Southwest Initiative for Addictive Diseases

The Southwest Initiative for Addictive Diseases began in the 1970s as a program to meet the teaching, training and clinical service component of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centers School of Medicine. In 1986, the TTUHSC Board of Regents upgraded the program to institute status, adding research to its mission. Our dedicated and well-qualified staff includes physicians, policy makers, research scientists, research assistants, professional counselors and marriage and family therapists, as well as consultants and contractual employees.