The library at a Brazilian research center was dedicated to the memory of the late NIDA grantee James A. Inciardi of the University of Delaware. Officials at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Center for Drug and Alcohol Research dedicated a new facility October 29, 2015. Dr. Inciardi conducted research in Brazil and was a mentor to 1993–1994 NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Flavio Pechansky, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Pechansky is the founding director of the research center in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Mauro Soibelman, left, and Flavio Pechansky stand in front of the plaque dedicating the new library at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Center for Drug and Alcohol Research to James A. Inciardi.