The Center for the Study and Prevention of Drug Use

描述（由申请人提供）： 这份关于研究和预防吸毒中心的提案是由摩根州立大学提交的，并根据PAR-02-016机制寻求资金，以响应题为“少数民族机构药物滥用研究发展方案”的PA。拟议的中心将是一个机构间的合作努力，涉及摩根州立大学，少数民族机构，研究密集型大学和方案倡议，重点和专门研究药物使用和与药物使用相关的差异。该中心旨在建立通过该中心建立的合作关系，以提高摩根州立大学，其教师和学生进行严格的药物使用研究的能力，并强调药物使用流行病学，公共卫生和与药物使用相关的健康差异。为了实现该中心的使命，制定了四个组成部分，以解决创建药物使用研究中心的必要方面。1)教师发展计划，旨在通过允许他们与专门从事药物研究的个人进行场外合作研究来推进摩根教师。2)第二个方面是学生发展计划，该计划旨在对少数民族学生进行药物使用研究方面的宣传、教育和培训。3)该项目的研究部门包括一个初级和四个发展试点项目，使摩根大学的研究人员能够开始利用其现有的专门知识，调查吸毒领域的专题和与吸毒有关的差异。4)监督，每个领域都是行政单位和中心组织的拟议计划。通过这一组成部分的合作关系，研究项目，教师和学生的发展将被监测和加强。由于该中心的教师在摩根州立大学将进一步提高他们的能力进行严格的研究独立，特别是提交R 01的。此外，摩根将有足够的能力通过开发药物研究的结构化计划来培训学生从事药物使用研究的职业，行政人员将具备必要的技能，以支持研究人员在与研究项目相关的所有努力。总之，该中心将是;自我维持，并有能力产生未来的研究重点是药物使用的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for the Center for Study and Prevention of Drug Use is submitted by Morgan State University and seeks funding under the PAR-02-016 mechanism in response to the PA entitled "Minority Institutions' Drug Abuse Research Development Program" (MIDARP). The proposed Center will be an inter-institutional collaborative effort involving Morgan State University, a minority institution, and research intensive universities and programmatic initiatives that focus on and specialize in research on drug use and disparities associated with drug use. The Center seeks to build on the collaborative relationships established through the Center to increase the capacity of Morgan State, its faculty and its students to conduct rigorous drug use research with and emphasis on drug use epidemiology, public health, and health disparities related to drug use. In order to actualize the mission of the Center, four components were developed which address the necessary aspects of creating a drug use research center. 1) The Faculty Development Plan, which seeks to advance Morgan faculty by allowing them to engage in off-site collaborative research with individuals specializing in drug research. 2) A second aspect is the Student Development Plan, which seeks to expose, educate and, train minority students in the area of drug use research. 3) The research arm of the project includes a primary and four developmental pilot project, allowing researchers at Morgan to begin using their present expertise and investigating topics in the area of drug use and disparities related to drug use. 4) Overseeing, each of the areas is the proposed plan for the Administrative Units and Center Organization. Through this component collaborative relationships, research projects, and faculty and student development will be monitored and enhanced. As a result of the Center faculty at Morgan State will be further enhanced regarding their ability to conduct rigorous research independently, specifically submitting R01's. Further, Morgan will be sufficiently capable of training students for careers in drug use research by developing a structured program in drug research, and the administrative staff will have the skills necessary to support the research staff in all endeavors related to research projects. In sum, the Center will be; self-sustaining and capable of producing future research focused on drug use research.