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Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D., Center Director
CALDAR, established in the Fall of 2005 through
funding by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is a Center
on longitudinal drug abuse research. The overarching theme
of this multidisciplinary research unit is the development and
application of rigorous scientific approaches for advancing longitudinal
research on drug abuse and its interplay with HIV infection, drug
treatment and other service systems.
The aims of CALDAR are to:
- increase knowledge of longitudinal patterns of drug addiction
and their interplay with HIV infection, drug treatment, and other
service systems (e.g., mental health, criminal justice, welfare,
medical care);
- enhance the quality and efficiency of research conducted by
Center-supported projects by providing centralized support to
serve common project functions;
- provide opportunities for scientific collaboration and cross-project
analyses, stimulating conceptual development and integration,
and advancing improved research methodologies and statistical
approaches; and
- enhance the relevance and application of longitudinal research
on drug use by facilitating dissemination of integrated project
findings to a variety of communities.
The Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research
is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) – P30 DA016383.
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