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Image: Lifetime Science Award Dr. Kreek (23420513281)

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Description: NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow(Left) presents the 2014 Lifetime Science Award to Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek(Right) for her world-renowned contribution to the advancement of addiction science. A longtime NIH/NIDA grantee, Dr. Kreek was part of the team that performed the initial studies of the use of methadone in chronic management of heroin addiction. In collaboration with the CDC, she was the first to identify parenteral drug users as the second risk group for acquiring HIV-1/AIDS infection. May 2014
Title: Lifetime Science Award Dr. Kreek (23420513281)
Credit: Lifetime Science Award: Dr. Kreek
Author: NIDA(NIH)
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