Press Release
NIDA Grant Funds University-level High School Course on the Biology of Addiction
and Drug Abuse
Course to be taught by high school teachers; students will earn UW credits
The University of Washington (UW) School of Nursing, Department of Biology, and
UW Educational Outreach in collaboration with the Puget Sound Educational Service
District have received over a $1 million grant from the Science Education Drug Abuse
Partnership Award Program at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This
grant award will fund the Online Neuroscience Education about Drug Addiction (ONEDA) project.
ONE-DA will bring together expertise from project partners to:
1. develop, for high school students, a comprehensive sustainable university level
online biology course that focuses on the biology of addiction and drug abuse;
2. create a companion professional development experience, including a
professional learning community, to produce a cadre of high school teacher
leaders with expertise in addiction biology;
3. evaluate the effectiveness of the online course and professional development;
and
4. disseminate the project materials and models.
High school students enrolled in this university-level course will earn UW credit while
being taught by their high school teachers in the supportive comfort of their school
environments. The course uses the science of drug abuse and addiction as a context to
address core biology concepts that are aligned with national and Washington science
education standards.
Contact Persons
Principal Investigator
Susanna Cunningham, Ph.D, RN, FAAN
Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Adjunct, Physiology and Biophysics/Global Health
susannac@u.washington.edu
206-616-1963
Co- Investigators
Linda Martin Morris, Ph.D
Lecturer full-time, UW Biology
lmorris@u.washington.edu
206 616-9765
Akira Horita, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, UW Pharmacology and Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences
horita@u.washington.edu
Conn McQuinn, M. Ed
Director of Educational Tech Support
Puget Sound Educational Service District
mcquinn@psesd.org
425-917-7929
Joshua Hasley
Regional Program Developer
Puget Sound Educational Service District
jhalsey@psesd.org
425-917-7808
UW in the High School Program Manager
Timothy Stetter, MS
tstetter@pce.washington.edu
206 221-6223
http://www.uwhs.washington.edu/uwhs/