Nora Volkow
Nora Volkow | |
|---|---|
| Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
| Assumed office April 15, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Glen Hanson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1956 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. She is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).