Credits

Addiction: Genetics and the Brain was produced by the Genetic Science Learning Center (GSLC) in collaboration with advisors, experts, and teachers from Utah and across the country.

This work was created in two phases. The first phase, published in 2006, was supported by a Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award (SEDAPA), from The National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health; Grant Number R25DA15461.

The second phase, published in 2019, was funded by the Utah State Board of Education. This work included adding new materials about opioids, pain, and treatment, and updating the 2006 materials.

The following teachers participated in Master Teacher Institutes, during which they drafted the initial ideas that inspired the materials in this module.

Fall 2018 Institute:

Summer 2003 and 2004 Institutes:

We would like to extend a special thank you to the following teachers, who tested the newly developed opioid lessons in their classrooms during the spring of 2019.

The GSLC is grateful to the scientific and medical experts who contributed to this project.

Presented lecturers to teachers during the Fall 2018 Institute:

Douglas Kondo, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Salt Lake City VA Medical Center
University Neuropsychiatric Institute
University of Utah School of Medicine

Margaret D. Legarreta, PhD
Salt Lake City VA Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
University of Utah School of Medicine

Participated in video interviews during Spring 2019:

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW
Associate Dean for Research, College of Social Work
Distinguished Endowed Chair and Professor of Scoial Work
Director, Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development
University of Utah

Adam Gordon, MD, MPH
Professor of MEdicine and Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine
Chief of Addiction Medicine, Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System
Director, PARCKA (Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy)

Glen Hanson, DDS, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Vice Dean, School of Dentistry
University of Utah

Peter Sadler
Program Manager, Utah Naloxone

Contributed to the 2006 materials:

Patrick Fleming, MA, LSAC
Director, Salt Lake Country Substance Abuse Services

Kelly J. Lundberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Utah School of Medicine

Glen R. Hanson, DDS, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Utah

Robert J. Melamede
Chair and Professor of Biology
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Scott W. Rogers, PhD
Associate Professor or Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Utah School of Medicine

William Notcutt, MD
James Pageet Medical Center, UK

Presented lectures during the 2003 and 2004 Summer Institutes:

Glen R. Hanson, PhD, DDS
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Utah

William McMahon, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology
University of Utah

Kelly J. Lundberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Utah School of Medicine

Scott Rogers, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Utah

Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics
Associate Vice President for Research Integrity
University of Utah

Jack Taylor, DVM, PhD
Director, Department of Animal Resources
University of Utah

Troy Booher, JD
Snell & Wilmer, LLP Law Cleark for Judge Judith Billings
Utah Court of Appeals and Adjunct Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Utah

A very special thanks to Jennifer Logan, PhD for her leadership as the original Principal Investigator on the grant that funded this project.

The GSLC team brings diverse expertise in curriculum and assessment development, instructional design, science education, science writing, creative multimedia production, visual design, animation, computer programming, music composition, videography, web development, and life science and education research. The following team members contributed to this project.

2006 materials:

2019 materials:

Voiceover Talent:

Videography (2019): Arthur Veenema

Photography (2019): Jen Pilgreen

Writing (2006): Linda Andrews

Actors for PI: Pedigree Investigator, On the Case of Nicotine Addiction (2006):