Millennium Lecture Series
As the new U.S. President begins his first 100 days in office, the 2008-2009 Millennium Lecture Series will focus on issues that are likely to challenge the new Administration. Distinguished speakers have been invited to share with us their perspectives on such topics as education, workforce and global competitiveness; energy resources and policies; healthcare access and quality; physical infrastructure; foreign policy and immigration. We hope that you will plan to join us for these thought-provoking presentations.
President Diana Natalicio
and
The College of Health Sciences
Cordially invite you to attend
The UTEP Millennium Lecture
“The Challenges and Implications of Understanding Addiction
as a Brain Disease”
Wilson M. Compton, M.D., M.P.E.
Director, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Thursday, January 29, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 106
UTEP Campus
Reception to Follow Presentation
Dr. Compton is the Director, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health. Prior to his recruitment to NIDA, he gained extensive experience in the clinical practice of addiction psychiatry as medical director of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Chemical Dependency Services program in St. Louis. Among his scientific interests has been the development of strategies for preventing HIV and STDs in out-of-treatment drug users, conducted in collaboration with Linda Cottler, Ph.D., and research on psychiatric comorbidity in drug abusers. In recent years, he has been an investigator on the federally funded National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). He has been a member of the WHO Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Advisory Committee. Among his many professional memberships are the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, and the American Psychopathological Association. Dr. Compton received his medical degree from Washington University, St. Louis, where he later completed a Master’s in Psychiatric Epidemiology.