For example, the faculty and staff teach ongoing University courses and regularly conduct workshops at the Kentucky School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies held annually at Northern Kentucky University. Staff also present a number of seminars and speak across the Commonwealth, the nation and in international settings. The Center offers pre and post-doctoral fellowships for training in the fields of substance abuse, treatment evaluation, HIV prevention, and related areas. Advancing the frontiers of knowledge by conducting basic and applied research which seeks solutions to human, resource, and environmental problems and which furthers human well-being. The Center is actively engaged in research designed to further our understanding of substance misuse, as well as strategies to alleviate associated problems.
Studies emanate from a number of diverse perspectives and range from basic to applied research.
The Center played an integral role in establishing Kentucky's Epidemiological Work Group. The Work Group meets four times a year to discuss qualitative and quantitative indicators of current and future substance use trends in the state. The Center also fosters inter-institutional collaboration with faculty from the University of Delaware, University of Indiana, Wright State University, Research Triangle Institute, University of Cincinnati, University of Pittsburgh, University of Miami, UCLA, Texas Christian University, and other researchers from Texas, New Mexico, Alabama, and Illinois. The Center is also engaged in a large-scale research project involving the integration of data from the Kentucky Treatment Outcome Project and the Kentucky Capacity Management Program. These data are merged with other systems collected by the Kentucky Department of Mental Health.