UTMB's Center for Addiction Research recently hosted its inaugural State of the Center event. The event honored the 2009 and 2010 winners of the CAR Endowment Awards and highlighted the CAR's scientific, educational and outreach initiatives. Endowment award winners were:
- Dr. Noelle Anastasio, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTMB
2009 Arran Thomas Amadeo Streppa Endowment Award
- Dr. Adriane dela Cruz, Student, UTMB
2009 Frances Adoue Lynch Addiction Research Fund Award
- Dr. Cindy Wigg, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMB
2009 Elizabeth Fitzgerald Sporar Endowment for Distinguished Initiatives in Addiction Research
- Sue Davis, LSW, LCDC, Director Gulf Coast Center Recovery Program
2009 CAR Achievement Award
- Dr. Jeff Temple, Assistant Professor and Research Director of Pelvic Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UTMB
2010 Arran Thomas Amadeo Streppa Endowment Award
- Erika Perez, Student, Baylor University and Frances Valencia, Student, UTMB
2010 Frances Adoue Lynch Addiction Research Fund Award