Salma Pont Fernandez, B.A.

Research Interests

In 2021, Salma Pont received her B.A in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. During her time there, she was a Research Assistant for the Tobacco Research and Intervention Lab where assisted with investigating the effect of a novel behavioral intervention on smoking in smokers with serious mental illness and investigating processes associated with cessation among e-cigarette users planning to quit e-cigarettes. She also worked as a Spanish Medical Interpreter where she facilitated communication for limited English-speaking patients and medical staff to ensure quality of care. Currently, in the Real-world Assessment, Prediction and Treatment Unit, she assists on a human laboratory study that is testing the safety and efficacy of a biased mu agonist for prevention and relief of opioid withdrawal in people with opioid use disorder. She is also assisting in a human laboratory interventional study of heavy social drinkers, with real-world outcome measures. Salma is primarily interested in examining real-world assessment of substance use and intervention development at the intersection of neuroscience, pharmacology and clinical psychology. She also hopes to better understand effective treatment strategies for substance use disorders.