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Research and Innovation: Addiction Research Training Program
  • UAMS Health
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  • Administration
    • Program Leadership
    • A Letter From the Directors
  • Program Information
    • How To Apply
    • What Is A T32?
    • Program Activities
    • Requirements For Trainees
    • Memories of UAMS Training
    • Summer Intern Positions
  • Mentors
    • Abigail Richison, M.D.
    • Ashley Acheson, Ph.D.
    • Brad Martin, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
    • Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
    • G. Andrew James, Ph.D.
    • Geoffrey M. Curran, Ph.D.
    • George Pro, Ph.D.
    • Jessica Coker, M.D.
    • Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D.
    • Michael Berquist II, Ph.D.
    • Michael Cucciare, Ph.D.
    • Michael J. Mancino, M.D.
    • Paul D. Drew, Ph.D.
    • Paul Prather, Ph.D.
    • Pebbles Fagan, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    • Shona Ray-Griffith, M.D.
    • William E. Fantegrossi, Ph.D.
  • Training Positions
  • Documents
    • Grant Writing Course and Workshop Topics

Addiction Research Training Program

Overview

Funded by an Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the UAMS Addiction Research Training Program is guiding the next generation of research scientists in an effort to overcome the overwhelming public health problem of drug addiction.

Our program supports predoctoral, postdoctoral, psychiatry residents, and medical student trainees.

We are currently accepting applications for postdoctoral candidates.

Dr. Mollee Smith chats with College of Medicine student Sylvia Wise and Claudia Rodriguez Soto, Sylvia Wise (UAMS M2 student) and Claudia Rodriguez Soto, a summer intern from the UAMS Arkansas Center for Women’s Health, at the annual T32 retreat.  

Want to Learn More?

  • What is translational research?
  • What is a T32?

Explore the Program

  • Program Information
  • Apply Now
  • Letter from Our Co-Directors

Postdoctoral Candidates

We are now accepting applications for postdoctoral candidates.

Click here to apply.

Contact Information

Anyone interested in information on the UAMS Addiction Research Training Program or wanting to participate in the program as a mentor or trainee should contact either one of the program’s Co-Directors, Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D. (MJZielinski@uams.edu), or William Fantegrossi, Ph.D. (WEFantegrossi@uams.edu).

Participating Departments

  • Psychiatric Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine
  • Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
  • Department of Neurology and Developmental Science, College of Medicine
  • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, College of Pharmacy
  • Department Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy
  • Health Behavior and Health Education, College of Public Health
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School

Our Partners

  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Center for Research, Health and Social Justice
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