June 2025 | Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) 2025

Our lab had a great time connecting with everyone at the 48th annual RSA scientific meeting/ISBRA congress and presenting our latest work.

Thank you to all who came by, and to Tionna Hough for the photos :)

Exploration of Behavioral and Neural Responses to Visual Cues Experimentally Paired with Intra-Oral Alcohol Receipt in the Human Laboratory.
Devon Terry, Sandie Keerstock, Roberto Cofresi.

Reduced Sleep Hours and Increased Alcohol Cravings in Young Adults.
Maria Camila Gutierrez, Sandie Keerstock, Roberto Cofresi.

Maturing Out: A Dual Process Investigation of Drinking Abatement in Emerging Adulthood.
Elizabeth Widiger, Roberto Cofresi, Teresa Treat, Bruce Bartholow.

Human Brain Responses to Visual Cues Paired With Alcohol Ingestion in the Laboratory: Preliminary Findings From the Sips and Shapes Study
Roberto Cofresi, PhD; Chair of Symposia: Alcohol's Incentive Salience: Cue Reactivity & Associative Memory Studies Across Species.

Thank you to the presenters and discussant of the Symposium: Jocelyn Richard, PhD University of Minnesota. Midbrain Dopamine Mechanisms Underlying Cue-Elicited Compulsive Alcohol Seeking and Relapse. Jean Ye, BA Yale University. Affective Responses and Alcohol Use History Influence Neural Representations During and After Alcohol Events. Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD Yale School of Medicine. Discussant / Question Moderator.

Also pictured: Drs. Joshua Gowin, Sandie Keerstock, Roberto Cofresi, and Severine Lannoy and her husband John for the Inaugural francophone dinner @ Couvant NOLA. Shout out to Dr. David Kareken for the inspiration. A l’année prochaine!