# Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program (SAETP) at Columbia University

> **NIH NIH T32** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2021 · $513,097

## Abstract

Substance use and substance use disorders (SUD), with their associated disability, comorbidity and mortality,
constitute major public health problems. Combatting these problems requires cutting-edge public health
research conducted by scientists of the highest caliber. The Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program
(SAETP) at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) was established in 2012 to train talented young
scientists to become the next generation of leaders in substance abuse epidemiology. Thus far, SAETP has
been very successful, competitively attracting fellows who are productive and successful during and after their
training. Completed SAETP and SAETP-affiliated fellows have attained prestigious research positions in
academic medical center settings. We now propose a 5-year renewal cycle for SAETP. CUMC offers a rich
array of research and training resources for SAETP, based in the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman
School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry. SAETP has a cells-to-society
perspective on substance abuse epidemiology, offering training at multiple levels of causation ranging from
molecular to large-scale social forces. With its specialized training for substance abuse epidemiology careers,
SAETP is unique at CUMC. Dr. Deborah Hasin, SAETP director, is an internationally recognized substance
abuse epidemiologist with extensive successful mentoring experience. She will continue to direct SAETP in its
next cycle. The disciplines of the 23 other internationally recognized SAETP faculty members include
epidemiology, psychology, medicine, sociology, biostatistics, neuroscience and genetics, making for an
interdisciplinary program. SAETP faculty have outstanding records in publishing, funding, and mentoring
productive and successful trainees. At any given time in the renewal, SAETP will be training 4 pre-doctoral
fellows (for training periods of 3-5 years each), and 4 post-doctoral fellows (for training periods of 2-3 years
each). Fellows will be selected based on interest in and commitment to substance abuse epidemiology,
experience, and prior accomplishments. Recruitment efforts to enroll under-represented minority trainees have
been successful, with 25% of SAETP fellows from such groups to date; we will continue these recruitment
efforts. SAETP will provide broad, intensive training in substance abuse epidemiology and related areas; depth
in one or more areas of specialization; methodological and conceptual skills, including formulation of key
research questions and testable hypotheses, and how to design and conduct high-quality substance abuse
epidemiology studies. Fellows will receive mentoring and co-mentoring, and participate in many training
components, e.g., a weekly substance abuse epidemiology faculty-fellow seminar; academic courses; field
placements. Training will enable fellows to publish papers, hone their presentation skills in seminars and
conferences, learn to write grant pro...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10148740
- **Project number:** 5T32DA031099-10
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** DEBORAH S HASIN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $513,097
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10148740

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10148740, Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program (SAETP) at Columbia University (5T32DA031099-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10148740. Licensed CC0.

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