Dear research colleagues, community service providers, fellow faculty members, and friends:


We are excited to begin this new academic year as the Center for Addictions Research and Services.  Formation of this Center is a milestone for us since it consolidates several addiction units and activities of the BU School of Social Work and allows us to collaborate more closely. We are now under one roof and are enjoying the benefits of that collaboration.


This new Center joins my extensive addictions research and evaluation experience with that of my colleagues, Dr. Maryann Amodeo and Dr. Melvin Delgado, who are engaged in a range of community prevention and intervention activities. Our joint mission has been to improve approaches to addictions research, evaluation, training, and programming. Unifying our activities in this way allows us to expand our collaborations with community agencies, governmental programs, and researchers from multiple disciplines to achieve the Center's mission:


To aid society in reducing addictive disorders by providing more effective, knowledge-based, and equitable addiction treatment through quality research, evaluation, program development, and training.

Sincerely,

Lena M. Lundgren, Ph.D.