Purpose
The purpose of the TTURCs is to facilitate a transdisciplinary approach to the full spectrum of basic and applied research on tobacco use to reduce the disease burden of tobacco use, including:
- Etiology of tobacco use and addiction
- Impact of advertising and marketing
- Prevention of tobacco use
- Treatment of tobacco use and addiction
- Identification of biomarkers of tobacco exposure
- Identification of genes related to addiction and susceptibility to harm from tobacco
Goals
- Increase the number of investigators from relevant disciplines who focus on the study of tobacco use as part of transdisciplinary teams.
- Generate basic research evidence to improve understanding of the etiology and natural history of tobacco use.
- Produce evidence-based tobacco use interventions that can translate to the community and specific understudied or underserved populations.
- Increase the number of evidence-based interventions that are novel, including the development, testing and dissemination of innovative behavioral treatments and prevention strategies based upon findings from basic research.
- Train transdisciplinary investigators capable of conducting cutting-edge tobacco use research.
- Increase the number of peer-reviewed publications in the areas of tobacco use, nicotine addiction, and treatment.
2004 Centers: Research Abstracts and Project Information
Funders
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://www.cancer.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
http://www.drugabuse.gov
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
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