Establishing a Center for the Advancement of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Pharmacotherapeutics through Training and Preclinical Support (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks to establish a Center that educates and supports researchers in formal product development for new substance use disorder (SUD) pharmacotherapeutics. The Center will also help advance the best concepts through initial experiments via technical and financial support. Key aspects of the job include: • Developing plans for a product development curriculum to be taught to SUD researchers • Outlining outreach and networking initiatives to engage the research community and recruit researchers' concepts for development within the Center • Describing the infrastructure support that may be provided for initial experiments • Leading the outreach and networking efforts for the Center • Developing a comprehensive teaching curriculum in SUD drug discovery and development for the Center • Leading and assisting in preclinical studies including determining experimental approaches, designing protocols, conducting experiments, and analyzing and interpreting research data