ADDICTION: HIJACKING THE BRAIN

描述：（申请人摘要） 华盛顿大学、团体健康合作社、太平洋科学中心、 和华盛顿生物医学研究协会 加强现有的科学教育伙伴关系， 毒品教育项目“成瘾：劫持大脑”（AH Brain）。的 项目增强包括新的地理服务领域， 爱达荷州和蒙大拿州;新的目标专业观众;新的展览虚拟 展览面积和扩大的网络存在。新的观众将与 为法官、缉毒局官员、法院官员、律师、 化学依赖咨询师和健康专家。在联合科学家 AH Brain与这些新听众一起研究成瘾的神经生物学， 寻求扩大已经有效的药物成瘾科学教育 此前由NIDA资助的伙伴关系。AH Brain旨在：1）增加公众 关于药物成瘾的神经生物学知识， 2）提高对药物滥用的价值和过程的认识 研究，包括在研究中使用动物;和3）增加 学生对与药物滥用研究有关的职业的兴趣。大脑的 计划的组成部分将包括：一个互动的移动的科学计划， 参加学校和社区活动，社区工作队，一个小型医学院 关于成瘾的神经生物学为公众，一个研讨会， 专业团体，演讲者办公室和学生比赛以及 网络信息。将进行形成性和总结性评价 评估AH Brain是否成功实现了其目标。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) The University of Washington, Group Health Cooperative, Pacific Science Center, and the Washington Association for Biomedical Research will significantly enhance their existing science education partnership to deliver an engaging drug education project, "Addiction: Hijacking the Brain" (AH Brain). The project enhancements include new geographic service areas with expansion into Idaho and Montana; new target professional audiences; new exhibits a virtual exhibit area and expanded web presence. The new audiences will be reached with professional workshops for judges, DEA officers, court officials, attorneys, chemical dependency counselors and health professionals. In uniting scientists researching the neurobiology of addiction with these new audiences, AH Brain seeks to expand the already effective Drug Addiction Science Education Partnership previously funded by NIDA. AH Brain seeks to: 1) increase public knowledge about the neurobiology of drug addiction with programs for key audiences; 2) increase appreciation for the value and processes of drug abuse research, including the use of animals in research; and 3) increase the interest of students in careers related to drug abuse research. AH Brain's program components will include: an interactive mobile science program that goes to schools and community events, community task forces, a Mini Med School on the neurobiology of addiction for the general public, a workshop for professional groups, a speaker's bureau and a student competition as well as web-based information. A formative and summative evaluation will be conducted to assess AH Brain's success in reaching its objectives.