Education

• Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Psychology and Public Health, Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
• University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Sep 2022 - June 2028 (Expected)

Grants, Honors, and Awards

• 2023: UCLA Psychology Summer Graduate Student Mentorship (PGSRM) Award, $7,000
• 2023: Research Society on Alcohol Student Merit Award, $225 and conference fees
• 2022 - 2023: Frank J. McGuigan Award for exceptional scholarly and research achievements, $27,000
• 2022 - 2023: UCLA Department of Psychology Fellowship, $3,000 + tuition
• 2021: Johns Hopkins Design Your Summer Experience Grant for PTSD, $1,000
• 2019: National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) Task Group 2019 Momentum Grant Award for “Marijuana and Cannabidiol Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Survey (MABS) Study” (Collaborator; P.I. Christopher Hammond), $10,000
• 2019: National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) Best Poster Award - Clinical Category, received at the 11th Annual NNDC Conference
• 2021: Jewish Changemakers Leadership Fellowship, The Jewish Federation of North America, $350
• 2018 - 2021: Dean’s List

Publications

The future of reward and relief drinking profiles: Considerations for social motives, stability of profiles, and tailored interventions

Grodin, E., Kady, A., & Ray, L. (2024). The future of reward and relief drinking profiles: Considerations for social motives, stability of profiles, and tailored interventions. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. doi: 10.1111/acer.15269

A practice quit model to test early efficacy of medications for alcohol use disorder in a randomized clinical trial

Ray, L., Baskerville, W., Nieto, S., Grodin, E., Enders, C., Kady, A., Meredith, L., Gillis, A., Leventhal, A., Ho, D., & Miotto, K. (2024). A Practice Quit Model to Test Early Efficacy of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Psychopharmacology. doi: 10.1007/s00213-023-06504-6

A life span developmental investigation of marriage and problem-drinking reduction

Lee, M. R., Yeung, E. W., Littlefield, A. K., Stephenson, A., Kady, A., Kwan, T., Chassin, L., & Sher, K. J. (2022). A life span developmental investigation of marriage and problem-drinking reduction. Development and psychopathology, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000827

Early life stress is associated with greater negative emotionality and peripheral inflammation in alcohol use disorder

Kirsch, D., Grodin, E., Nieto, S., Kady, A., & Ray, L. (2024). Early life stress is associated with greater negative emotionality and peripheral inflammation in alcohol use disorder. Psychopharmacology. doi: 10.1038/s41386-024-01877-4

Therapy dose mediates the relationship between buprenorphine/naloxone and opioid treatment outcomes in youth receiving medication for opioid use disorder treatment

Kady, A.,* Hammond, C. J.,* Park, G., Vidal, C., Wenzel, K., & Fishman, M. (2022). Therapy Dose Mediates the Relationship Between Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Opioid Treatment Outcomes in Youth Receiving Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. Journal of addiction medicine, 16(2), e97–e104. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000861

*equally contributing first authors

Sex-based differences in psychiatric symptoms and opioid abstinence during buprenorphine/naloxone treatment in adolescents with opioid use disorders

Hammond, C. J., Park, G., Kady, A., Rathod, K., Rahman, N., Vidal, C., Wenzel, K., & Fishman, M. (2022). Sex-based differences in psychiatric symptoms and opioid abstinence during buprenorphine/naloxone treatment in adolescents with opioid use disorders. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 133, 108495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108495

Research

• Sep 2022 - Present: Graduate Student
  • UCLA Addictions Laboratory
  • Mentor: Lara Ray, PhD
• Jan 2020 - Jun 2022: Trauma Team Leader
  • Addiction and Lifespan Development Lab at Rutgers Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
  • Mentor: Matthew Lee, PhD
• Jun 2019 - Dec 2021: Research Assistant
  • The Neurocognitive and Imaging Characterization of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders (NICAS) Lab & The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • Mentor: Christopher Hammond, PhD, MPH

Leadership and Community Service

• Sep 2018 - June 2021: President, Johns Hopkins Public Policy Consulting Group
• Sep 2020 – Dec 2022: Director of Health and Wellness, Alpha Phi Fraternity at Johns Hopkins University
• Sep 2019 - Jun 2022: Hotline Responder, The Sexual Assault Resource Unit Hotline (~9 hours/week)

Conference Activity

Reward and Relief Phenotypes in Pharmacotherapy Development

August 03, 2023

Symposium at American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Examining the Relationship Between Depressive Symptomatology, Sex, and Audit Scores among Individuals who Drink Heavily

June 25, 2023

Poster at The Research Society on Alcohol, Bellevue, WA

Problem-Drinking Across the Lifespan: Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Effects Among Midlife and Older Adults

November 01, 2022

Poster at The Gerontological Society of America 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual

Childhood and Adolescent Stress Predict Problem-Drinking Change in Different Periods of the Adult Lifespan: Results in a U.S.-Representative Sample

March 01, 2022

Poster at The Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, L.A.

Impact of marijuana legislation on marijuana and cannabidiol related attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors among adolescents receiving mood disorder treatment in the United States

October 01, 2021

Poster at 13th Annual National Networks of Depression Centers Conference, Virtual

Contrasting different PTSD Criteria Regarding their Unique Associations with Problem Drinking

April 01, 2021

Poster at Rutgers University 17th Annual Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, Virtual

Does Therapy Dose and Alliance Affect Treatment Outcomes in Youth Receiving Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorders?

October 01, 2020

Poster at American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 67th Annual Meeting, Virtual

Sex-Based Differences in Psychiatric Symptoms and Opioid Abstinence During Buprenorphine/Naloxone-Assisted Treatment in Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorders

October 01, 2020

Poster at American Psychological Association Annual Conference , (Conference canceled due to COVID-19)

Does Therapy Dose and Alliance Affect Treatment Outcomes in Youth Receiving Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorders?

October 01, 2020

Poster at American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 67th Annual Meeting, Virtual

Depressive symptoms and course are associated with early relapse in opioid-dependent individuals treated with extended-release naltrexone but not buprenorphine-naloxone

September 01, 2019

Poster at National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) 11th Annual Conference, Virtual

Depressive symptoms and course are associated with early relapse in opioid-dependent individuals treated with extended-release naltrexone but not buprenorphine-naloxone

July 01, 2019

Poster at Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Annual Research Potpourri, Baltimore, M.D.

Sex Differences in Psychiatric Treatment Response During Extended- and Short-term Buprenorphine/Naloxone-assisted Treatment in Opioid-dependent Youth

January 01, 2019

Poster at 14th Annual Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium, Baltimore, M.D.