MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE DRUG ABUSE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

描述（申请人？s摘要）：少数民族严重短缺， 参与药物滥用研究的研究人员。利用以下方面的优势： 亚特兰大大学中心的现有教师？美国历史上 黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），并遵循莫里斯布朗学院？S “学习树”模式的综合教育，为大学预科，在大学， 和后学士学位的学生，一个程序已经设计， （1）加强支持这些研究的基础设施 （2）在校园内建立一个药物滥用研究人员的“集群”， 从而扩大药物滥用领域的科学知识基础， 研究;（3）进一步增加亚特兰大大学的药物滥用研究 中心校区通过鼓励当地研究生开展吸毒 在这些校园里的研究论文;（4）让教师参与研究 发展活动，以加强其开展 前沿研究;（5）提供研究参与经验 为高中生，本科生和研究生，这将鼓励他们 从事药物滥用研究的研究生学习和职业。对我们 现有的一组关于药物耐受性和药物 我们建议增加几个关于药物滥用的人类项目， 预防和治疗。这将有助于“扩大科学知识 在少数群体机构可能特别感兴趣的领域建立基地， 知识和承诺”，我们相信，这将提高 为我们的学生和教职员工进行药物滥用研究。我们认为，一个社区， 亚特兰大大学中心校区的教师和学生研究人员将 有助于加强教师的研究和激励更多的教师，工作人员， 学生参与药物滥用研究。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant?s Abstract): There is a serious shortage of minority researchers involved in drug abuse research. Building on the strengths of existing faculty in the Atlanta University Center?s consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and following Morris Brown College?s "Learning Tree" model of comprehensive education for pre-college, in-college, and post-baccalaureate students, a program has been designed to do the following: (1) to strengthen the infrastructure that supports research on these campuses; (2) to create a "cluster" of drug abuse researchers on campus and, thus, to broaden the base of scientific knowledge in the area of drug abuse research; (3) to further increase drug abuse research on the Atlanta University Center campuses by encouraging local graduate students to carry out drug abuse research dissertations on these campuses; (4) to involve faculty in research development activities that will strengthen their capability to carry out cutting edge research; and (5) to provide research participation experiences for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students that will encourage them to pursue post-graduate studies and careers in drug abuse research. To our existing cluster of animal research projects on drug tolerance and drug discrimination, we propose to add several human projects on drug abuse prevention and treatment. This will serve to "broaden the scientific knowledge base in those areas where minority institutions may have particular interest, knowledge, and commitment" and, we believe, will enhance the attractiveness of drug abuse research for our students and faculty. We feel that a community of faculty and student researchers on the Atlanta University Center campuses will serve to strengthen faculty research and inspire additional faculty, staff, and students to become involved in drug abuse research.