Department of Psychiatry Consortium
Center For Addiction Science and Treatment (CeFAST)
(formerly the Addiction Special Interest Group)
The Center For Addiction Science and Treatment (CeFAST) is a multidisciplinary consortium of clinicians, educators, researchers, and trainees. It is lead by Drs. Carla Marienfeld and Olivier George.
Vision
To establish regional and global leadership in addiction science through cutting-edge translational research, transformative new therapeutic strategies, healthcare excellence, and education of the future leaders in addiction science.
Mission
To create synergistic opportunities for transdisciplinary and translational research on addictive disorders and their comorbidities to develop novel therapeutic strategies, innovative clinical care, and state-of-the-art education that are available to all.
Meetings are held monthly on the second Friday from 1:00 am – 2:00 pm. Contact Sabrina Ortega (s1ortega@health.ucsd.edu) for more information.