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Dr. Nora D. Volkow
NIDA Director
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Nora D. Volkow, M.D., became Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health in May 2003. NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.
Dr. Volkow's work has been instrumental in demonstrating that drug addiction is a disease of the human brain. As a research psychiatrist and scientist, Dr. Volkow pioneered the use of brain imaging to investigate the toxic effects of drugs and their addictive properties. Her studies have documented changes in the dopamine system affecting the actions of frontal brain regions involved with motivation, drive, and pleasure and the decline of brain dopamine function with age. She has also made important contributions to the neurobiology of obesity, ADHD, and the behavioral changes that occur with aging.
Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico, attended the Modern American School, and earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, where she received the Premio Robins award for best medical student of her generation. Her psychiatric residency was at New York University, where she earned the Laughlin Fellowship Award as one of the 10 Outstanding Psychiatric Residents in the USA.
Dr. Volkow spent most of her professional career at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York, where she held several leadership positions including Director of Nuclear Medicine, Chairman of the Medical Department, and Associate Director for Life Sciences. In addition, Dr. Volkow was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Associate Dean of the Medical School at the State University of New York (SUNY)-Stony Brook.
Dr. Volkow has published more than 380 peer-reviewed articles and more than 60 book chapters and non-peer reviewed manuscripts, and has also edited three books on the use of neuroimaging in studying mental and addictive disorders.
During her professional career, Dr. Volkow has been the recipient of multiple awards, including her selection for membership in the Institute of Medicine in the National Academy of Sciences. She was recently named one of Time Magazine's "Top 100 People Who Shape our World", and was included as one of the 20 people to watch by Newsweek magazine in its "Who's Next in 2007" feature. She was also named "Innovator of the Year" by U.S. News & World Report in 2000.
Director's Reports to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
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Dr. Volkow made her first presentation to the Advisory council in May, 2003
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- 2008: February, May, September
- 2007: February, May, September
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- 1999: February, May September
- 1998: February, May September
- 1997: February, May September
- 1996: February, May September
- 1995: February, May September
Director's Columns from NIDA NOTES
- NIDA's 35th Anniversary: Science Focused on Solutions from Volume 22, Number 6. (2009)
- Substance Abuse Among Troops, Veterans, and Their Families from Volume 22, Number 5. (2009)
- Suiting Treatment to the Nature of the Disease from Volume 22, Number 4. (2009)
- Stimulus Money Will Fund a Surge in Knowledge from Volume 22, Number 3. (2009)
- New Vaccines Are Being Developed Against Addiction and Relapse from Volume 22, Number 2. (2008)
- Research Breakthroughs in Drug Abuse Have Wide Applications in Other Fields from Volume 22, Number 1. (2008)
- Neuroscience Blueprint Promotes Efficiency, Synergy from Volume 21, Number 6. (2008)
- Epigenetics: The Promise of a New Science from Volume 21, Number 5. (2008)
- NIDA Will Contribute to Obesity Research from Volume 21, Number 4. (2007)
- Genes and Smoking from Volume 21, Number 3. (2007)
- Addiction and Co-Occurring Mental Disorders from Volume 21, Number 2. (2007)
- Steroid Abuse Is a High-Risk Route to the Finish Line from Volume 21, Number 1. (2006)
- Challenges in HIV/AIDS
Research from Volume 20, Number 6. (2006)
- Research Network Tests Drug Abuse Treatment Following Incarceration from Volume 20, Number 5. (2006)
- Map of Human Genome Opens New Opportunities for Drug Abuse Research from Volume 20, Number 4. (2006)
- Inhalant Abuse: Danger Under the Kitchen Sink from Volume 20, Number 3. (2005)
- NIDA Responds to Changing Drug Abuse Patterns from Volume 20, Number 2. (2005)
- NIDA Intensifies Focus on Marijuana Abuse from Volume 20, Number 1. (2005)
- NIDA Addresses Disparities in the Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction from Volume 19, Number 6. (2005)
- Confronting the Rise in Abuse of Prescription Drugs from Volume 19, Number 5. (2005)
- Drug-Related Damage That Begins Before Birth from Volume 19, Number 4. (2004)
- Exploring the Why's of Adolescent Drug Abuse from Volume 19, Number 3. (2004)
- NIDA's Brain, Behavior, Health Initiative: Multidisciplinary Exploration of the Brain from Volume 19, Number 2. (2004)
- NIDA at 30: Committed to Scientific Solutions for Drug Addiction Problems from Volume 19, Number 1. (2004)
- Beyond the Brain: The Medical Consequences of Abuse and Addiction from Volume 18, Number 6. (2004)
- The Dual Challenge of Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders from Volume 18, Number 5. (2003)
- The Addicted Brain: Why Such Poor Decisions? from Volume 18, Number 4. (2003)
- Bringing Research and Practice Together To Improve Drug Abuse Prevention from Volume 18, Number 3. (2003)
- Brain Imaging: Bringing Drug Abuse Into Focus from Volume 18, Number 2. (2003)
- A Double Dose of Research for Patients Addicted to Both Drugs and Alcohol from Volume 18, Number 1. (2003)
Published Articles and Presentations
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