Kim Wolff is Professor of Addiction Science, at King′s College
London and has worked in the Addiction field for the last 25 years.
Her PhD thesis investigated the pharmacokinetics of methadone in
heroin dependent drug addicts at the Research School of Medicine,
University of Leeds. Professor Wolff′s main research interest is
concerned with biomarkers of substance misuse and she has acted as
an expert advisor to the UK Government National Treatment Agency
for Substance Misuse (NTA); the National Collaborating Centre for
Mental Health (NCCMH) and the National Institute for Clinical
Excellence (NICE) in this regard. Her work has led to advancement
in the area of biomarkers for High Risk Drinking-Drivers
demonstrating the clinical efficacy of carbohydrate deficient
transferrin (CDT) in high-risk drink-drivers. The findings of this
research resulted in a change of national policy for the Driver
Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), which has made CDT the sole
biomarker for use by medical practitioners to aid decision making
with regard to relicensing high risk drink drivers.
Professor Wolff is currently a panel member of the UK Secretary of
State for Transport Medical Advisory Panel on Alcohol, Drugs &
Substance Misuse & Driving. She chaired the expert Panel on
drug-driving for the Department for Transport (2012) and led on the
Panel′s report, which made a significant contribution to the
development of the new drug driving legislation that into force in
England and Wales on march 2nd 2015. Professor Wolff has edited
several books and published extensively in the peer reviewed
literature. In 2016 Professor Wolff was made a Member of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year′s
Honours list for services to road safety. Steven
Karch received his undergraduate degree from brown University,
in Providence, Rhode Island, in the US. He attended graduate school
in anatomy and cell biology at Stanford. He received his MD from
Tulane University in New Orleans, did postgraduate training in
Neuropathology at the Royal London Hospital and in Cardiac
Pathology, also at Stanford University. Dr Karch is a Fellow of the
Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of
Physicians London. He served as a cardiac pathologist at the office
of the San Francisco Medical Examiner, publishing a number of books
and papers when he worked there. Dr Karch is the author of more
than 200 papers and book chapters, most having to do with the
effects of drug abuse on the heart. He was Forensic Science Editor
for Humana Press where he edited his own book series. He sits on
the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Toxicology and
Minerva Medica Legal Medicine. The 5th edition of his widely used
textbook, The Pathology of Drug Abuse, was released last November.
He edited the first two editions of the Drug Abuse Handbook, and
will be senior editor of the third edition, scheduled for
publication in 2018. Jason White is Professor of
Pharmacology and Head, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences,
University of South Australia. He has published extensively in the
pharmacology of addictive drugs, particularly opioids and
stimulants, and in the treatment of drug and alcohol dependence. He
has experience in the management of alcohol and drug problems and
in the provision of expert evidence related to drug effects in
civil and criminal matters. He is currently Co-Chair of the WHO
Expert Committee on Drug Dependence.
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