Teaching staff
Lecturers were selected from among the world’s leading authorities in each of these subject areas. We are very proud of the involvement of these world renowned researchers and clinicians in our program. it helps us offer the state-of the-art in Addiction Science to the students. The courses will be run by faculty members of the three participating universities.
Lecturers
For the course "Introduction to Addiction/Biological Basis of Addiction" the lecturers are:
- Andrew Somogyi, University of Adelaide
- Danielle Dick, VCU
- George Koob, Scripps Research Institute
- Ian Stolerman, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Jason White, University of South Australia
- Kenneth Kendler, VCU
- Rafael Mechoulam, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- Robert Balster, VCU
- Rod Irvine, University of Adelaide
- Sharon Walsh, University of Kentucky
- Steven Negus, VCU
- T.K. Li, NIAAA
- Vijay Ramchandani, NIAAA
For the course "Public Health Issues and Approaches to Addiction" lecturers include:
- Dick Clayton (University of Kentucky)
- Don DesJarlais (New York Department of Public Health)
- Elizabeth Turf (VCU)
- Faye Taxman (George Mason University)
- Isidore Obot (WHO; University of Uyo, Nigeria)
- Mary Loos (VCU)
- Sid Schnoll (Purdue Pharma)
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Pharmacotherapies" lecturers include:
- Alyson Bond, KCL
- Bankole Johnson, University of Virginia
- Charles O'Keefe, VCU
- Femke Buisman-Pijlman, University of Adelaide
- Frank Vocci
- Hendree Jones, Johns Hopkins
- James Bell, KCL
- Jan Copeland, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
- Jason White, University of South Australia
- John Strang, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Neal Benowitz, University of California
- Richard Saitz, Boston Medical Center
- Robert Ali, University of Adelaide
- Sandra Comer, Columbia University
- Tom Kosten, Baylor University
- Walter Ling, UCLA
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Psychosocial interventions" lecturers include:
- Alex Copello, University of Birmingham
- Barney Strauss, LCSW
- Charalampos Poulopoulos, PhD--Director of KETHEA
- Gonzalo Acuna, MD
- Jeffrey Roth, MD
- Kim Wolff, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Luke Mitcheson, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Maxine Stitzer, Johns Hopkins
- Robert West
- Shamil Wanigaratne, KCL
For the course "Treatment of Addiction: Critical issues" lecturers include:
- Chris Cook, Durham University
- Chris Sargeant, Brighton Homeless Healthcare UK
- Gabriele Fischer, Medical University of Vienna Addiction Clinic
- John Witton, Health Services Research Coordinator, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Loretta Finnegan, Medical Advisor for the Director, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH
- Sally Porter Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
- Tony Rao, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
For the course "Addiction Policy" lecturers include:
- A. Thomas McLellan, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- Charles O'Keeffe, VCU
- David Courtright, University of North Florida
- Geoffrey Laredo, NIDA
- Martin Iguchi, UCLA School of Public Health
- Michael Farrell, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Peter Cohen, MD JD, University of Georgetown Medical Center
- Willem Scholten, World Health Organization
- Wilson Compton, MD, MPE, NIDA
Programme responsibility
The following staff is responsible for the development and organization of the Master programme and for running the courses:
University of Adelaide
Femke Buisman-Pijlman, PhD
A/Prof. Rod Irvine
A/Prof. Robert Ali.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mary Loos, PhD
Prof. Robert Balster, PhD
Elizabeth Turf, PhD
Prof. Charles O'Keefe
King’s College London
