Adam Leventhal, PhD, a University Professor with the Keck School of Medicine of USC, witnessed the effects of addiction up close in high school, then later, within his family. Now a leading expert on addiction, he’s the executive founding director of the USC Institute for Addiction Science, a massive interdisciplinary program that includes 80 faculty members across 10 USC schools, colleges and hospitals.

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