Pilot Project

试点项目

• 批准号: 8128146
• 负责人: JOHN J. WOODWARD
• 金额: $ 14.12万
• 依托单位: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8128146
• 关键词: Address; Adopted; Adoption; Affect; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Alcohols; Area; Basic Science; Brain; Clinical Investigator; Clinical Research; Collection; Data; Dependence; Development; Discipline; Emerging Technologies; Experimental Designs; Extramural Activities; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Grant; Heavy Drinking; Individual; Knowledge; Mentors; Mentorship; Mission; Molecular Biology; Molecular Genetics; Monitor; Neurosciences; Pathway interactions; Philosophy; Pilot Projects; Problem Solving; Productivity; Progress Reports; Psychiatry; Psychology; Publications; Recording of previous events; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Risk Factors; Scientist; System; Technical Expertise; Technology; Testing; Training Support; Translational Research; Translations; Universities; alcohol abuse therapy; alcohol effect; alcohol research; brain behavior; career development; clinical practice; drinking; flexibility; improved; interest; new technology; novel; novel strategies; skills; tool; treatment center; treatment strategy

The major theme of our Alcohol Research Center is treatment through research. By enhancing our basic knowledge of alcohol's action on the brain and of individual risk factors for the development of alcohol abuse and dependence, better treatments can be developed. One important way to facilitate this translation approach to alcohol research is to encourage the development of new tools and ideas. Recent advances in molecular biology and genetics, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, and related fields offer great promise for better defining key mechanisms and pathways that underlie excessive drinking. In turn, these targets can be used to develop effective and personalized treatment strategies. The major goal of the ARC Pilot Project Component is to identify and recruit individuals to use these unique tools and skills in order to generate novel and interesting data of relevance to alcohol treatment. This goal will be accomplished by carrying out three Specific Aims: 1) Provide a mechanism to recruit and mentor basic science and clinical investigators into the alcohol research field and to promote their ability to generate publications and independent grant funding; 2) Increase efforts in promoting and developing translational research approaches in the alcohol research field by identifying critical areas where basic science and clinical practice overlap; and 3) Identify gaps in our knowledge regarding the effects of alcohol on brain and behavior, and apply specific technologies and approaches to solving these problems. Each year, we will invite researchers across the MUSC campus to submit a 5-page proposal describing a research plan that specifically addresses novel alcohol treatments or has implications for treatment. A system is in place to review and select pilot projects for funding. Projects supported by this Component will be rigorously monitored for progress, and mentoring will be offered to junior investigators and to those new to the alcohol field. By actively seeking out pilot projects from MUSC researchers across the diverse set of disciplines within the university, we will not only expand our research capabilities, but will provide training and support to investigators who seek to join us in solving the problems associated with alcoholism and excessive drinking.

我们酒精研究中心的主要主题是通过研究进行治疗。通过提高我们对酒精对大脑的作用以及对酒精滥用和依赖的个体风险因素的基本认识，可以开发出更好的治疗方法。促进这种酒精研究的翻译方法的一个重要方法是鼓励开发新的工具和想法。分子生物学和遗传学、神经科学、心理学、精神病学和相关领域的最新进展为更好地定义导致过度饮酒的关键机制和途径提供了巨大的希望。反过来，这些目标可以