Smithers Hall
607 Allison Road, Busch Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001
Telephone: 848-445-2190; Fax: 732-445-3500
http://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu
Marsha Bates, Acting Director
The Center of Alcohol
Studies (CAS), the world's oldest alcohol research center, is a
multidisciplinary institute dedicated to acquisition and dissemination of
knowledge on psychoactive substance use and related phenomena. Its primary
emphasis is on alcohol use and consequences. The center's core program of basic
and applied research is conducted by scientists drawn chiefly from the
biological sciences (principally biochemistry and neuropharmacology),
psychology (clinical and experimental), and sociology. Faculty members of the
Basic Sciences Division (comprised of three distinct laboratories), the
Clinical Division, and the Prevention Research and Services Division are the
principal contributors to this center's focus. The Information Services Division
houses the center's extensive research library and a collection of more than
100,000 research and professional materials on all aspects of alcohol use and
abuse. It also publishes the internationally recognized Journal of Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs. The Education and Training
Division conducts continuing professional education seminars throughout the
academic year and one weeklong summer program. The center offers graduate
courses in alcohol studies to students enrolled in advanced-degree programs at
Rutgers who wish to pursue a special concentration in alcohol or other
substance use/abuse studies. Additionally, a number of research opportunities
are available with center faculty, with the extensive network of
interdisciplinary visiting professors to the center, or with one of the
center's collaborative institutions.
