National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the United States. United States
Deputy Director of the Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences (DTMC) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the United States. He received a Doctor in Medicine and Surgery degree and completed specialization in Psychiatry at the University of Antioquia (Colombia). He was a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master’s in Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University. He did a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Intramural Research Program of NIDA. He leads a large program of research that supports the research and development of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for Substance Use Disorders. He has published extensively in the areas of etiology, prevention, treatment, and medical consequences of drug abuse.