Vanderbilt researchers lay groundwork for drug addiction cure

Findings in a Vanderbilt-led study could pave the way for a cure to drug addiction. The number-one reason people admit to using marijuana is to cope with anxiety and depression, Vanderbilt researchers said.  That's why they're taking the fight against addiction to the root of the problem inside the brain.

Recent Fellowship Graduates

* = Fast-tracked

2015

* Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Brown University, Providence, RI
* Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - UCSF, San Francisco, CA
* Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Geriatric Psychiatry - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Palliative Care - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Psychosomatic Medicine - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2014