Full Award: Gene-environment interactions in COCCaINE Use Disorder: Collaborative Case-Control Initiative in Cocaine Addiction
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Global Brain Disorders Research
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Gene-environment interactions in COCCaINE Use Disorder: Collaborative Case-Control Initiative in Cocaine Addiction
Principal Institution
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Schmitz, Joy Marie; Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo; Walss-Bass, Consuelo
Project Contact Information
Email: joy.m.schmitz@uth.tmc.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2017-2023
Country
Brazil
Collaborators
União Brasileira de Educação e Assistência – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (UBEA/PUCRS)
NIH Partners
NIDA
Project Description
The research project will advance the understanding of cocaine addiction, a significant and growing health problem in Brazil, by studying gene-environment interactions involving traumatic stress and HIV exposure in a large multinational, racially and culturally diverse, sex- balanced database from the population of Brazil. Appropriate networking and research training will enable Brazilian scientists to gain the training and specialized skills needed to conduct future studies based on epigenetic discoveries resulting from this work.
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