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Eric Pedersen
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Associate Professor of #Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC. Director of Social Behavioral Research at Institute for Addiction Science. Adjunct at RAND. Editor of Research Society on Marijuana’s #Cannabis journal
Our new paper in Behaviour Research and Therapy led by Antoine Lebeaut at @cshrb.bsky.social: An integrated personalized feedback intervention for community adults with hazardous alcohol use, elevated anxiety sensitivity, and subclinical #PTSD symptoms.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Join us for our next @scctsi.bsky.social Seminar Series: Building an Engaging and Effective Social Media Presence for Academics and Researchers with Dr. Nicki Apaydin. December 4th at 12PT.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
USC colleagues -- please repost! We're recruiting current USC students for an online study on eating and drinking behaviors among college students. Up to $60 in compensation.
thepearl.usc.edu/sip-n-savor/
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Join us on November 13th at noon PT for our Southern California CTSI webinar: Principles and Practices for Meaningful and Effective Engagement. usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Welcome Neil Gleason to The PEARL at USC. Neil is a new postdoc in our lab, with interests in substance use, behavioral addictions, & sexual health. He is coming from the @cshrb.bsky.social. @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social @iasatusc.bsky.social

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August 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Press release for our new RAND and @iasatusc.bsky.social paper in @addictionjournal.bsky.social on high potency THC use. "New study shows young adults who use high strength cannabis do not ‘titrate’ to less risky levels of use."
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July 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A perfect last night at #RSMj2025. Great food followed by some fun live music at the African World Festival in Detroit. @reaganfitzke.bsky.social @irelandshute.bsky.social @katherineaberry.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Continuing the pho lunch tradition with @researchmj.bsky.social President Adrian Bravo at #RSMj2025 in Detroit.
July 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
July 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join us today at 1:30 in the Marquette Room at #RSMj2025. We’ll be sharing findings from studies conducted in our mock dispensary at USC. @iasatusc.bsky.social @irelandshute.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'll be highlighting articles and sharing updates about @researchmj.bsky.social's journal, Cannabis, at #RSMj2025 this weekend. Join us in Lasalle B at 2:45 on Friday, July 18th. Open access links to the papers being highlighted in the symposium in the thread. 1/5
July 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our new paper published in Psychiatry Research: Daily associations between posttraumatic stress disorder, cannabis use, and negative affect among veterans. #PTSD #veterans @iasatusc.bsky.social @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social @leightley.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just about a month left to submit papers to @researchmj.bsky.social's Cannabis journal for a special issue on perinatal cannabis. www.researchmj.org/journal
June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great article from USC Annenberg student Sabrina Rubio featuring our RAND study on the sober curious movement. "A new kind of night out: how sober curiosity is redefining the L.A. social scene."
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June 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
RAND, USC, and @uoregon.bsky.social colleagues examined the utility of using large language models for excluding articles in literature reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
May 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We made a mock #cannabis dispensary for @iasatusc.bsky.social to use for research. Check out a detailed description of how we did it, including interviews w/ dispensary staff and our plan for stocking with product packaging. @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social
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April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our new paper out today: Daily associations between sleep quality, stress, and cannabis or alcohol use among veterans. @iasatusc.bsky.social @viterbischool.usc.edu
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March 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great time in New Orleans with the current and past presidents of @researchmj.bsky.social. See everyone in Detroit for #RSMj2025.
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just a few days away! Join us in New Orleans after the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's meeting for a post-conference workshop on co-use of cannabis, nicotine/ tobacco. Presentations and remarks by @ajbravophd.bsky.social and @bentollphd.bsky.social
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March 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The deadline to submit abstracts for #RSMj2025 with the
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research in Detroit, Michigan is approaching! Just another week to submit proposals for posters, papers, symposia, and panels. @researchmj.bsky.social
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March 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today is the last day to submit for the Research Society on Marijuana and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's post-SRNT conference workshop on co-use of #cannabis and #nicotine / #tobacco.

Join us in New Orleans on March 15th for the event.
January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My RAND colleague, Dan Siconolfi, discusses our paper featured in the new APA Monitor piece on "sober curiosity." www.apa.org/monitor/2025...
January 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Congratulations to PEARL member Ireland Shute on her first, first author publication! "Associations Between Food Restriction, #Alcohol and #Marijuana Use and Co-Use, and Consequences Among College Students" accepted at Substance Use & Misuse today.
December 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Congratulations to our PEARL at USC research coordinators, Megan Brown and Ireland Shute, for receiving @iasatusc.bsky.social awards of excellence for their work in our mock #cannabis dispensary.
December 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Great end of the year dinner with the PEARL at USC lab! I'm so grateful to learn from and have fun with these amazing people every day! @keeganbuch.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM