Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Overview

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). 

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