Addiction Research Group

Individuals with substance use disorders pose a special challenge for the health care system. The Addiction Research Group seek to conduct studies that result in development, evaluation, and improvement of substance use disorder treatments.

The Addiction Research Group offers consulting and support in scientific projects and for doctoral thesis in medicine as well as master or doctoral thesis in psychology.

Heads
Robert Hämmig, MD (Drugs)
Franz Moggi , PhD (Alcohol)

Team
Maria Stein, PhD
Werner Fey, MSc
Yuliya Burren, MA
Andrea Seitz, MSc
Manuela Wapp, BSc

Projects in progress
Hypoxia in Heroin Rush
Methadone Register Evaluation
Swiss Multisite Study (SMS 2000)
European ADHD in Substance Use Disorders Prevalence Study (EASP)
Medical Management and cue Exposure Treatment (MEDICUE)

Completed projects
Dual Diagnosis - Comorbidity
High Dose Heroin vs. Morphine
Methadone Metabolism
Sexual Risk Behaviour of Drug-dependent Women
Risk Behavior & Cannabis Use
SwiDeCo

Co-operation
VA Palo Alto Health Care System & Stanford University Medical Centers
International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA)
Alkoholismus Therapieforschung Schweiz (atf)

Links
Swiss Society of Addiction Medicine (SSAM)