The director of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s prime habit researcher, Nora Volkow, this week in his first public remarks on the drug overdose disaster — a possible sign that her place as chief of the Nationwide Institute on Drug Abuse is, at the least for now, safe.
Talking on the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville, Tenn., this week, the NIH’s newly put in director, Jay Bhattacharya, informed the viewers that he was “proud” of her and NIDA’s work.
Whereas the Trump administration has by no means particularly known as Volkow’s credentials or job safety into query, Bhattacharya’s remarks come at a time of deep uncertainty for the company.
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