UCLA Addictions Lab

11/04/2025

Are you a military veteran interested in participating in research? Our team at UCLA is actively seeking veterans for a research study that looks at PTSD, alcohol use, and sleep problems.

You may qualify to participate if you:
- Experience problems with sleep
- Have PTSD or trauma-related symptoms
- Currently drink alcohol
- Are able to attend in-person and virtual study visits for 3 weeks
- Are able to wear a watch to track sleep
- Are able to take the study medication

You will be compensated for study participation.

For more information or to see if you qualify, contact the UCLA Addictions Lab at 310-206-6756

10/14/2021

Do you drink alcohol?
If so, you may be eligible for one of our new studies! We are looking for individuals who drink alcohol to investigate the role of inflammation in alcohol use disorder.

Please give us a call at (310) 206-6756 if you are interested!

Located at UCLA, we are dedicated to understanding the clinical neuroscience of drug and alcohol addiction

10/12/2021

Do you drink alcohol and smoke ma*****na? If so, you may be eligible to participate in one of our research studies!

For more information, please call (310) 363-0030

Located at UCLA, we are dedicated to understanding the clinical neuroscience of drug and alcohol addiction

07/27/2021

Seeking individuals who drink alcohol and smoke ma*****na for a UCLA research study!
If you are interested in learning more, call 310-363-0030

07/09/2021

Currently seeking people who are ready to make changes to their drinking for a UCLA research study! If you are interested in learning more, call us at 310-206-6756
Our website: https://addictions.psych.ucla.edu/

Located at UCLA, we are dedicated to understanding the clinical neuroscience of drug and alcohol addiction

06/24/2021

We would like to say both goodbye and congratulations to Brandon Towns who is leaving the lab to attend medical school this upcoming July! Brandon will be attending the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine where he plans to specialize in psychiatry.

Brandon graduated from UCLA in 2018 with a bachelor’s in psychobiology. Following graduation, he has served as a research coordinator during which he managed multiple clinical trials.

We’re sad to see him go, but we have no doubt he will be successful as he continues upon his journey towards becoming Dr. Towns. Thanks for everything, Brandon!

04/20/2021

Great news continues to pour in, this time for our lab’s 5th year graduate student, ReJoyce!

ReJoyce has matched at the Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship program at the Medical University of South Carolina!!

Congratulations! 🎊🎉

04/14/2021

This shout out goes to Alex Venegas!

A 4th-year graduate student within our lab, Alex has advanced to doctoral candidacy! Her dissertation is a series of three studies which is focused on alcohol and cannabis co-use, specifically identifying mechanisms underling their co-use and s*x differences related to co-use.

Dr. Venegas, coming soon!

04/12/2021

Congratulations to Dr. Erica Grodin, who was recently awarded a Friends of Semel Research Scholars grant to study the effect of acute inflammation on neural alcohol cue reactivity!

Dr. Grodin came to UCLA in 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Translational Neuroscience on Drug Abuse T32 Training Program. To learn more about Dr. Grodin’s Friends of Semel Research Scholar Grant, check out the link in our bio.

Way to go, Dr. Grodin!! 👏

03/29/2021

Are you looking to make changes to your drinking? Are you interested in being in a research study? Call 310-206-6756 to learn more!

03/24/2021

More congratulations are in order, but this time for Wave-Ananda Baskerville who has officially committed to UCLA’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program!

For the past 3 years, Wave has worked in the lab as a study coordinator where she managed a randomized controlled trial to investigate medications for alcohol use disorder.

Additionally, we’re excited to announce that Wave is not only advancing on her path towards her PhD, but will also be returning to the lab as our newest graduate student. Way to go, Wave!

03/23/2021

All of us at the Addictions Lab would like to congratulate our very own Diana Ho on committing to the University of Rhode Island! She will be pursuing her PhD in clinical psychology.

Diana joined the lab her junior year of undergrad, and following graduation, has served as a study coordinator where she managed multiple clinical trials.

We’re sad to see her go, but we have no doubt she will continue to be successful on her future endeavors. Way to go, Diana!!!