# Doctoral Training/Health Services Research on Alcohol-Related Problems

> **NIH NIH T32** · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $392,598

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
 The NIAAA Doctoral Training Program at the Heller School at Brandeis University prepares students to
become alcohol-related health services research scholars for teaching and research careers in universities,
government agencies, research organizations and major service delivery systems. It has been an integral
component of the Ph.D. in Social Policy program at the Heller School since the training grant's beginning in
1994. This program in alcohol-related health services research specifically focuses on how organization,
management, financing and payment make a difference in the effective delivery of prevention and treatment
services for alcohol problems. In this competitive renewal, the successful leadership and program structure
and content of the current NIAAA multi-disciplinary training program is maintained, and nine predoctoral
training slots for the next five-year cycle are requested. Three new students enter the program each year and
are typically supported for three years.
 The Heller NIAAA training program has a number of educational goals that function at the intersection of
three domains: theory, applied research, and policy. A rigorous multi-disciplinary education, intensive
discipline-based mentoring, and hands-on research experience combine to provide the Heller NIAAA doctoral
trainees with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful and effective alcohol-related health services
researchers. The doctoral program at the Heller School constitutes the foundation of the educational program
of the alcohol-related services research training program. The NIAAA training program adds the specialization
in services research and policy analysis in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The NIAAA training
program in alcohol-related services research is sequenced to provide students with broad substantive
knowledge regarding the evolution of and current issues in major policy areas relevant to alcohol use
disorders, advanced training in the principles of research design and statistical reasoning, experience in the
conduct of applied research, and directed study through the dissertation on a topic in the area of alcohol-
related prevention and treatment services.
 Collaborations with local universities, including Boston University, Brown University, and Harvard
Medical School complement Heller's strengths in social science research with more clinically-oriented
approaches to studying alcohol problems. Heller and the NIAAA training program seek students who have
real-world experience, including clinical, organizational, public health, and governmental careers, who bring a
depth and breadth of knowledge to the Heller School experience and to social policy analysis and research,
and are able to link their research foundation with real-world service delivery. The progress and commitment
of the current and former trainees of the Heller NIAAA Doctoral Training Program provide evidence for the
success of this approach...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9985670
- **Project number:** 5T32AA007567-27
- **Recipient organization:** BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** CONSTANCE M. HORGAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $392,598
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1994-09-15 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9985670

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9985670, Doctoral Training/Health Services Research on Alcohol-Related Problems (5T32AA007567-27). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9985670. Licensed CC0.

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