Dr. George De Leon appointed as
the Scientific Director (and co-Principal Investigator) of
the NIDA-funded Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research
(BST) Program at NDRI
Dr. De Leon is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of substance abuse, and acknowledged as the leading authority on treatment and research in therapeutic communities. He is founder, former Director and now senior scientist of the NIDA-funded Center for Therapeutic Community Research (CTCR) at NDRI, which has served as a training site for NIDA Humphrey Fellows, with Dr. De Leon as the Senior Scientist and mentor. Currently, Dr. De Leon also is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine where he provides training in practice and research to psychiatric fellows, psychologists, pre- and post-doctoral graduates, nurses and social workers. He has published over 165 scientific papers and chapters, has authored and edited seven books and monographs including The Therapeutic Community: Theory, Model and Method, considered the definitive text in the field. Dr. De Leon also serves as consulting editor, guest and contributing editor to several national and international journals.
The BST program is the largest pre- and postdoctoral training program supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the NIH. The BST fellowship program is primarily designed to advance the scientific careers of behavioral scientists in a variety of fields and disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, epidemiology, psychology, public health, sociology, and social work, as well as a variety of interdisciplinary fields such as human development, sociomedical sciences, or urban studies that are sponsored by specific doctoral-degree granting institutions. The program is administered by Public health Solutions, a non-profit organization providing public health services and conducting health-related research in New York City, with the training site located at NDRI; this training collaboration is beginning its 25th year. Many NDRI Principal Investigators serve as mentors for the BST pre- and post-doctoral fellows, and over the years hundreds of BST fellows have begun productive research careers through this mechanism.
July, 2009