Wilson Compton (academic)
{{Short description|American psychiatrist}}
{{For|5th president of Washington State University|Wilson Martindale Compton}}
Wilson M. Compton is the deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Before being appointed to this position in 2013, he was the director of the NIDA's Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research since 2002. He has also served as a member of the DSM-5 Task Force and the Substance Use Disorders Workgroup. Before joining NIDA, he was an associate professor of psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine and the medical director of addiction services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Biography of Wilson Compton, MD, MPE {{!}} National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |url=https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/organization/offices/office-nida-director-od/biography-wilson-compton-md-mpe |access-date= |website=nida.nih.gov |language=en}}
Education
Compton earned his undergraduate education from Amherst College and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis.{{Cite web |last=Strand |first=Katie |date=2018-03-27 |title=Wilson Compton, MD |url=https://www.naatp.org/membership/awards-and-recognition/james-w-west-md-quality-improvement-award/wilson-compton-md |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=www.naatp.org |language=en}}
Work
Compton has studied trends in the use of illegal drugs in the United States, including marijuana,{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/01/marijuana-use-americans-study-lancet-legalization |title=Ten million more Americans smoke marijuana now than 12 years ago: study |last=Glenza |first=Jessica |date=2016-09-01 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB |access-date=2017-10-02}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marijuana-study-more-us-adults-using-pot/ |title=More U.S. adults use pot as laws, attitudes shift |last=Welch |first=Ashley |date=2016-08-31 |website=CBS News |language=en |access-date=2017-10-02}} and the frequency with which Americans misuse opioid painkillers that they are prescribed.{{Cite magazine |last=Seaman |first=Andrew M. |date=2017-08-01 |title=More Than a Third of U.S. Adults Prescribed Opioids |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-than-a-third-of-u-s-adults-prescribed-opioids/ |magazine=Scientific American |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/opioid-misuse-starts-friend-family-members-prescription |title=Almost half of all opioid misuse starts with a friend or family member's prescription |last=Dengler |first=Roni |date=2017-07-31 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-US |access-date=2017-10-02}}
Awards
Compton received the Senior Scholar Health Services Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association in 2008, the Paul Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association in 2010, and two Leveraging Collaboration Awards from the Food and Drug Administration (one in 2012 and one in 2013). He received the Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary's Award for Meritorious Service in 2013 and their Award for Distinguished Service in 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://www.drugabuse.gov/offices/office-nida-director-od/biography-wilson-compton-md-mpe |title=Biography of Wilson Compton, MD, MPE |last=Abuse |first=National Institute on Drug |date=2016-01-07 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-10-02}} In 2018, he received the Dr. James West Quality Improvement Award from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers.
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External links
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- [https://www.drugabuse.gov/offices/office-nida-director-od/biography-wilson-compton-md-mpe Biography] at NIDA website
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Category:American psychiatrists
Category:Amherst College alumni
Category:National Institutes of Health faculty
Category:Washington University School of Medicine alumni