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Florida Atlantic University’s School of Social Work within the College for Design and Social Inquiry has announced it will establish an Office of Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Recovery Research at its Boca Raton campus.
 
Following the recent announcement of a $100,000 gift from Life of Purpose Treatment, an addiction treatment facility in the Research Park at FAU, several additional companies have joined forces to help. KIPU Systems, Lumiere Detox Center, Sober Living Outpatient, Sober Living in Delray, Guardian IOP, Boca Detox, The Hartman House, and Infinity Behavioral Health Services are working in tandem with FAU and Life of Purpose Treatment with the goal of raising $3 million to enable FAU to recruit a leading researcher to serve as the endowed chair to spearhead the program.
 
“We are very grateful to Life of Purpose Treatment and the companies who are supporting our efforts to establish this new initiative at FAU,” said John R. Graham, Ph.D., a professor of social work and director of the School of Social Work. “We expect this new Office to serve as a hub for interdisciplinary and collaborative addictions treatment research.”
 
Graham is a renowned author and established researcher who has received more than $4 million in research funding.