Expert Lecturers
Lecturers have been selected from among the world’s leading authorities in each of these subject areas. Support for lecture honoraria have been generously provided by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
For the course “Biological Bases of Addiction” lecturers include:
- Steven Negus, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Jason White, University of South Australia
- Rod Irvine, University of Adelaide
- Ian Stolerman, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- T.K. Li, Indiana University
- Vijay Ramchandani, NIAAA
- Robert Balster, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Rafael Mechoulam, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- George Koob, NIAAA
- Kenneth Kendler, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Danielle Dick, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Sharon Walsh, University of Kentucky
- Jan Copeland, National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
For the course "Addiction Policy" lecturers include:
- David Courtright, University of North Florida
- Peter Cohen, University of Georgetown Medical Center
- Charles O'Keeffe, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Willem Scholten, World Health Organization
- Martin Iguchi, Georgetown University School of Nursing, RAND Corporation
- Geoffrey Laredo, NIDA
- Alison Ritter, University of New South Wales
- Beau Kilmer, RAND Drug Policy Research Center
- Thomas Babor, University of Connecticut
- David Nutt, Imperial College London
- Michael Farrell, University of New South Wales, Australia
- A. Thomas McLellan, University of Pennsylvania, Treatment Research Institute (TRI)
- Wilson Compton, NIDA
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Psychosocial interventions" lecturers include:
- Kim Wolff, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Shamil Wanigaratne, King's College London
- Maxine Stitzer, Johns Hopkins
- Luke Mitcheson, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Robert West, University College London
- Gonzalo Acuna
- Jeffrey Roth
- Barney Strauss
- Charalampos Poulopoulos, KETHEA
- Alex Copello, University of Birmingham
For the course "Public Health Issues and Approaches to Addiction" lecturers include:
- Dick Clayton, University of Kentucky
- Don DesJarlais, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
- Shane Darke, University of New South Wales
- Mary Loos, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Isidore Obot, WHO; University of Uyo, Nigeria
- Sid Schnoll, Pinney Associates
- Faye Taxman, George Mason University
- Elizabeth Turf, Virginia Commonwealth University
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Pharmacotherapies" lecturers include:
- Richard Saitz, Boston Medical Center
- Alyson Bond, King’s College London
- Frank Vocci, Friends Research Institute
- Tom Kosten, Baylor University
- Femke Buisman-Pijlman, University of Adelaide
- James Bell, King’s College London
- Sandra Comer, Columbia University
- Neal Benowitz, University of California
- Bankole Johnson, University of Maryland
- Hendree Jones, University of North Carolina
- John Strang, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Walter Ling, UCLA
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Critical issues" lecturers include:
- Loretta Finnegan
- Sally Porter, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- John Witton, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Reverend Professor Chris Cook, Durham University
- Tony Rao, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Chris Sargeant, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- Gabriele Fischer, Medical University of Vienna Addiction Clinic
- Kyle Dyer, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
- Ed Day, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
- Clive Tobut, University of Surrey
- Cathy Fernandes, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
