Richard B. Rothman is a pharmacologist who received his MD and Ph.D. degrees in pharmacology from the University of Virginia in 1982. Currently he is a senior investigator in the clinical pharmacology section of the

National Institute of Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual a ...

's Intramural Research Program. In addition he is a board certified

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

and medical director of the BeLite Medical Centers.IRP Report to NIDA Council
/ref> His expertise is in studying the opioid system and the monoamine transporters as well as

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s acting on them, such as

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American pharmacologists University of Virginia School of Medicine alumni {{US-med-bio-stub