Mark Gold, MD
Scholar, Distinguished Professor, Inventor, Pioneering Researcher – Dr. Mark S. Gold’s expansive career in translational neuroscience began in 1972. Since then, he has become a world-renowned expert on addiction-related diseases and has worked for 40+ years developing models for understanding the effects of opioid, tobacco, cocaine, and other drugs, as well as food, on the brain and behavior.
Dr. Gold has more than 1,000 peer-reviewed publications since beginning his academic career at the University of Florida College of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, and is best known for developing the pioneering translational laboratory to human research methods of discovery for addiction and psychiatry. He has over 30,000 academic research citations and an H index of 93, and continues to make impactful contributions to neuroendocrinology, radiation oncology, transplant biology, orthopedic surgery, public health, pain, psychiatry, obesity medicine, and substance use disorders. He is the 13th most impactful researcher in addiction medicine and psychiatry in the world.
Today, Dr. Gold continues his research, teaching, and consulting as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University in St Louis.
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Mark S. Gold, MD, is a world-renowned expert on addiction-related diseases and prolific author of research, books, articles, and more publications on understanding the effects of opioid, tobacco, cocaine, and other drugs, as well as food, on the brain and behavior.
Life or Death
Stigma impedes treatment access for many with opioid use dependence.KEY POINTS Many people have extremely negative views toward people with an opioid dependence. Even emergency and primary-care doctors don’t want to treat people with drug addictions. Often people with...
Key Addiction Points You Need to Know
Make a difference in the current opioid crisis.KEY POINTS Adolescents should avoid drug experimentation to prevent problematic changes in their developing brains. The U.S. concentrates on reversing opioid drug overdosages, but other strategies are necessary. Drugs...
Ask the Expert: An Interview With Yale’s Dr. Brian Fuehrlein
Addiction expert says eliminating stigma is crucial to saving lives.KEY POINTS Improving substance use and opioid use disorders treatment can start in the emergency room. Opioid use disorder patients have unacceptable levels of medication discontinuation, relapse, and...