2026 Program Committee
Christopher Kahler, PhD
Vice President
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health
Kathleen Grant, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
Oregon Health & Science University
Sarah Pedersen, PhD
Co-Chair
University of Pittsburgh
Shana Augustin, PhD
Member
Northwestern University
Cassandra Boness, PhD
Member
University of New Mexico
Ellen Burnham, MD,MS
Member
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Rita Cervera-Juanes, PhD
Member
Advocate Health Wake Forest Baptist
Tammy Chung, PhD
Member
Rutgers University
Leon Coleman, MD,PhD
Member
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
Noah Emery, PhD
Member
Colorado State University
Tekeda Ferguson, MPH,PhD
Member
LSU Health Sciences Center
Bin Gao, MD,PhD
Member
NIAAA, NIH
Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD
Member
Yale School of Medicine
Stephanie Gorka, PhD
Member
The Ohio State University
Melissa Herman, PhD
Member
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
J. David Jentsch, PhD
Member
SUNY-Binghamton University
Amy Lasek, PhD
Member
Virginia Commonwealth University
Christine Lee, PH.D
Member
University of Washington
Melissa Lewis, PhD
Member
University of Texas at Arlington
Christina Mair, MPH,PhD
Member
University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
Graeme Mason, PhD
Member
Yale University School of Medicine
R Dayne Mayfield
Member
Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research
Aqilah McCane, BA,MS,PhD
Member
Oregon Health & Science University
Li Yan McCurdy, PhD
Member
Yale University
Marta Melis, PhD
Member
Weill Cornell Medicine
Angela Ozburn, PhD
Member
Oregon Health & Science University, VA Portland Health Care System
Abraham Palmer, PhD
Member
University of California San Diego
Jennifer Thomas
Member
San Diego State University