Outreach

Find out more how we share our research findings at national and international conferences and events with the public. 

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Public engagement

We're always looking for ways to share our research with the wider community.

BNA2023 panel

The Sussex Addiction Research & Intervention Centre (SARIC) sponsored a public panel discussion as part of the BNA2023 International Festival of Neuroscience on Sunday 23 April 2023. The panel was chaired by Drs Raquel Nogueira Arjona and Bryan Singer, and composed of Sussex researchers, community leaders, NHS workers, and individuals with lived experience of addiction.

We shared insights into the latest research and best practices for addressing addiction and its impact on individuals, families, and society.

Panel members:

  • Pablo Romero Sanchiz, University of Sussex
  • James Murphy, Brighton & Hove's Adolescent Health Service, ru-ok?
  • Becky Marshall, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Clare Kennedy, Kennedy Street Foundation
  • Ken Checinski, Change Grow Live S.E

View panel summary.

The Cannabis Scientist article

Read an interview with Dr Pablo Romero Sanchiz about his last research on trauma and cannabis use.

Scientific publications

View a full list of publications we've contributed to.

  • Publication list

    Hagen, A. E. F., Rodriguez, L. M., Neighbors, C., Nogueira-Arjona, R., Sherry, S. B., Lambe, L., Deacon, S. H., Meier, S., Abbass, A., & Stewart, S. H. (2023). Drinking to Cope Mediates the Association between Dyadic Conflict and Drinking Behavior: A Study of Romantic Couples during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(14), 6332. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146332

    Hagen, A. E. F., Nogueira-Arjona, R., Sherry, S. B., Rodriguez, L. M., Yakovenko, I., & Stewart, S. H. (2023). What explains the link between romantic conflict with gambling problems? Testing a serial mediational model. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1018098. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1018098

    DeGrace, S., Romero-Sanchiz, P., Tibbo, P., Barrett, S., Arenella, P., Cosman, T., Atasoy, P., Cousijn, J., Wiers, R., Keough, M. T., Yakovenko, I., O’Connor, R., Wardell, J., Rudnick, A., Nicholas Carleton, R., Heber, A., & Stewart, S. H. (2023). Do trauma cue exposure and/or PTSD symptom severity intensify selective approach bias toward cannabis cues in regular cannabis users with trauma histories? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 104387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104387

    Romero-Sanchiz, P., Mahu, I. T., Barrett, S. P., Salmon, J. P., Al-Hamdani, M., Al-Hamdani, M., Swansburg, J., & Stewart, S. H. (2021). Craving and emotional responses to trauma and cannabis cues in trauma-exposed cannabis users: Influence of PTSD symptom severity. Addictive Behaviors, 125, 107126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107126

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