In addition to the core curriculum offered in the ISAP training seminar, trainees have access to a wide range of ongoing research and training activities at ISAP. These include:

• The opportunity to enroll in classes in UCLA general campus departments and professional schools as needed for career development, including: [the courses below are the core courses in our training program and not in the broader UCLA curriculum)]
•  Monthly ISAP Scientific Research Presentations, in which ISAP faculty and visitors present findings from their current research projects
• Activities sponsored by the NIDA-P30 Center on Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR), including:
• CALDAR lecture series 
• CALDAR Summer Institute on Longitudinal Research
• Statistical support and mentoring from CALDAR-affiliated researchers
• Annual workshop on human subjects issues in addiction research and working IRBs
• Annual grant-writing workshop at ISAP organized and conducted by senior ISAP faculty

Pre-review of grants prior to submission by ISAP investigators