Greg Falkin

Greg Falkin is the director of the Behavioral Sciences Training (BST) in Drug Abuse Research Program and a senior research scientist at NYU Rory Myers College of Nursing. His primary interest is in learning how programs can be improved to help people better their lives. The BST program is the largest and oldest training program for behavioral scientists funded by NIDA. Many of the more than 200 fellows he has trained through BST have become prominent in their fields.

Before joining NYU, Falkin worked in government, academia, and private-sector research. At the National Development and Research Institute, Inc., he was the principal investigator of several NIDA and foundation grants, specializing in drug treatment for offenders, smoking cessation, and HIV prevention.