Biological Determinants of Alcohol Action in Minorities

此应用程序继续霍华德大学酒精研究中心（HUCARC）。根据NIAAA合作少数民族服务机构酒精研究（CMSIAR）计划，在其第一个5年，该中心已作出了不可估量的酒精研究对非裔美国人的扩展。它已成为研究酒精，其原因和治疗的国家资源。通过与印第安纳州大学和康涅狄格大学酒精研究中心的核心基础设施和广泛的合作安排，HUCARC已经 有助于发展和加强教师调查员，高级研究生，博士后学生和专业学校的学生在酒精研究。在主题下，“少数民族酒精行动的生物决定因素”，将通过四个不同但综合的组成部分继续实施一个强大，有效的计划：行政核心，科学研究，科学教育，教师和 研究职业发展。行政核心提供组织框架、质量控制机制和核心研究资源设施。科学研究部分将包括五个研究项目，重点是从多学科方法进行新的、探索性的和正在进行的酒精研究。这些项目将进一步研究酗酒的遗传学、饮酒的行为方面、酒精和 终末器官损伤、酒精成瘾机制和酒精与尼古丁的相互作用。科学教育部分旨在通过向广大受众传播当前信息，新技术和方法来促进酒精研究。它建议为处境不利的高中生提供一个大学预科暑期培训方案，每两年举行一次酒精会议，开发网站信息和其他计算机化信息模式，与霍华德大学社会工作学院密切合作，实施一项酒精教育计划。 课程的MSW学生，医生，医学生，和其他初级保健专业人员的教育计划，并与国家理事会对酒精中毒和药物依赖的伙伴关系。将通过电台/电视广播、参加保健博览会和其他活动，继续开展社区外联活动。教师和研究职业发展组成部分提出了两个学期的酒精研究生课程，酒精研究员计划，赠款写作研讨会，与NIAAA校内研究部门的独特研究合作以及与印第安纳州ARC的高级研究培训。在未来五年内，拟议的活动确保了专门针对少数民族人口的全面，有效，严格和综合的计划

This application continues the Howard University Alcohol Research Center (HUCARC). Under the NIAAA Collaborative Minority Serving Institution Alcohol Research (CMSIAR) Program, over its first 5 years, the Center has contributed immeasurably to the expansion of alcohol research on African Americans. It has become a national resource for research on alcohol, its causes, and treatment. Through a core infrastructure and entensive collaborative arrangements with the Indiana University and University of Connecticut Alcohol Research Centers, HUCARC has been instrumental in developing and strengthening faculty investigators, advanced graduate students, post doctoral students, and professional school students in alcohol research. Under the theme, "Biological Determinants of Alcohol Action in Minority Populations," the continuation of a strong, effective program will be implemented through four distinct, but integrated components: the Administrative Core, the Scientific Research, the Science Education, and the Faculty and Research Career Development. The Administrative Core provides the organizational framework, quality control mechanisms and core research resource facilities. The Scientific Research Component will include five research projects which will focus on new, exploratory and on-going alcohol research from a multidisciplinary approach. These projects will further research on the genetics of alcoholism, the behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption, alcohol and end-organ damage, mechanisms of alcohol addiction, and alcohol nicotine interactions. The Science Education Component is designed to advance alcohol research by disseminating current information, new techniques and methodologies to a broad audience. It proposes a pre-college summer training program for disadvantaged high school students, a biennial alcohol conference, development of web-site information and other computerized information modalities, an intensive collaboration with the Howard University School of Social Work to implement an alcohol curriculum for MSW students, an educational program for physicians, medical students, and other primary care professionals, and a partnership with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Community outreach activities will be continued through radio/TV broadcasts, participation in health fairs and other events. The Faculty and Research Career Development Component proposes a two-semester Alcohol Graduate Studies Course, an Alcohol Fellows Program, a grant writing workshop, a unique research collaboration with the NIAAA Intramural Research Division as well as advanced research training with the Indiana ARC. Over the next five years, the proposed activities ensure a comprehensive, effective, rigorous, and integrated program specifically directed to minority populations