Dr. Mollie A. Monnig is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University. Dr. Monnig completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of New Mexico and clinical internship at Harvard Medical School's McLean Hospital. After postdoctoral fellowship at Brown's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Dr. Monnig received an NIAAA Career Development Award and joined CAAS faculty in 2016. Her research examines brain-behavior relationships in the context of alcohol use, chronic disease, and aging. Dr. Monnig's current and recent projects include: an MRI study of the effects of alcohol on the gut-brain axis in healthy individuals and people living with HIV infection; an experimental paradigm to compare inflammatory biomarker response to alcohol in healthy light and heavy drinkers; and an alcohol administration study to examine effects of alcohol on inflammaging markers in healthy older adults. Dr. Monnig is affiliated with Brown's COBRE Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE).
| Ward, Gyles, Wurster, Jenna I, Lamb, Philip S, DeCost, Grace, Belenky, Peter, Monnig, Mollie A. "Alcohol consumption and oral microbiome composition in a sample of healthy young adults." Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2023. |
| Monnig MA. "Brain not exempt from social determinants of health." The Lancet HIV, vol. 10, no. 4, 2023, pp. e212-e213. |
| Monnig MA, Clark SE, Avila JC, Sokolovsky AW, Treloar Padovano H, Goodyear K, Aston ER, Haass-Koffler CL, Tidey JW, Ahluwalia JS, Monti PM. "COVID-19-Related Stressors and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms in a Northeast US Sample." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 2, 2023, pp. 1367. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Negash, Seraphina. "Immune Biomarkers in Non-Treatment-Seeking Heavy Drinkers Who Used a Probiotic Supplement for 30 Days: An Open-Label Pilot Study." Alcohol, 2023. |
| Szapary CL, Avila JC, Monnig MA, Sokolovsky AW, DeCost G, Ahluwalia JS. "Adherence to COVID-19 Guidelines among Current, Former, and Never Smokers." American Journal of Health Behavior, vol. 46, no. 4, 2022, pp. 442-455. |
| Goodyear, Kimberly, Moyo, Patience, Avila, Jaqueline C., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Monnig, Mollie A. "Associations between alcohol and cannabis use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a community survey." Addictive Behaviors Reports, vol. 16, 2022, pp. 100455. |
| Morgan, Kayla Martha, Maglalang, Dale Dagar, Monnig, Mollie A., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Avila, Jaqueline C., Sokolovsky, Alexander W. "Medical Mistrust, Perceived Discrimination, and Race: a Longitudinal Analysis of Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in US Adults." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2022. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Gullett, Joseph M., Porges, Eric C., Woods, Adam J., Monti, Peter M., Tashima, Karen, Jahanshad, Neda, Thompson, Paul, Nir, Talia, Cohen, Ronald A. "Associations of alcohol use, HIV infection, and age with brain white matter microstructure." Journal of NeuroVirology, 2021. |
| Monnig, Mollie A, Treloar Padovano, Hayley, Sokolovsky, Alexander W, DeCost, Grace, Aston, Elizabeth R, Haass-Koffler, Carolina L, Szapary, Claire, Moyo, Patience, Avila, Jaqueline C, Tidey, Jennifer W, Monti, Peter M, Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. "Associations of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Survey Study." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, vol. 7, no. 11, 2021, pp. e29319. |
| White, Tara L., Gonsalves, Meghan A., Cohen, Ronald A., Harris, Ashley D., Monnig, Mollie A., Walsh, Edward G., Nitenson, Adam Z., Porges, Eric C., Lamb, Damon G., Woods, Adam J., Borja, Cara B. "The neurobiology of wellness: 1H-MRS correlates of agency, flexibility and neuroaffective reserves in healthy young adults." NeuroImage, vol. 225, 2021, pp. 117509. |
| Monnig, Mollie A, Lamb, Philip S, Parra, Jose M, Cioe, Patricia A, Martone, Christina M, Monti, Peter M, Szabo, Gyongyi. "Immune Response to an Acute Moderate Dose of Alcohol in Healthy Young Adults." Alcohol and Alcoholism, vol. 55, no. 6, 2020, pp. 616-623. |
| Monnig, Mollie A, Woods, Adam J, Walsh, Edward, Martone, Christina M, Blumenthal, Jonah, Monti, Peter M, Cohen, Ronald A. "Cerebral Metabolites on the Descending Limb of Acute Alcohol: A Preliminary 1H MRS Study." Alcohol and Alcoholism, vol. 54, no. 5, 2019, pp. 487-496. |
| Monnig MA, Cohen R, Ramratnam B, McAdams M, Tashima K, Monti PM. "HIV Infection, HCV Co-Infection, and Alcohol Use: Associations with Microbial Translocation and Immune Activation." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 43, no. 6, 2019, pp. 1126-1134. |
| Cohen RA, Gullett JM, Porges EC, Woods AJ, Lamb DG, Bryant VE, McAdams M, Tashima K, Cook R, Bryant K, Monnig M, Kahler CW, Monti PM. "Age Effects on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Function." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2018. |
| Thoma RJ, Cook JA, McGrew C, King JH, Pulsipher DT, Yeo RA, Monnig MA, Mayer A, Pommy J, Campbell RA. "Convergent and discriminant validity of the ImPACT with traditional neuropsychological measures." Cogent psychology, vol. 5, 2018. |
| White TL, Monnig MA, Walsh EG, Nitenson AZ, Harris AD, Cohen RA, Porges EC, Woods AJ, Lamb DG, Boyd CA, Fekir S. "Psychostimulant drug effects on glutamate, Glx, and creatine in the anterior cingulate cortex and subjective response in healthy humans." Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 43, no. 7, 2018, pp. 1498-1509. |
| Monnig, Mollie, Kahler, Christopher, Cioe, Patricia, Monti, Peter, Mayer, Kenneth, Pantalone, David, Cohen, Ronald, Ramratnam, Bharat. "Markers of Microbial Translocation and Immune Activation Predict Cognitive Processing Speed in Heavy-Drinking Men Living with HIV." Microorganisms, vol. 5, no. 4, 2017, pp. 64. |
| Monnig MA, Kahler CW, Cioe PA, Tucker L, Monti PM, Mayer KH, Ramratnam B. "Alcohol use predicts elevation in inflammatory marker soluble CD14 in men living with HIV." AIDS Care, vol. 28, no. 11, 2016, pp. 1-7. |
| Monti, Peter M., Monnig, Mollie. "Ambivalence and motivational interviewing with adolescents: ensuring that the baby does not get thrown out with the bathwater." Addiction, 2016, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Monnig MA. "Immune activation and neuroinflammation in alcohol use and HIV infection: evidence for shared mechanisms." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2016, pp. 1-17. |
| Merrill JE, Treloar H, Fernandez AC, Monnig MA, Jackson KM, Barnett NP. "Latent Growth Classes of Alcohol-Related Blackouts Over the First 2 Years of College." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 8, 2016, pp. 827-837. |
| Thoma RJ, Long J, Monnig M, Yeo RA, Petropoulos H, Gasparovic C, Pommy J, Mullins PG. "1H-MRS glutamate level predicts auditory sensory gating in alcohol dependence: Preliminary results." Neuropsychiatr Electrophysiol, vol. 1, no. 14, 2015. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Yeo, Ronald A., Tonigan, J. Scott, McCrady, Barbara S., Thoma, Robert J., Sabbineni, Amithrupa, Hutchison, Kent E. "Associations of White Matter Microstructure with Clinical and Demographic Characteristics in Heavy Drinkers." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 11, 2015, pp. e0142042. |
| Monnig MA, Kahler CW, Lee H, Pantalone DW, Mayer KH, Cohen RA, Monti PM. "Effects of smoking and alcohol use on neurocognitive functioning in heavy drinking, HIV-positive men who have sex with men." AIDS Care, vol. 28, no. 3, 2015, pp. 300-5. |
| Ladd BO, Glynn LH, Fischer DJ, Owens M, Hallgren KA, McLouth CJ, Monnig MA, Campbell W, McCrady BS. "A Guide for Starting a Specialty Training Clinic: An Alcohol Treatment Program as an Example." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 44, no. 2, 2013, pp. 65-72. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Caprihan, Arvind, Yeo, Ronald A., Gasparovic, Charles, Ruhl, David A., Lysne, Per, Bogenschutz, Michael P., Hutchison, Kent E., Thoma, Robert J. "Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter networks in individuals with current and remitted alcohol use disorders and comorbid conditions." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 27, no. 2, 2013, pp. 455-465. |
| Yeo, Ronald A., Thoma, Robert J., Gasparovic, Charles, Monnig, Mollie, Harlaar, Nicole, Calhoun, Vince D., Kalyanam, Ravi, Mayer, Andrew R., Durazzo, Timothy C., Hutchison, Kent E. "Neurometabolite concentration and clinical features of chronic alcohol use: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study." Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, vol. 211, no. 2, 2013, pp. 141-147. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Thayer, Rachel E., Caprihan, Arvind, Claus, Eric D., Yeo, Ronald A., Calhoun, Vince D., Hutchison, Kent E. "White matter integrity is associated with alcohol cue reactivity in heavy drinkers." Brain and Behavior, vol. 4, no. 2, 2013, pp. 158-170. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Tonigan, J. Scott, Yeo, Ronald A., Thoma, Robert J., McCrady, Barbara S. "White matter volume in alcohol use disorders: a meta-analysis." Addiction biology, vol. 18, no. 3, 2012, pp. 581-592. |
| Thoma, Robert, Mullins, Paul, Ruhl, David, Monnig, Mollie, Yeo, Ronald A, Caprihan, Arvind, Bogenschutz, Michael, Lysne, Per, Tonigan, Scott, Kalyanam, Ravi, Gasparovic, Charles. "Perturbation of the Glutamate–Glutamine System in Alcohol Dependence and Remission." Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 36, no. 7, 2011, pp. 1359-1365. |
| Thoma, Robert J., Monnig, Mollie A., Lysne, Per A., Ruhl, David A., Pommy, Jessica A., Bogenschutz, Michael, Tonigan, J. Scott, Yeo, Ronald A. "Adolescent Substance Abuse: The Effects of Alcohol and Marijuana on Neuropsychological Performance." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 35, no. 1, 2010, pp. 39-46. |
| THOMA, ROBERT J., MONNIG, MOLLIE, HANLON, FAITH M., MILLER, GREGORY A., PETROPOULOS, HELEN, MAYER, ANDREW R., YEO, RON, EULER, MATT, LYSNE, PER, MOSES, SANDRA N., CAÑIVE, JOSE M. "Hippocampus volume and episodic memory in schizophrenia." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, vol. 15, no. 02, 2009, pp. 182. |
National Institute of General Medical Science. P20GM130414, "Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation." Project Leader. 8/1/2019-7/31/2024.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. K23AA024704, "Immune Activation and Neurodegeneration in HIV Infection and Heavy Drinking." Principal Investigator. 6/15/2016-5/31/2023.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. F31AA021631, "White Matter Integrity and Alcohol Use Disorders." Principal Investigator. 8/1/2012-6/30/2013.
