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Mission

NIDA's Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR) will improve the nation's public health by promoting integrated approaches to understand and address interactions between individuals and environments that contribute to the continuum of problems related to drug use. We will develop scientific knowledge with clear applications to practice and public policy.

Recent Presentations by Dr. Wilson Compton, DESPR Director

Bringing the Full Power of Science to Bear on Drug Abuse and Addiction -- June 2006 Presentation to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
Research on Treatment for Addiction; Opportunities and Challenges -- September 2006 Presentation to the Therapeutic Communities of America (TCA)
Linking Public Health Research to Neuroscience -- August 2006 Presentation at the Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR) Summer Institute at UCLA
Enhancing Type 1 and Type 2 Translational Research -- June 2006 Presentation to the Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
Drug Addiction: A Brain Development Disorder -- March 2006 Presentation to Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment & Effectiveness (JMATE) in Baltimore
The State of the Division of Epidemiology, Prevention, and Services Research (DESPR) -- January 2006 Division Briefing

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