FRI is pleased to announce that Dr. Karen Alexander has been promoted from Research Scientist to Senior Research Scientist, effective September 20, 2024. Dr. Alexander joined FRI in August of 2021. Since that time, she has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) or a Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) on a number of studies conducted at FRI. Initially, […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Carswell was selected by the FRI Board of Directors to serve as the next President of FRI starting on September 1, 2024. Dr. Carswell is currently the Vice President and a Senior Research Scientist at FRI who has worked for the organization for over 27 years. In […]
FRI is pleased to announce that a manuscript written by FRI Senior Research Scientists, Drs. Michael Gordon, Timothy Kinlock (retired), Robert Schwartz, and Frank Vocci, was cited in Dr. Nora Volkow’s article for The American Journal of Psychiatry entitled: “Drugs and Addiction Science: NIDA Celebrates 50 Years of Research and Looks to the Future.” Their […]
FRI congratulates Dr. Ginnie Sawyer-Morris on receiving an Early Career Investigator Scholarship at The Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health’s 17th Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. In her application, Dr. Sawyer-Morris noted her goal as an investigator is to develop innovative tools for dissemination and implementation that address implementation disparities and increase the uptake of […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Dr. Cathy Reback, along with all of Friends Community Center, is recognized as one of CPDD’s (College on Problems of Drug Dependence) first Community Champions. CPDD defines Community Champions as members who are dedicated to enriching their communities, whether related to Substance Use Disorder science or any form of […]
FRI is pleased to announce that Dr. Cathy Reback has received a new contract entitled, “A Continuum of Behavioral Health Interventions from Low to High Intensity for 2S/LGBTQ+ Individuals Experiencing Multiple Syndemic Health Disparities.” The low-level intervention involves disseminating health education and harm reduction information to active users through street- and venue-based outreach (n=600). The […]