Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies at Rutgers University (CAS) has offered summer educational events for 80 years. As we began our Summer School of Addiction Studies in the 1940s, we were early innovators.  On June 14 2023 we hosted a Summer Symposium, addressing inequities and social determinants of addiction through collaborative efforts in research practice, community engagement, and advocacy.  We assembled a diverse group of collaborators and are inspired to continue and expand our focus to address emerging challenges while exploring how best to translate new findings into practical and effective initiatives focused on promoting wellness for all.

• Emmanuel Alvarez, Maelle C. M. Gueguen, Julia Kong, Sahar Hafezi, Darla Bonagura, Syed Sawar, and Anna Konova (June 14, 2023). Neural Mechanisms Mediating Optimistic Beliefs about Negative Drug Use Outcomes in People with Addictions
• Sergej Grunevski (June 14, 2023). The Dynamic of Craving and willingness to pay for Drugs and Food in Daily Life
• Saathvika Kaushik and Nikhil Shukla, Shivani Rawat and Lei Yu, (June 14, 2023). Chemokine Receptors CCR2 Spicing Variants May Indicate Differing Roles in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
• Hannah Perdue, Andrew Ude, Luke Poole, Amber Sarwani, Christian Kim, Marsha Bates, and Brandon Alderman, (June 14, 2023).  Binge Drinking, Alcohol Craving, and the Motivational Salience of Alcohol Cues in the Environment
• Nandita Shankar, Angelo DiBello, and Mateo Leganes-Fonteneau (June 2023). The Methodological Limitations of Online Data Collection
• Umer Toor, Fiza Iftikhar, Veeda Khan, Amogh Kudva, Tulip Sengupta, Arthur Tomie, and Lei Yu (June 14, 2023). Sex as a Social Moderator in Voluntary Alcohol Consumption: Association with Divergent Drd4 Expression Levels Between Nucleus Accumbens and Entorhinal Cortex in Mice

• Josephine Awadalla, Caitlin Weiger, Olivia Wackowski,  Olivia Maxton, Kathryn La Capria, Caitlin Uriarte, Madison Menkevich, and Julia Chen-Sankey (June 14, 2023). Beliefs and Attitudes Towards a Hypothetical E-Cigarette Modified Exposure Ad Claim Among Young Adults Who Smoke and Young Adults Who Do Not Use Tobacco
• Julia Dobre, and Deirdre Waters (June 14, 2023). Promoting Psychological Flexibility with Clients Coping with Familial Substance Misuse
• Jordan Gette, and Adriana Espinosa (June 14, 2023).  Comparison of Common Factors Models and Latent Class Analysis: Relations between Psychopathology, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Hispanic Adults
• Ayanna Gilmore, and Alexandria Bauer (June 14, 2023). Perceived Stress as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Neighborhood Context and Substance Use in African American Emerging Adults
• Annie Lin, Yongqi Chen, Avi Kodali, Demi Poulathas, and Lei Yu (June 14, 2023). Health and Human Development Project: The Relationship Between Parental Alcoholism and Offspring Somatization
• Madison Menkevich, Laura Weiger, Olivia Wackowski, Olivia Maxton, Kathryne La Capria, Caitlin Uriarte, Josephine Awadalla, and Julia Chen-Sankey (June 14, 2023). An In-Depth Interview Study to Examine the Influence of E-Cigarette Ad Features on Perceived E-Cigarette Appeal and Use Interest Among Young Adults

• Jahnayah Bellot, and Alexandria Bauer (June 14, 2023). Exploring Attitudes and Beliefs about Mental Health among Black Community Members
• Vincent DiGioia-Laird, and Pamela Baker, Adam Chrone, and Margaret Swarbrick (June 14, 2023). Journey to Wellness Workshop
• Ward, Judit, and Nicholas Allred and Williams Bejarano (June 14, 2023). Building Communities Since 1943: The First Summer School of Alcohol Studies in the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives