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Nora Volkow
Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Incumbent
Assumed office April 15, 2003
President
George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by
Glen Hanson
Personal details
Born
(1956-03-27) March 27, 1956 (age 68) Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse
Stephen Adler
Relations
Zinaida Volkova (grandmother) Leon Trotsky (great-grandfather) Olga Kameneva (great-great-aunt) Samuel Bronston (granduncle) William Bronston (second cousin, once removed)
Education
National Autonomous University of Mexico (MD)
Known for
TEDMED
Nora D. Volkow (born 27 March 1956) is a Mexican-American psychiatrist.[1] She is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),[2] which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[3]
^Zuger, Abigail (13 June 2011). "A General in the Drug War". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^"Director's Page". National Institute on Drug Abuse. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^"Institutes, Centers & Offices". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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