The SAMSHA grant, totaling $ 971,736 over a three - year period, will also support personnel, training and other needs related to the
development of a peer mentor initiative to help military veterans enrolled in the County's
drug treatment court programs re-adjust to civilian life and get back
on track, as well as
efforts to increase participation rates in court - mandated treatment programs among justice - involved veterans.
The new advisors, some of the most wellrespected individuals in their fields, were specifically sought for the wealth of experience they bring to bear
on Foundation
efforts to advance
drug development in SMA: Paul S. Anderson, PhD, retired vice president for Chemistry at Merck, G. Stephen DeCherney, MD, MPH, president of Clinical Development Services Americas for Quintiles Transnational Corp., Corey S. Goodman, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Renovis, Inc., Jonathan S. Leff, managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC and responsible for the firm's life sciences investment effort, John H. Park, Partner at Blum Capital Partners, LP, and Wesley Thompson, PhD, professor of Neurobiology at The University of Texas
development in SMA: Paul S. Anderson, PhD, retired vice president for Chemistry at Merck, G. Stephen DeCherney, MD, MPH, president of Clinical
Development Services Americas for Quintiles Transnational Corp., Corey S. Goodman, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Renovis, Inc., Jonathan S. Leff, managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC and responsible for the firm's life sciences investment effort, John H. Park, Partner at Blum Capital Partners, LP, and Wesley Thompson, PhD, professor of Neurobiology at The University of Texas
Development Services Americas for Quintiles Transnational Corp., Corey S. Goodman, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Renovis, Inc., Jonathan S. Leff, managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC and responsible for the firm's life sciences investment
effort, John H. Park, Partner at Blum Capital Partners, LP, and Wesley Thompson, PhD, professor of Neurobiology at The University of Texas at Austin.
Jointly published by WHO, the United Nations
Development Programme, and the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime, the report reviews the current status of violence prevention
efforts in countries, and calls for a scaling up of violence prevention programmes; stronger legislation and enforcement of laws relevant for violence prevention; and enhanced services for victims of violence.