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January 24, 2003 - NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D.,
Jan. 23 announced the appointment of Nora Volkow, M.D., as
Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr.
Volkow currently serves as Associate Director for Life Sciences,
Director of Nuclear Medicine, and Director of the NIDA-DOE
Regional Neuroimaging Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
She also holds positions as Professor of Psychiatry and Associate
Dean for the Medical School at SUNY-Stony Brook. Dr. Volkow
received her M.D. from the National University of Mexico and
postdoctoral training in psychiatry at New York University.
She officially will join NIDA on April 15, replacing Glen
Hanson, D.D.S., Ph.D., who has served as Acting Director of
since December 2001.
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