Temple University – Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Temple University – Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Address:
Medicine Education & Research Building
3500 N. Broad St. - Philadelphia, PA 19140
Website:
http://medicine.temple.edu/

Founded in 1901 as Pennsylvania’s first co-educational medical school, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine has attained a national reputation for training humanistic clinicians and biomedical scientists. The school attracts students and faculty committed to making a difference in patient care, research, education and public service — at home and across the globe.

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine is a school that prizes not just technical excellence but diversity, equality and inclusion. It teaches the true art and science of “doctoring.“ Moreover, its educational strategic plan, “Improving Health Through Innovation in Medical Education,” keeps pace with new medical knowledge and with emerging trends in care delivery.

The school’s home base in Philadelphia is a spectacular 11-story, 480,000 square-foot medical education and research building that features state-of-the-art facilities and technologies for medical education and research. It opened in 2009. With specialized research centers focused on population health, metabolic disease, cancer, heart disease and other strategic priorities, the school conducts investigations to break new ground – and trains future generations of researchers to follow suit.

Department(s)

  • Center for Substance Abuse Research

    Address:
    3500 N. Broad Street Medical Education and Research Bldg., 8th Floor
    Philadelphia PA 19140
    Website:
    http://medicine.temple.edu/departments-centers/research-centers/center-substance-abuse-research

    The mission of the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) is to carry out research to understand the biological basis of drug addiction and other effects of addictive drugs that result in altered states of biological function. Knowledge gained about these drugs and the endogenous pathways they impact is important in preventing and successfully treating addictions, as well as to alleviate human suffering through amelioration of pain, inflammation and the medical consequences of drug abuse.

    Research in CSAR encompasses many classes of addictive drugs and substances including opioids (e.g., heroin, morphine, oxycodone, buprenorphine), cannabinoids (e.g., marijuana, synthetic cannabinoids), psychostimulants (e.g., cocaine, amphetamines, MDMA, bath salts), nicotine, alcohol, hallucinogens and sedative-hypnotics.

    Associated SEPA Project(s)
    Department Contact(s)
    Scott Rawls PhD Phone: 215-707-4942 Fax: 215-707-6661

    Email: scott.rawls@temple.edu

  • Microbiology and Immunology

    Address:
    406 USB 083-45
    Philadelphia PA 19122
    Website:
    http://medicine.temple.edu/departments-centers/basic-science-departments/department-microbiology-and-immunology

    All research faculty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology participate in the new interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. The research of the faculty is in the frontier of several areas of Microbiology and Immunology. This has been recognized in various ways, including the award to the faculty of substantial peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies, and the appointment of members of the faculty to many study sections, national and international committees and editorial boards.

    Associated SEPA Project(s)
    Department Contact(s)
    Norman Willett

    Email: norman.willett@temple.edu