About the Center
Until recently, most information about substance use in the United States has come from large urban areas. Today, we recognize that substance use and misuse affects every region in the United States. Our Center brings together basic and health scientists from neuroscience, cognition, simulation, epidemiology, psychology, and sociology to address the etiology, assessment, prevention, and treatment of this critical public health challenge.
Our Leadership Team includes our Center Director (Dr. Rick Bevins) and two Associate Directors, (Dr. Timothy Nelson and Dr. Shilpa Buch) who have a proven record in overseeing large centers, mentoring early-stage investigators, pursuing new research opportunities, and achieving a collaborative vision of interdisciplinary research.
Mission
Apply complementary approaches across a variety of disciplines to better understand the causes and consequences of substance use and identify new avenues to address substance use problems.
Vision
Understand substance use and misuse from synapse to society.
Administrative Core
Organizes and leads our efforts, working to enhance the success of Center faculty and contribute to the overall scientific and research environment at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and to the collaborative success of our IDeA-program partner institutions in Nebraska and beyond.
Project Leaders
Develop and direct individual research projects within the Center. These early-stage investigators come from a range of academic disciplines and pursue research that ranges from synapse to society. As Project Leaders achieve funding success and graduate to independence, new Project Leaders are selected to take their place.
