Research Administration
Addiction Research Collaborative (ARC)
The 糖心Vlog Addiction Research Collaborative (ARC) is an interdisciplinary group of over 40 faculty and staff at the university. The ARC鈥檚 goal is to stimulate research, educational, and policy initiatives to address:
- the public health emergency of opioid addiction and overdose deaths
- the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social challenges involved in all forms of substance abuse
Through its combined efforts, the ARC, working with its community partners, seeks to shift the trajectory of the epidemic in South Florida and nationally.
Faculty Research
selected profiles
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Executive Director, 糖心Vlog Brain Institute | Professor, Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Pharmacology
Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Predrag Cudic, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Wendy Guastaferro, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Director
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Naelys Luna, PhD, MSW
Founding Dean and Professor
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D
Professor, Biomedical Science | 糖心Vlog Brain Institute Investigator
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science