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STAFF AND
ASSOCIATES
 Isidore S. Obot, Ph.D.,
M.P.H. Isidore S. Obot
is currently a tenured professor and Chairperson of the Department
of Behavioral Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Policy,
Morgan State University, Baltimore MD, and Adjunct Professor of
Psychology University of Uyo, Nigeria. Previously, he was a scientist in the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Dependence at the World Health Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland, where his responsibilities include the coordination of
several international projects on the epidemiology of alcohol use
and the prevention of alcohol-related problems. Before his
short-term appointment at WHO Dr Obot worked at the Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health, as a NIH-sponsored
research fellow in drug dependence epidemiology. Until recently, he
was also a lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of
Jos, Nigeria. Dr Obot received his doctorate degree in psychology
from Howard University, Washington, DC, and a Master of Public
Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. In
1990, together with colleagues at the University of Jos, he founded
the nonprofit Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse
(CRISA) to focus greater attention on drug and alcohol issues in
Nigeria. Dr Obot has consulted for several national and
international organizations on substance abuse issues and serves as
editor of the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies. Though
his major interest is in alcohol epidemiology and the prevention of
substance use, he has published on other aspects of the problem,
including injecting drug use and drug control policies.
Phone: 410-602-1614
Email: iobot@crisanet.org
Curriculum Vitae:
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