Research Administration
Addiction Research Collaborative (ARC)
The Florida Atlantic University Addiction Research Collaborative (ARC) is an interdisciplinary group of over 40 faculty and staff at the university. The ARC’s goal is to stimulate research, educational, and policy initiatives to address:
- the public health emergency of opioid addiction and overdose deaths
- the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social challenges involved in all forms of substance abuse
Through its combined efforts, the ARC, working with its community partners, seeks to shift the trajectory of the epidemic in South Florida and nationally.
Faculty Research
selected profiles
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Executive Director, FAU Brain Institute | Professor, Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Jupiter Campus | Building RF MC-22 Room 201G
Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Pharmacology
Jupiter Campus | MC-22 216G
Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 309
Predrag Cudic, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Wendy Guastaferro, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Director
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Boca Raton Campus | SO 210
Naelys Luna, PhD, MSW
Founding Dean and Professor
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Boca Raton Campus | BC 71 Room 301F
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D
Professor, Biomedical Science | FAU Brain Institute Investigator
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Biomedical Science
Boca Raton Campus | FL 33458
Addiction Research Collaborative Resources
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- Palm Beach County Sober Home Task Force
- Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program
- Florida’s Opioid State Targeted Response
- Association of Recovery in Higher Education
- Florida Mental Health Institute