Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Thomas McLellan

Abstract

A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Treatment Research Institute, a not-for-profit research and development institute in Philadelphia. He served as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2012. McLellan received his B.A. from Colgate University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. He received postgraduate training in psychology at Oxford University. He has since worked for the U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McLellan was the principal developer of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and the Treatment Services Review (TSR), widely used substance abuse instruments. He has served as an adviser to many government and nonprofit scientific organizations, including the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the National Practice Laboratory of the American Psychiatric Association, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the World Health Organization, the Greek government, and Public Health England. From 2009 to 2011 Dr. McLellan was the Senate-confirmed Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, where he was one of the principal authors of the President Obama’s National Drug Control Strategy. Among McLellan's many honors and awards are the Life Achievement Award of the American Society of Addiction Medicine in 2003 and the 2002 award for Distinguished Contribution in Addiction Medicine from the Swedish Medical Association. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Sources: Alberta Family Wellness Initiative. https://www.albertafamilywellness.org/who-we-are/expert-oversight/a-thomas-mclellan Accessed 09 June 2023. “A. Thomas McLellan” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Thomas_McLellan Accessed 90 June 2023.