General objective of the MRC’s funding initiative This initiative aimed to fund innovative and cross-disciplinary research so as to meet the needs of a wide range of stakeholders and lead to improvements in public health by reducing the harm caused by illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and problem gambling. Priority themes for research set in the MRC’s funding research initiative The key topics for research funded through the for grants under the “2009 Addiction research strategy” for the UK were as described in the table follows: Thematic priorities set in the call for proposals launched from 2009 to 2010 call (grants for the pilot phase) Second & third calls (seed corn funding) Nine key topics for research: Nine key priority needs: Theme 1: Adolescent substance use trajectories. Theme 1: Developing evidence-based behaviour change interventions and policies to reduce alcohol use and misuse 2: Understanding alcohol’s effects on among young people inhibition of behaviour: implications for treatment. Theme 2: Developing innovative cognitive-motivational and neuroscientific interventions for alcohol abuse Theme 3: Genetic influences underlying impulsivity and risk for drug addiction. Theme 3: Experimental and clinical research on treatment of alcohol misuse and dependence 4: Predicting relapse in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers using impulsivity and Theme 4: Addictions in youth and young adulthood: compulsivity assays. Causes, trajectories and risk factors Theme 5: Neurobiology of cognition and craving Theme 5: Causes, epidemiology and prevention of in opiate addiction: implications for relapse. substance use (and gambling) among young people Theme 6: Molecular and physiological Theme 6: Research for effective alcohol policies capacity mechanism of GABA(A) receptor function in development for alcohol policy effectiveness research striatal circuits underlying addiction. Theme 7: Nationally integrated quantitative Theme 7: Imaging D3 receptors in alcoholism. understanding of addiction harms
General objective of the MRC’s funding initiative This initiative aimed to fund innovative and cross-disciplinary research so as to meet the needs of a wide range of stakeholders and lead to improvements in public health by reducing the harm caused by illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and problem gambling. Priority themes for research set in the MRC’s funding research initiative The key topics for research funded through the for grants under the “2009 Addiction research strategy” for the UK were as described in the table follows: Thematic priorities set in the call for proposals launched from 2009 to 2010 call (grants for the pilot phase) Second & third calls (seed corn funding) Nine key topics for research: Theme 1: Adolescent substance use trajectories. 2: Understanding alcohol’s effects on inhibition of behaviour: implications for treatment. Theme 3: Genetic influences underlying impulsivity and risk for drug addiction. 4: Predicting relapse in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers using impulsivity and compulsivity assays. Theme 5: Neurobiology of cognition and craving in opiate addiction: implications for relapse. Theme 6: Molecular and physiological mechanism of GABA(A) receptor function in striatal circuits underlying addiction. Theme 7: Imaging D3 receptors in alcoholism. Nine key priority needs: Theme 1: Developing evidence-based behaviour change interventions and policies to reduce alcohol use and misuse among young people Theme 2: Developing innovative cognitive-motivational and neuroscientific interventions for alcohol abuse Theme 3: Experimental and clinical research on treatment of alcohol misuse and dependence Theme 4: Addictions in youth and young adulthood: Causes, trajectories and risk factors Theme 5: Causes, epidemiology and prevention of substance use (and gambling) among young people Theme 6: Research for effective alcohol policies capacity development for alcohol policy effectiveness research Theme 7: Nationally integrated quantitative understanding of addiction harms
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