INTEGRATING AND COORDINATING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO DRUG ABUSE

该核心为整合和协调跨学科药物管理方法提供了机制。 弗吉尼亚联邦大学（Virginia Commonwealth University，VCU）它提供共享资源， 促进中心所有研究者之间的沟通。此外，核心是提供给所有药物 弗吉尼亚州立大学的虐待研究员它作为一种机制，促进参与者之间的互动， 中心和那些谁是由其他NIDA赠款支持。核心由四个部分组成。的 行政部门负责安排药物滥用问题研讨会， 演讲者，为参与的教师组织定期会议，协调科学交流，分发 毒品给合作者，并促进培训。质谱分析组件提供定性 和定量样本分析，这是必不可少的许多药物滥用研究项目，在 大学小额赠款计划将支持两个VCU教师每年。目标是资助 有前途的年轻研究人员谁表现出独立研究的潜力，以吸引高级 其他领域的科学家参与药物滥用研究，并促进新的合作。过去的获奖者 由于小额赠款， 程序.小鼠“敲除设施”为研究人员提供转基因小鼠， 大麻素类阿片类和尼古丁区域。该设施将允许足够的繁殖， 动物将可用。中心核心的一个主要优点是它提供共享资源， 更经济，有时除非由这类机制供资，否则无法获得。 当然，核心也为来自许多不同学科的研究人员提供了机会， 熟悉的研究领域，将补充自己的努力。也正是通过核心， 能够成为国家资源。

The Core provides the mechanism for integrating and coordinating the interdisciplinary approaches to drug abuse research at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). It provides shared resources and serves to Facilitate communication among all investigators in the Center. Moreover, the Core is available to all drug abuse researchers at VCU. It serves as a mechanism for fostering interactions among the participants in the Center and those who are supported by other NIDA grants. The Core consists of four components. The Administrative Component is responsible for scheduling drug abuse seminars, attending to travel for invited speakers, organizing regular meetings for participating faculty, coordinating scientific exchange, distribution of drugs to collaborators, and fostering training. The Mass Spectrometry Component provides qualitative and quantitative sample analysis that is essential for many of the drug abuse research projects at the University. The Small Grants Program will support two VCU faculty members yearly. The goals are to fund promising young investigators who demonstrate potential for independent research, to attract senior scientists from other fields into drug abuse research, and to foster new collaborations. Past awardees have subsequently been very successful in obtaining their own individual funding as a result of the Small Grants Program. The Mouse 'Knock-out Facility' provides genetically modified mice to investigators working in cannabinoid, opioid, and nicotine areas. The facility will allow sufficient breeding so that adequate numbers of animals will be available. A major advantage of a Center Core is that it provides shared resources that are more economical and that are sometimes not available unless they are funded by this type mechanism. Of course, the Core also affords the opportunity for researchers from many different disciplines to become familiar with areas of research that will complement their own endeavors. It is also through the Core that we are able to be a national resource.