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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Heads of NIH, NIDA discuss HEAL Initiative, opioid crisis, and COVID-19 at virtual Rx Summit 2020

April 20, 2020

Francis S. Collins, Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Nora Volkow, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) hosted a virtual plenary session at this year’s Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit.

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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse

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