International Program Director Receives CPDD Morrison Award
August 25, 2011
NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D., received the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) J. Michael Morrison Award for outstanding contributions in the area of scientific administration related to drugs of abuse.
NIDA International Program Director Steve W. Gust (center) with Center on Problems of Drug Dependence President Anna Rose Childress, University of Pennsylvania, and Robert L. Balster, Virginia Commonwealth University, who nominated Dr. Gust for the award.
The award was presented June 19, 2011, at the Plenary Session of the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting held in Hollywood, Florida. Dr. Gust was cited for his service as NIDA International Program director, which he has led since 1999, particularly his expansion of research funding opportunities, fellowship and other capacity-building programs, and scientific exchange activities such as the NIDA International Forum. The award also noted Dr. Gust’s service as acting director of the NIDA Office on AIDS, from 1994 to 1998, where he brought national and international attention to the connections between drug use and AIDS, and the Office was responsible for more than a third of the NIDA budget. Dr. Gust first joined NIDA in 1986 and also has served in the Clinical and Behavioral Pharmacology Branch and the Division of Applied Research.
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.