Frances Levin

Frances Levin is the Kennedy-Leavy Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Substance Use Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center. She completed her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College, residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a clinical and research fellowship at the University of Maryland and the Addiction Research Center. Her research focuses on pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders, particularly cannabis and cocaine use disorders, dopamine receptor modulation in co-occurring disorders, and the neural circuitry of remission in alcohol use disorder. Her recent publications explore transcranial magnetic stimulation in cocaine use disorder, ADHD in adults, and redefining treatment success beyond abstinence. She serves as Medical Director of SAMHSA’s Providers’ Clinical Support System and Opioid Response Network, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, recipient of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s Founder’s Award (2015), and a board member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and College on Drug Dependence.