«I realized I wanted to be one of the people creating and defining organizational strategy, not just implementing it,» explains the University of Minnesota's Audrey Klein, a
foundation head whose
research examines treatments for alcohol and drug
addiction.
These instruments have formed the
foundation for the biochemistry cores of two NIH Centers of Excellence (the NIAAA - funded TSRI Alcohol
Research Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA]- funded Scripps Center for Cannabis
Addiction Neurobiology) and have directly supported other ongoing projects at TSRI (the Methamphetamine NeuroAIDS
Research Program, NIDA - funded projects on immunopharmacotherapy [Taffe and Janda laboratories], a project with Dr. Steve Poceta to measure human lumbar cerebrospinal fluid in Parkinson's patients with Restless Leg Syndrome, and a U.S. Army grant), as well as assisting non-TSRI collaborators from The Sanford - Burnham Institute, The Salk Institute, and elsewhere.
Established in 2003 in San Diego, California through the generosity of a multi-million dollar gift, The Pearson Center is a
research foundation that uses the latest biomedical
research with clinical treatments to fight the deadly disease of alcohol and drug
addiction.