Friends Research Institute was recently named to the list of “The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces” for 2017. This is FRI’s sixth year for making the list. The evaluation for the Top Workplaces program continues to be based upon feedback from employee surveys, of which FRI received high ratings from its employees. FRI is honored to […]
Ethnography, the scientific study of people and their cultures, has a long tradition in anthropology and sociology with more recent applications in numerous fields. It focuses more on learning and modeling the point of view of a particular group than it does on testing a formal hypothesis. Agar (2006) states, “Ethnography names an epistemology – […]
Scientists at the SRC are currently engaged in a multidisciplinary program of research examining the individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to poor health outcomes among individuals residing in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. Through the use of evidence based preventive intervention models, this research attempts to promote individual health-enhancing behaviors, improve community health […]
Baltimore has been the epicenter of the HIV epidemic for several decades, and scientists at the SRC have a unique opportunity to study the prevention and treatment parameters of the short and long-term course of the epidemic. Currently, investigators at the SRC are focusing on the development and implementation of evidence based prevention programs among […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Gordon was recently interviewed by a reporter from WBAL-TV in Baltimore to discuss his 5-year National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded study entitled “Long-acting naltrexone for pre-release prisoners: A randomized trial of mobile treatment,” which uses Vivitrol in an effort to help pre-release inmates reduce opiate-taking […]
The SRC is comprised of a multi-ethnic, interdisciplinary group of behavioral scientists who are committed to cultural awareness and sensitivity and the use of rigorous scientific methodologies in their various studies and in the communities in which they serve. In our recent past, health research involving Indigenous Peoples has typically been conducted by individuals who […]
Pharmacotherapy is an important and often underutilized approach in the treatment of addictive disease. Scientists at the SRC are conducting a number of research studies that test new medications for the treatment of addiction and that seek to examine the effective use of approved medications in novel settings. In addition, further research in this area […]
Scientists at the SRC engage in a multidisciplinary program of prevention research that includes the study of the behavioral mechanisms underlying drug and alcohol abuse, methodology for conducting preventive trials, the causes and prevention of aggressive behavior, and the cross-cultural contributions to risk and protective factors. These studies seek to advance the science-base of prevention […]
Scientists at the SRC are involved in all aspects of program evaluation which includes the: 1) development of logic models, evaluation plans, and data collection tools; 2) coordination of primary data collection and oversight of data entry and integration; 3) utilization of a client oriented database, 4) expertise in qualitative and quantitative data analysis; and […]
Drug addiction exacts a tremendous toll on individuals and society. Our scientists are engaged in the development and evaluation of approaches to increase entry and engagement in addiction treatment and to improve outcomes for patients enrolled in such treatment. Typically, the effectiveness of different psychosocial strategies is determined through the use of randomized clinical trials. […]
