NIDA T32 Training Program
Many faculty and students in the SARB2C research group are affiliated with our NIDA T32 Training Program, University of Florida Substance Abuse Training Center in Public Health.

Facilitated by Linda Cottler
lbcottler@ufl.edu
What is the SARB2C Group? SARB2C which stands for Substance Abuse Research from the Bench to the Community is a group of investigators and their students at UF and other universities with a focus on translational science regarding T1 to T4 substance use and addiction research. The group meets monthly to share ideas that focus on collaborative research initiatives. Given the continued national opioid epidemic, and other drug use on the rise, there is an explicit need for translational research, and training the next generation of scientists, in this important area.
Contribution to science
Numerous publications both past and recent in the areas of the epidemiology of opioid use, misuse, dependence, ED (emergency department) utilization for opioid use, pain and opioids, drug development, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), prevention of opioid use among the community, neuroscience, pain, Neonatalabstinence syndrome (NAS), disposal of opioid pills, harm reduction research, forensics, policy evaluation, medical examiner data, and comorbidities are focus areas of their teams.
Teams of scientists range from professors to NIDA and other fellows from 8 UF Colleges spanning T1 to T4 translational areas.
Sources of data for primary and secondary analyses of opioid use
Multiple sources of data are funded to conduct addiction research on multiple topics. UF is a site for ABCD, HBCD, NDEWS, HealthStreet, One Florida, PDMP, and Pharmacogenetics data
FROST data, Claims data, SNOW data, RCMAR, Drug Discovery, and many more.
What opportunities exist to participate in addressing the specific research areas?
Access to patients throughout Florida (One Florida)
Access to community members throughout Florida (HealthStreet)
ABCD study site
Access to NFL players who have been assessed previously
Members of Alachua County Opiate Task Force with Sheriff’s Office, DOH, Fire Rescue, UF
OD (Overdose) surveillance
International expert in toxicology/forensics/medico-legal death investigation
Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE)
Training Center for Substance Abuse Module assessment for DSM 5 substance use disorders
Consent2Share (UF Health patients are asked to participate in research)
Site for NCATS CTSA
Pharmacoepidemiologists
UF Health Cancer Center
Center for Addiction Research & Education (CARE)
Southern HIV & Alcohol Research Consortium (SHARC)
Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)
Pepper Center
Institute on Aging
McKnight Brain Institute
Genetics Institute
Home of a NIDA T32 focused on prevention and public health consequences of substance abuse (Director LB Cottler) and an NIDA T32 focused on aging and pain (Director R Fillingim), and NIAAA-funded T32 focused on alcohol and HIV infection.
Host site for “Our Community, Our Health”: a monthly national town hall meeting to disseminate research findings
Lake Nona –Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
CTSA Translational Drug Development Core