Scientific Advisory Board

A team of scientific experts in the field of addiction
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Prof. Scott E. Lukas

Prof. Scott E. Lukas

Prof. Scott E. Lukas is an Harvard Medical School Professor of Psychiatry. He is the Director of the McLean Imaging Center and Director of the Behavioral Psycho-pharmacology Research Laboratory. Dr. Lukas’ research interests are the neurobiological basis of drug and alcohol addiction, including pharma-cokinetics, polydrug abuse, sex differences, complementary/alternative medicine, and medication development.
Prof. Carole Clair

Prof. Carole Clair

Prof. Carole Clair is a former President of SRNT-Europe, in charge of the Training, Research and Innovation Department of Unisanté and Professor at the Faculty of Biology of UNIL (Lausanne University). Her research focuses on the metabolic effects of smoking and smoking cessation.
Prof. David Yue-Wei Lee

Prof. David Yue-Wei Lee

Dr. David Yue-Wei Lee is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is Director at Bio-Organic and Natural Products Research Laboratory of the McLean Hospital. Dr. Lee has worked on numerous drug discovery projects related to traditional Chinese medicine, contributing significantly to the development of alternative therapies for substance misuse
Prof. Paul Aveyard

Prof. Paul Aveyard

Prof. Paul Aveyard is a Professor of Behavioral Medicine (Oxford), fellow of Wolfson College and Center for Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (Oxford). His research is to help people change their lifestyle in order to prevent or treat life threatening diseases, such as stopping or reducing tobacco use.
Prof. Stuart Ferguson

Prof. Stuart Ferguson

Prof. Stuart Ferguson is Professor at the University of Tasmania School of Medicine in Australia. His research focuses on the process and factors of relapse, particularly in cigarette smokers. He is also interested in the effectiveness of treatment and the factors that influence the likelihood of treatment use and adherence to treatment, in the context of attempts to stop.