Addiction Center

Addiction Center team

Advancing Our Understanding of Addiction

Since 1988, the Addiction Center has been a leader in prevention, treatment, and research related to substance use disorders.

Our Mission
Our mission includes delivering specialized treatment for individuals and families, conducting innovative research to improve care and understanding, and training the next generation of addiction clinicians and scientists.

Education

The Addiction Center at the U-M Medical School Department of Psychiatry is committed to education at every level, from undergraduate students to practicing clinicians. We offer specialized fellowships in addiction psychiatry, postdoctoral training in research, and opportunities for medical students and undergraduates to expand their knowledge.

Fellowship and training opportunities include:

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Patient Care

We provide personalized, evidence-based outpatient treatment for adults, young adults, and adolescents. Our expert team addresses both substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns. We offer specialized programs for families and health professionals through the Health Professionals Recovery Program. 

In U-M Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), we welcome new patients and offer both in-person and virtual services to meet a wide range of needs.

Learn more about UMATS

Research

The Addiction Center leads over two dozen federally funded studies that focus on understanding, preventing, and treating substance use disorders. 

Our research addresses key areas including prevention and early intervention, genetics and development, brain imaging, treatment outcomes, health services, and the connections between sleep, chronic pain, and addiction.

Learn more about research in the Addiction Center

Giving

Addiction is often faced in private, and resources for new research and improved treatment are limited. Your gift helps to promote innovative research, prevention, interventions, and services for all ages.

Support the Addiction Center by giving to the Addiction Center Innovation Fund and the Addiction Treatment Services Fund.

For more information about making a gift, contact us at [email protected]

Recent Newsletters

The newsletter from the Addiction Center team provides updates about our current projects and initiatives across education, patient care, and research.

Past newsletters include:

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Program Leadership

See all Psychiatry faculty portrait of Frederic Blow

Frederic C Blow

Professor of Psychiatry
Rachel Upjohn Research Professor in Psychiatry
Program Director of University of Michigan Addiction Center
Psychiatry
Medical School
Mark Ilgen

Mark A Ilgen, PhD

Albert J Silverman M.D.
C.M.
Research Professor of Psychiatric Disorders
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School
Vita McCabe

Vita (Sullivan) McCabe, MD, MHSA

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School
Maureen A. Walton

Maureen Ann Walton, MPH, PhD

Toby Brzoznowski
Research Professor of Behavioral Health Technology Innovations
Professor of Psychiatry
Co-Associate Chair
Department of Psychiatry Research and Research Faculty Development
Medical School
Jamie Winters

Jamie Winters

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

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