Update on PIRE Websites and Social Media

The new PIRE Intranet

PIRE Intranet: The new Intranet was launched in May, and the Web Team is working to address post-launch feedback from users.

PIRE External Website: In collaboration with PIRE's Information Technology Advisory Group (ITAG), the Web Team has begun the process of redesigning www.PIRE.org.

Social Media: Rachelle Annechino at PRC, working with Joey Dacanay (IT), is leading a group to assist the NIAAA Center Grant and to help PIRE think about areas where PIRE might expand online communication and the user experience. Along with an institutional social media presence, some other possibilities might be: scientists’ use of social media and blogging, public-facing website issues, survey design and distribution, or protection of human subjects in online spaces. As these ideas evolve more will be shared with all of PIRE.

PIRE at the RSA Annual Meeting in San Diego

Dinner at Las Ladas

From left: Roland Moore, Patrice Vaeth, Raul Caetano, Laura Finan, Stina Mair (Pitt), Joel Grube, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda, Gretchen White (Pitt), Bob Stout, Nichea Spillane (U Rhode Island)
Roland Moore and Eduardo Romano

PIRE Presentations (PIRE authors in bold)

• Presence and Characteristics of Alcohol Outlets Perceived During Daily Travels: Relations with Teen Alcohol Use, Attitudes, and Access

  H.F. Byrnes, W.R. Ponicki, C.N. Morrison, B.A. Miller, D.J. Wiebe, and S.E. Wiehe

• Ethnicity, Drinking and Intimate Partner Violence in an Urban Emergency Department Sample

  R. Caetano, C. B. Cunradi, E. Dellor, H.J. Alter, C. Mair

• Classes of Poly-Drug Users as Predictors of Alcohol Use and Crash Involvement

  M. Scherer, E. Romano, E. Taylor, R. Voas

• SIM-DWI: A New Web-Based Tool to Predict Alcohol-Related Crashes

  E. Romano, M. Scherer

• Social Connections 1: Social Reactions to Substance Use are a Key Predictor of Two Year Alcohol and Drug Outcomes

  R.L. Stout, T. Janssen, J.M. Braciszewski, A. Vose-O’Neal

• Social Connections 2: Social Reactions to Substance Use and the Breaking Off of Relationships

  T. Janssen, J.M. Braciszewski, A. Vose-O’Neal, R.L. Stout

• Social Connections 3: Social Reactions to Substance Use and the Gaining and Rekindling of Relationships

  J.M. Braciszewski, T. Janssen, A. Vose-O’Neal, R.L. Stout

• Alcohol Availability, Consumption, and Drinking Contexts in a Sample of Mexican Adolescents

  M.J. Paschall, C.L. Ringwalt, J.W. Grube, T. Miller

• Problem Drinking and Marijuana Use as Risks for Unidirectional and Bidirectional Partner Violence Among an Urban Emergency Department Sample

  C.B. Cunradi; E. Dellor; H.J. Alter; R. Caetano; C. Mair

• Commercial Availability and Co-Use of Alcohol and Marijuana Among Young Adults in California

  M.J. Paschall, S. Lipperman-Kreda

• Adolescents’ Early Drinking Contexts Impact Their Risky Drinking Over the Night Course

  L.J. Finan, S. Lipperman-Kreda, J.W. Grube, P.J. Gruenewald

• Alcohol Availability, Use and Harms Among Adolescents in Three Northeastern Mexican Cities

  M.J. Paschall, C.L. Ringwalt, J.W. Grube, T. Miller

• Alcohol Problems Before and After Ignition Interlock

  A.R. Manning, T.H. Nochajski, C.F. Scott, R.B. Voas, E. Taylor, M. Scherer, E. Romano, P. Marques

• Does 6 Months on an Interlock Program Reduce Alcohol Consumption?

  P. Marques, A.R. Manning, T.H. Nochajski, R.B. Voas, E. Taylor, M. Scherer, C.F. Scott, E. Romano

• Changes in Patterns of Marijuana Use Among Drivers While on an Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program

  M. Scherer, E. Romano, R.B. Voas, E. Taylor, A.R. Manning, T.H. Nochajski, C.F. Scott, P. Marques

• Use of Alcohol and Cannabis Among Adults Driving Children on Weekends

  E. Romano, T. Kelley-Baker, S. Hoff, & A. Ramírez

• Impaired Driving Among Recent Latino Immigrants to Southern Florida

E. Romano, M. Sánchez, M. de la Rosa

• DWI Offenders and Driving Behavior

  A.R. Manning, T.H. Nochajski, C.F. Scott, R.B. Voas, E. Romano, E.Taylor, P. Marques, and M. Scherer

On the Move, Again

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June has been a very busy month for two PIRE Centers. Both DSI and PRC have relocated, increasing the savings on the expense of rent. The moves were prompted by the expiration of existing leases and increases in costs. In PRC’s case, it is back to Berkeley as Oakland has become the hot spot in California for many companies—unfortunately, pushing up the cost of rent. DSI is moving into cozy quarters closer to the Brown campus with the accompanying university feel and significant savings.

Paul LaVoie and the IT Team are to be commended for planning and costing out the wiring schemes, coordinating the IT aspects seamlessly with continued connections, and keeping the lights on and the computers operational. 

As well all know, this is necessary and thankless task. Congratulations to both Centers. Well done, Center Directors Bob Stout and Roland Moore.

PRC’s news address:
2150 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 601
Berkeley, CA 94704-1365

DSI’s new address:
255 Hope St.
Providence,RI 02906