Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute

ADAI Small Grants Awards for October 2018 Cycle

12/14/2018

ADAI funded 3 Small Grants in the October 2018 cycle. The goal of the Small Grants Program is to stimulate research at the University of Washington by supporting promising pilot projects which may ultimately be developed into full studies with outside grant support.

Congratulations to the recipients!

  • PI: Vivian Lyons,  PhD Student in Epidemiology and ITHS Fellow; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, MD, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology (mentor): Prediction of Chronic Prescription Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use among Trauma Patients: A Statewide Longitudinal Study

  • PI: Benjamin Land, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology:  Do Edible Cannabinoids Prevent Morphine Tolerance in a Mouse Neuropathic Pain Model?

  • PI: Beatriz H. Carlini, PhD, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute:  Exploring the Potential of “Budtenders” as Harm Reduction Agents: A Study among Cannabis Retail Workers in Washington State

You can read abstracts of these projects here.

The next deadline for ADAI Small Grant applications is March 15, 2019.  Read more about ADAI’s Small Grants Program and application process on the Small Grant web page.