Cat Munroe is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Purchase College and an Associate Scientist at the Alcohol Research Group. Dr. Munroe received their AB in Psychology from Smith College, their PhD in Clinical Psychology from Miami University, completed their APA-accredited internship at the University of California, San Francisco, based at the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in alcohol studies at the joint T32 training program between UC Berkeley and the Alcohol Research Group. Dr. Munroe's research focuses on the impact of trauma, trauma recovery, and substance use disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, incorporating quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches. Dr. Munroe has been involved in projects focusing on alcohol disparities among SGM populations, harms from other's alcohol use, intimate partner violence and cannabis use among emerging and young adults, and qualitative work focusing on sober living houses. They are a member of the Research Society on Alcohol, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Anthony Surace is a postdoctoral fellow at the joint T32 training program between UC Berkeley and the Alcohol Research Group (ARG), and an associate scientist at ARG. Dr. Surace is also a member of the Research Society on Alcohol. Dr. Surace received his PhD in Behavioral Health Sciences from the Brown University School of Public Health in 2022. Dr. Surace’s research focuses on alcohol-related health disparities among members of the LGBTQ+ community. He utilizes both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to accomplish this work. For example, he has utilized thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with sexual minority (SM) individuals to investigate their alcohol use in the context of social forces acting upon their intersectional identities. In addition, he has utilized multi-level modeling techniques to examine the associations between day-level experiences of discrimination and substance use among SM people living in New England.

Priscilla Martinez is Deputy Scientific Director of the Alcohol Research Group and Study Director of the National Alcohol Survey. She conducts alcohol-related, health-focused research projects funded by NIH and other funders. Her transdisciplinary research explores relationships between alcohol and drug use, physiological functioning, and common physical and mental health outcomes to understand and reduce alcohol-related health inequities in the US. Her research also investigates levels of awareness of alcohol’s harms in the general population, particularly awareness of breast cancer risk from alcohol use among women, and health messaging to increase awareness of alcohol’s impact. Dr. Martinez-Matyszczyk received her PhD in Epidemiology and MPhil in International Community Health from the University of Oslo, Norway, and her BA in Biochemistry from Mills College, Oakland. She is a standing member of the Epidemiology, Prevention, and Behavior Research Study Section at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, on the editorial board of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, and a member of the Research Society on Alcohol.