Nora Volkow

  • Vanderbilt University

    Discovery Lecture explores brain’s addiction mechanisms

    Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, delivers last week’s Discovery Lecture. Since she was a medical student in her native Mexico, Nora Volkow, M.D., has been fascinated by drug addiction. “It really did not make any sense … that someone would be… Read More

    Sep 5, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Addiction science expert Volkow to speak Aug. 29

    Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will begin the 2013-2014 Flexner Discovery Lecture Series next Thursday, Aug. 29, with a discussion of “Advances in Addiction Science.” Read More

    Aug 22, 2013