What We Do:
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Advancing Solutions for Drug Addiction
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DESPR is looking for research solutions to these questions:
- What personal and environmental influences contribute to substance use patterns?
- How does technology contribute to substance use and addiction?
- How can we get more large systems of care to adopt evidence based interventions?
- How can we promote population neuroscience?
- How can we minimize the risk of addiction to opioid analgesics among people suffering from pain?
- How can we better promote evidence based screening and treatment of HIV related to drug use?
Contacts:
Office of the DESPR Director (OD)
- Carlos Blanco, M.D., Ph.D. - Director
- Bethany Deeds, Ph.D. - Deputy Director
Epidemiology Research Branch (ERB)
- Marsha Lopez, Ph.D. - Branch Chief
- MeLisa Creamer, Ph.D., MPH - Deputy Branch Chief
Services Research Branch (SRB)
- Tisha Wiley, Ph.D. - Branch Chief
- Carrie Mulford, Ph.D. - Deputy Branch Chief
Prevention Research Branch (PRB)
- Amy Goldstein, Ph.D. - Branch Chief
- Aria Crump, Sc.D. - Deputy Branch Chief
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- Office of the DESPR Director (OD)
- Epidemiology Research Branch (ERB)
- Services Research Branch (SRB)
- Prevention Research Branch (PRB)
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Mailing Address:
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
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