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MUSC Youth Collaborative

Name: MUSC Youth Collaborative
Address: 125 Doughty Street, Charleston, SC, 29403, US
Telephone: +18437929257

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The MUSC Youth Collaborative is a group of substance use and mental health professionals dedicated to fostering healthy development in young people through research and educational programs focused on adolescent and young adult substance use.

09/03/2026

🎉 Welcome to the team, Lia! 🎉

We're excited to introduce our new Recruitment Specialist, Lia!

She recently earned her Master of Public Health from Harvard, where she studied maternal and child health and health communication. Lia has experience in non-profit work, including program coordination and community engagement for early childhood programs.

We couldn't be more thrilled to have her on board! Welcome, Lia!

08/31/2026

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day 💜

This year, MUSC Youth Collaborative wants to make sure our community has the tools to recognize an overdose, respond, and know where to turn to for help. Overdoses can happen to anyone, but they are preventable, and knowing the signs could help save a life.

Click here to learn more: https://www.overdoseday.com/

08/24/2026

Drs. Squeglia, Moore, Mewton (The Matilda Centre) and other collaborators recently published a paper examining whether brain development in late childhood may help predict alcohol initiation during adolescence.

Using data from the ABCD Study, the team found that the brain age gap may be a potential marker of risk for alcohol initiation, but that the relationship likely reflects broader contextual influences.

Read the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929326001350?via%3Dihub

08/17/2026

Alumni Spotlight 🌟

Meet Tobias, a former The ABCD Study research assistant who worked alongside Dr. Squeglia and Dr. Gray before enrolling in the MD-PhD program at Northwestern University in 2019! Tobias finished a PhD in Health and Biomedical Informatics in 2025 and returned to medical school last summer as a third-year student in Northwestern's Medical Scientist Training Program.

Tobias' graduate research focused on mathematical modeling and data analysis to study infectious disease dynamics — including COVID-19 and malaria. It was the time with our team that first sparked this path: before the ABCD study, his science background was mostly at the cellular level, but working on the project opened their eyes to big-picture, population-level thinking (and how much they love working with kids!).

A favorite memory? The long days spent interviewing and assessing 9- to 10-year-old participants - "they really do say the darndest things!"

Tobias' advice for current team members: "Pay close attention to what makes even the most 'normal' day of work exciting and enjoyable. Not every moment on the job can be a breakthrough — you have to find something you like about the process to keep you curious."

08/11/2026

🎉Welcome back to school!🎉

As students head back into the classroom this month, the Youth Collaborative team wants to highlight a few simple strategies that support a healthy brain.

Research shows that these everyday habits play an important role in brain development, cognition, and academic performance in children and adolescents.

We are looking forward to an exciting school year ahead! 🎒

08/10/2026

What a great time at the City of Charleston First Day Festival! 💙

We loved talking with parents, kids, and other community members about our work at the Youth Collaborative! It was amazing to see the level of community support for the event, and it was such a wonderful way to kick off the new school year!

08/07/2026

🎉 Welcome to the team, Megan! 🎉

Megan is a Child Clinical Psychology doctoral candidate with a quantitative minor from the University of Washington. She is interested in the etiology of substance use disorders, particularly alcohol use disorder.

Specifically, Megan has used both daily assessment and qualitative interviewing techniques to better understand how young adults think about their prior drinking experiences and how these perceptions influence future beliefs and drinking behaviors.

Recently, Megan completed her dissertation titled ‘How the short-term influence of drinking consequences shapes the development of expectancies: An event-level study.’

We are thrilled to have her working on the team as a Clinical Psychology Intern!

07/30/2026

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Brittney Browning on receiving her first NIH K award, a career development grant supporting early-career scientists on their path to independent research! 🎉

Dr. Browning's project will investigate oleoylethanolamide (OEA), an investigational compound, as a possible new treatment to help reduce alcohol use in young adults (ages 18–25) with Alcohol Use Disorder.

Over six weeks, participants will be randomly assigned to receive either OEA or a placebo, while researchers examine effects on alcohol use, immune function, oral bacteria, and cognitive function.

This is such an exciting step toward new, multi-system approaches to treating AUD.

Congratulations, Dr. Browning!

07/28/2026

What a wonderful time at the NAMI Charleston Area Festival of Hope! 💚

It was such a joy connecting with so many incredible community members and organizations, all coming together around mental health and substance use awareness. Grateful for the conversations, the connections, and the reminder of how strong this community is when we show up for each other.

Special thanks to Dr. Kirkland for representing our team, and to Kevin, Kaitlyn, and Amal from the MUSC Cannabinoid Research Collaborative and Project Quit for joining us to share these important resources with the community!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by!

07/23/2026

📢 Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity - Youth Substance Use Research

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to join Dr. Lindsay Squeglia's lab, working on youth substance use prevention, treatment, neuroimaging, microbiome research, and community outreach. This 2-year fellowship (renewable) offers mentorship, collaboration with the MUSC Youth Collaborative, and support for developing independent grants (K-series and beyond).

📍 Charleston, SC
🎓 PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Public Health, or related field required
📩 Apply: send cover letter, CV, and references to [email protected]

Address

125 Doughty Street
Charleston, SC
29403

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+18437929257

Website

https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/psychiatry-behavioral-sciences/research-scholarship/labs/youth-collaborative-resea

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