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Department of Psychiatry : Research : Clinical Neuroscience : SCOR : About SCOR : MUSC's SCORprint icon
MUSC's SCOR
Specialized Center of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health
 

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About the MUSC SCOR 
   

The past decade has seen an impressive increase in research in the area of women’s health due, in large part, to the efforts of NIH through the Office of Research in Women’s Health (ORWH). The Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC)  Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) is one of eleven specialized centers in the United States charged with the task of advancing research on women’s health and promoting institutional interdisciplinary research. It represents a collaboration between the Clinical Neuroscience Division, Women’s Scholar Initiative, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, and the Neuroscience Department of MUSC.

  
Over the last four years, the MUSC SCOR has functioned as a productive interdisciplinary research center focused on treatment and relapse in substance use disorders in women.  The MUSC SCOR serves as a focal point for women's health research at MUSC and is comprised of four core research components, an administrative core component, and a Pilot Project Program. Each core research component involves the investigation of the biological basis of sex differences in drug abuse reinstatement, craving and/or relapse, and treatment implications.
  
The Specific Aims of the MUSC SCOR are:
  

Specific Aim #1: Establish a multidisciplinary, translational program of research  focused on gender-related issues in substance use disorders.

Specific Aim #2: Provide common resources through the Administrative Core to assist  investigators in increasing efficiency, maximizing scientific rigor and  productivity, and collecting pilot data.

Specific Aim #3: Encourage and support the growth of gender-based research  throughout the MUSC campus.

Specific Aim #4: Attract and mentor young investigators and new faculty in the area of  research, particularly patient-oriented research, in women’s health  issues.

Specific Aim #5: To provide a regional education and training resource for  research in  women’s health research.

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