Addiction Research Center

The following is a listing of university-based addiction research centers in the Central East ATTC region. Similar to the other sections within the NIDA/CSAT initiative, this section is truly a work in progress. It does not necessarily represent a complete listing of addiction research centers in the region.

For a more complete listing of addiction research centers across the United States please go to the follow website: http://lib.adai.washington.edu/linksearch.htm

Delaware

University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies (CDAS)
http://www.udel.edu/cdas/
The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies was established at the University of Delaware in 1991 to facilitate collaborative research and publishing on substance abuse among social and behavioral science faculty, professional staff, and students. Administratively housed in the University's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, the Center is funded entirely through sponsored research grants and contracts. The principal mission of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies is the production, dissemination, and utilization of scientific knowledge in two broad areas:

• the etiology, patterns and consequences, and prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse; and
• the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and the prevention of HIV disease among high-risk populations.

District of Columbia

Howard University Center for Drug Abuse Research (CDAR)
http://www.howard.edu/schooleducation/Programs/CDAR.htm
It is the mission of the Howard University Center for Drug Abuse Research to increase the body of knowledge related to prevention of drug abuse among African Americans. As a part of this mission, the Howard University CDAR is a repository and a resource in the area of drug abuse research on African Americans with specific focus in the thematic area of epidemiology and prevention among African Americans from the prenatal period through adolescence.

Maryland

University of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/
The Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR), at the University of Maryland at College Park, is dedicated to addressing the problems substance abuse creates for individuals, families, and communities.

To this end, the mission of CESAR is to inform policymakers, practitioners, and the general public about substance abuse—its nature and extent, its prevention and treatment, and its relation to other problems.

In pursuing its mission, CESAR conducts policy-relevant research and evaluation studies, disseminates statistical and other information, assists in training students in substance abuse research methods and policy analysis, and provides technical assistance to agencies and organizations working in substance abuse related fields.

New Jersey

Princeton University - The Center for the Study of the Brain, Mind and Behavior
http://www.csbmb.princeton.edu/miss.html
The goal of cognitive neuroscience is to understand how the physical mechanisms of the brain give rise to the functions of the mind. The emergence of this new field represents the convergence of two disciplines that, over the past several decades, have functioned relatively independently of one another, with neuroscientists focusing on the brain, and psychologists on the mind.

Rutgers University - The Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS)
http://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu
This multidisciplinary institute is dedicated to acquisition and dissemination of knowledge on psychoactive substance use and related phenomena with primary emphasis on alcohol use and consequences. The Center's broad program of basic and applied research is conducted by scientists drawn chiefly from the biological sciences (principally biochemistry and neuropharmacology), psychology (both clinical and experimental), and sociology.

Seton Hall University – Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
http://studentaffairs.shu.edu/aodprev/
The Centers mission is to develop programs, provide education, conduct research and work collaboratively with the campus and surrounding communities in order to provide students and staff with Alcohol & Other Drug prevention and intervention services consistent with the Seton Hall University’s Catholic Mission and the mission and goals of the Division of Student Affairs.


University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Division of Addiction Psychiatry
http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/addiction/
The faculty and staff within the Division of Addiction Psychiatry have a broad range of research interests related to addictions including dual diagnosis, tobacco, cocaine, alcohol, heroin, behavioral therapy development, psychopharmacology, complementary medicine, adolescent addiction, cultural research, neuropsychology, and genetics. National Institute of Health and pharmaceutical grants and contracts support research aimed at improving treatments for schizophrenia and co-occurring addiction, cocaine addiction, alcohol dependence, and tobacco dependence.