# Center on Intersystem Regulation by Drugs of Abuse

> **NIH NIH P30** · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · 2024 · $1,492,617

## Abstract

The NIDA P30 Core Center, entitled “Center on Intersystem Regulation by Drugs of Abuse”, provides
outstanding scientific expertise and resources to NIH investigators in order to advance research
productivity and innovations in addiction research. The Center has proven to be a catalyst for
interdisciplinary studies and has created synergy between investigators from diverse disciplines. The
major themes of the Center that will be pursued in this 5 year renewal include: 1) mechanisms of
addiction and identification of novel targets with therapeutic potential; 2) effects of drugs of abuse on
HIV infection; 3) neuroimmune interactions, including cross-talk between classical neurotransmitter
systems and chemokines/cytokines as related to addiction, pain, inflammation and HIV; 4) pain and
analgesia with the goal of identifying opioid-sparing treatments for pain. Research is carried out on a
broad spectrum of substances including opioids, cannabinoids, psychostimulants, nicotine and alcohol.
The Center consists of five Research Support Cores: The Animal Core for Addiction Related Behaviors,
Biochemical Pharmacology Core, Cell and Immunology Core, Integrated Physiological Systems and
Pain Core, and the Molecular Biology Core, in addition to the Administrative and Pilot Project Cores.
The Core personnel bring to the Center a broad array of expertise to address scientific questions
related to drugs of abuse, addiction, pain and HIV from multiple approaches leading to research
synergy. This unique aspect of the P30 Center at Temple encourages collaborations that extend
beyond a single discipline to address novel hypotheses and significantly accelerate the progress of
individual research programs. Implementation of several new state-of-the-art approaches are proposed
in this renewal application that will add major strengths to the Center. The NIDA P30 Core Center will
provide cutting-edge technologies to expand the impact of NIH-funded research projects related to
NIDA's mission through collaborations nation-wide. In addition, research training and mentoring of early
career scientists will continue to be an important function. The Center will serve as a national resource
to stimulate innovative scientific discoveries that will result in new knowledge to bear on substance
abuse.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10839849
- **Project number:** 5P30DA013429-25
- **Recipient organization:** TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** ELLEN M UNTERWALD
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,492,617
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2000-09-30 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10839849

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10839849, Center on Intersystem Regulation by Drugs of Abuse (5P30DA013429-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10839849. Licensed CC0.

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