The Multidisciplinary Alcoholism Research Training Program, now in its 17th year of NIAAA support (T32 AA07477), is currently funded through 2008.

By 2006, training had been accomplished successfully for 29 trainees (5 M.D.s, 24 Ph.D.s), an additional 5 trainees are currently active in the program.

An interdisciplinary faculty from the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, Pharmacology, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, the Institute for Social Research, and a number of other university-wide Centers provides a broad range of mentored research opportunities.

Fellowships offer the opportunity to develop an integrated research program and enhance skills necessary for a successful academic/research career. In addition to the primary emphasis on research development, fellows participate in a broad menu of content relevant courses and workshops to develop their methodological expertise. Trainees also participate in formal training on research integrity and the rights and protection of human subjects.

The activity of program graduates since their departure, as well as the quality and activity of currently ongoing program participants, indicate that training activity has been highly successful in recruiting and placing individuals in academic track research careers where they have continued to be productive researchers. Of the 29 current completors, 77 percent are currently in primarily research or research/academic positions in university settings. Over the course of the program, an effective track record in the training of minority fellows has also been established; this has involved the training of seven minority researchers.

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