Meera Vaswani

Biography:

Dr Meera Vaswani, has been a Professor, WHO Collaborative National Drug Dependence Treatment Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India· She is the First Scientist in India to initiate Genomic Pathways in Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Indian population. She has more than 20 years of experience in Addiction Psychiatry and has been recepient of several awards from NIDA, NIH. Distinguished International Scientist collaborative award(DISCA), for which she worked in Louisiana State University Health Sciences (LSUHS). International visiting faculty award for which she worked at University of Pennsylvania(UPENN), Philadelphia AND University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in USA. She was One of the Three Scientists to be awarded United Nationas Fellowship for Advanced Training in Substance Abuse for which she worked in University of Scotland, Glasgow, UK . She was invited by Japan to represent India for formulating by laws of Asia Pacific Society for Alcohol and Addiction Research (APSAAR) and was elected as Founder Member on “Board of Directors”. She has Chaired Scientific Sessions on substance/ alcohol abuse in American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting (2002-2012). She has been Nominated as Honorary member of “Board of Directors” by Scientific Council of Skibbereen University, UK.