Addictive Behavior & Dual Diagnosis

Biography

Frances Rudnick Levin, MD is the Kennedy-Leavy Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University and Acting Director, Division on Substance Abuse, Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Levin graduated from Cornell University Medical College and completed her psychiatric residency at the New York Hospital-Payne Whitney Clinic. She is the principal investigator on several federally funded grants, a T32 NIDA funded Substance Abuse Research Fellowship, a K24 Mid Career Investigator Award and collaborates on several other grants. Her research interests include pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment interventions for cocaine and marijuana abuse, and treatment approaches for substance abusers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Levin has over 170 articles and book chapters and serves on several advisory panels. She is an editorial board member of three journals, past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and currently serves as the Chair of the APA council on addiction psychiatry.

Research Interest

Substance Abuse Disorders Psychiatric Comorbidity Adult ADHD