These early-career scientists apply advanced training in areas like epidemiology, behavioral science and health policy to address pressing issues in addiction research. Postdoctoral researchers contribute significantly by designing studies, collecting and analyzing data and helping to develop interventions aimed at reducing the harmful effects of addiction on individuals and communities.
Center for Addiction & Disease Risk Exacerbation
Postdocs
We offer a variety of funding opportunities to support students and researchers in their academic and professional pursuits.
Current
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Abhishek Aggarwal, Ph.D.
CADRE Postdoctoral Research AssociateAbhishek Aggarwal joined the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) in August 2024. He received his Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC after defending his dissertation titled Social-Ecological Determinants of Affective States among College Students: A Cross-Cultural Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Aggarwal’s interests include leveraging real-time data-capturing techniques to investigate the dynamics of socio-ecological determinants of substance use. In doing so, he hopes to develop and evaluate digital interventions that provide contextualized and timely support to prevent these behaviors. His work is currently sponsored by the CADRE’s COBRE grant (P20GM130414 [Monti])
Mentors:
Peter Monti, Ph.D., Brown University
Hayley Treloar Padovano, Ph.D., Brown University
Former
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Dale Dagar Maglalang, Ph.D.
Fmr. Postdoctoral Research AssociateDagar Maglalang worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) from 2021 until August 2023 when he joined New York University as a tenure track faculty member at Silver School of Social Work. Maglalang received his Ph.D. in Social Work from Boston College in Boston, MA. During his time in the CADRE, he conducted research examining the social, cultural, and structural factors (e.g., racism and other forms of oppression) that influence smoking (tobacco and novel nicotine products) among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), immigrant, and LGBTQ+ populations. He contributed to eight co-authored papers with five as first-authored papers, as well as nine professional presentations while sponsored by the CADRE’s COBRE grant (P20GM130414 [Monti]).
Mentor:
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, M.D., MPH, Brown University
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Jaqueline Contrera Avila, Ph.D.
Fmr. Postdoctoral Research AssociateJaqueline Avila worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) from 2020 until she began a tenure track faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts Boston in September 2022. Avila is a population health scientist and the main disciplines in her research are social epidemiology, population aging and tobacco control. Her research while sponsored by CADRE focused on how social determinants of health impact tobacco use trajectories among vulnerable populations who smoke such as those with low socioeconomic status, racial-ethnic minorities and older adults. She also studied how to reduce tobacco-related harm for these individuals that do not want to quit smoking. She contributed to four first-authored papers and 10 co-authored papers , as well as 8 professional presentations during her time with CADRE.
Mentor:
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, M.D., MPH, Brown University
We offer a variety of funding opportunities to support students and researchers in their academic and professional pursuits.