Friends Research Institute (FRI) was one of ten grantees awarded a five-year Seek, Test, and Treat: Addressing HIV in the Criminal Justice System grant funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This grant will be conducted in two sites. The Baltimore Maryland site will be led by Principal Investigator Dr. Michael S. Gordon and […]
Effective December 29, 2009, the West Coast Administrative Office’s new address is 11835 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 755E, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Phone and fax numbers remain the same.
The FRI Corporate Headquarters has moved its office to the Social Research Center site effective November 1, 2009. The new address is 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201. The phone number is 410-837-3977 and the fax number is 410-752-4218. The main email address remains the same at FRI@friendsresearch.org.
Friends Research Institute via Dr. Frank Vocci was recently involved in the development of case-based activity regarding opioid therapy in primary care and chronic pain. Below are descriptions of the activities. Description of Internet Activity A Case-Based Approach to the Safe and Effective Use of Opioid Therapy in Primary Care This CME/CE case activity was developed by […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Monique Wilson, Dr.P.H., a Research Scientist at the Social Research Center, has received an award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Loan Repayment Program. In exchange for a two-year commitment to a research career with FRI, NIH will repay up to $35,000 per year of Dr. Wilson’s qualified […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Steven B. Carswell, Ph.D., Research Scientist/Vice President, has received an award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Loan Repayment Program (LRP). Dr. Carswell’s LRP award is funded through the NIH’s National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) and focuses on health disparities research. The purpose of the […]
Friends Research Institute (FRI) was recently awarded a highly coveted challenge research grant funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The nearly $1,000,000 grant award will support the work of ten research staff as well as the work of three clinics in conducting the study. […]
A Friends Research Institute research scientist, Dr. Timothy Kinlock is among the first in the nation to receive National Institutes of Health stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The two-year, approximately $1,000,000 grant will support at least seven jobs and the research of investigators in Baltimore who will be collaborating […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Michael S. Gordon, D.P.A., a Research Scientist at the Social Research Center, has received an award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Loan Repayment Program. This is the second time that Dr. Gordon has received this award. In exchange for a one-year commitment to a research career with FRI, […]
FRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Wallace B. Pickworth, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Pickworth is a pharmacologist with over 30 years of preclinical and clinical experience. He has served as the Principal Investigator/Senior Project Director on various projects for the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the private pharmaceutical industry […]