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Congratulate our recent PhD Graduates

Dr. Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman and Dr. Christina Parisi are pictured here with Dr. Cook and Nanyangwe Siuluta celebrating their graduation from their doctoral program. Dr. Parisi, who now lives in Philadelphia, will be moving on to be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Penn Center for Mental Health at the University of…

Student Spotlight: Dr. Miranda Arnold-Tolbert

Dr. Miranda Arnold-Tolbert is a post-doctoral fellow working in the Reducing Intoxicant Involved Sexual Consequences Lab (RIISC) through SHARC’s T32 program under the mentorship of Dr. Liana Hone. She received a B.S. in Biology at Agnes Scott College, a M.S. in Integrative Biology at Kennesaw State University, and a Ph.D.

SHARC Departing Staff Sophie Maloney

A Note From Sophie While working at SHARC, I worked as a Research Assistant on the Florida Cohort Wave 3 and Wave 4 studies, and later became the interim coordinator for the SHARC Contact Registry. However, my main responsibilities were based in the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research…

SHARC Departing Staff Emmely Pavila

Recently, Emmely was a co-author on a publication entitled, “Exploring the Relationship between Experience and Pain among a Population of Current Medical Cannabis Users in Florida.” To learn more, check out the link here A note from Emmely During my time at SHARC, I fulfilled the role of a…

Student Spotlight: Jason DeFelice

Jason DeFelice, a pre-doctoral student at SHARC, was recently selected for the Stephanie Nicole Ross Foundation annual scholarship, which is an organization that assists graduate students studying cognitive or behavioral sciences at Florida universities. Join us in congratulating Jason on his accomplishments! Jason DeFelice…

Student Spotlight: Nanyangwe Siuluta

Recent Accomplishments Nanyangwe Siuluta, a pre-doctoral student at SHARC, recently presented at the Research Society on Alcohol conference and Society for Epidemiologic Research conference. Nanyangwe gave an oral presentation at SER entitled, “Latent Class Analysis of traumatic experiences in Florida.” She also received the Kathy Rose Scholarship to help with…

Student Spotlight: Jackie Pollack

Recently, Dr. Pollack presented two posters at the Society for Epidemiologic Research in Austin, Texas. The first poster she presented was entitled, “A State-Wide Assessment of Dynamic Prediction Modeling Strategies for 30-day Postoperative Mortality in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).” For the second poster, Dr. Pollack presented on, “Dynamic Updating…

Student Spotlight: Mark Britton

Recently, Mark’s paper entitled, “Association Between Cannabis Use Disorder and Greater Apathy in Adults with HIV,” was accepted at the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal. Mark has also received the RSA HIV and Alcohol Satellite Meeting Travel award at $1500. Join us in congratulating Mark on his accomplishments!…

PhD Student Christina Parisi Successfully Defends Dissertation

Examining Late HIV Diagnosis in Florida: A Mixed-MethoDs Assessment of the Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Mechanisms Christina Parisi, MPH, successfully defended her dissertation this week on the topic of, “Examining Late HIV Diagnosis in Florida: a Mixed-Methods Assessment of the Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Mechanisms.” Join us in congratulating Christina on her…

Student Spotlight: Abby Masterson

Recent Accomplishments: Abby Masterson is a current PhD student with SHARC, and she primarily works with Dr. Liana Hone and her research concerning reducing intoxicant induced sexual consequences. Recently, Abby assisted Dr. Hone in starting an alcohol administration study and ran their first participant. Abby also recently accomplished Level…