA, McLaughlin JP, McCurdy CR: Dual opioid-neuropeptide FF small molecule ligands demonstrate analgesia with reduced tolerance liabilities. Molecules, 2025, 30(13): 2851-2877. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30132851 PMID: 40649365.
Nutley SK, Striley CW, Cottler LB, et al. Classification of hoarding and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms. Psychiatry Res Commun. 2025;5(2):100215. doi:10.1016/j.psycom.2025.100215
Padilla-Coreano, N., & Martínez-Rivera, F. J. (2025). How dopamine guides our social world. Pharmacological Reviews, 77, 100085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmr.2025.100085
*VanHeukelom, J. T., Tucker, J. A., & Scaglione, N. M. (2025, April). Predictors of risky drinking during unstable natural recovery from alcohol use disorder. Poster presentation at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Varga BR, Uprety R, Paul B, Knoll A, Ramos-Gonzalez N, Appourchaux K, Taylor T, Uzrek B, Shinouchi R, Eans SO, Williams A, Vasquez-Grinnell SG, Zaidi S, Nazarova A, Varadi A, Le Rouzic V, Brown TG, Martinez S, Ansonoff M, Dardashti R, Hunkele A, Subrath J, Welch M, Xu J, Rossi GC, Pintar J, Pasternak GW, Katritch V, McLaughlin JP, Pan Y-X, Majumdar S: Synthesis and pharmacology of a morphinan derived dual mu-kappa opioid receptor agonist analgesic. ACS Chem Neurosci, 2025 Jul 16, 16(14): 2714-2737. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.5c00312 PMID: 40566691.
Varga BR, Bernhard SM, El Daibani A, Zaidi S, Lam JH, Aguilar J, Appourchaux K, Nazarova A, Kouvelis A, Shinouchi R, Hammond HR, Eans SO, Weinreb V, Margolis EB, Fay JF, Huang X-P, Pradhan A, Katritch V, McLaughlin JP, Majumdar S, Che T. Structure-guided design of partial agonists at an opioid receptor. Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1):2518-2533. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57734-5 PMID: 40082451.
Won NY, Wang A, Athay R, Striley CW, Cottler LB. Geographical Differences in Self-Reported Past 12-Month Drug Use: Results from the NDEWS Rapid Street Reporting, 2021-2023. Subst Use Misuse. 2025;60(11):1678-1689. doi:10.1080/10826084.2025.2511242
Wilson, S. E., Yuan, S., Engle, H. M., Pavila, E., Lavoie, H. A., Kalina, E. A., Benvenuti, M. C., Chauca, P., Martinez, J., Farone, A., Yurasek, A., Ray, A. E., Scaglione, N. M., & Leeman, R. F. (2025, June). High-risk drinking at collegiate sporting events: Alcohol use, negative consequences, and protective behavioral strategies. Poster presentation at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
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Alcohol Journal Club
You may be interested in this journal club!
Purpose: Spark thoughtful conversation about research, discuss methodological strengths and limitations, and foster new ideas for alcohol-related research.
When: 9/18/25, 4-5pm
Where: Cypress Grove (in-person)
Please contact Elena Kalina (ekalina@ufl.edu) to confirm attendance!
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