Richard B. Rothman

Richard B. Rothman is a pharmacologist who received his MD and Ph.D. degrees in pharmacology from the University of Virginia in 1982. Currently he is a senior investigator in the clinical pharmacology section of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)'s Intramural Research Program. In addition he is a board certified psychiatrist and medical director of the BeLite Medical Centers.^[1][2] His expertise is in studying the opioid system and the monoamine transporters as well as drugs acting on them, such as monoamine releasing agents.^{[citation needed]}

Richard B. Rothman
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupation	Pharmacologist
Years active	1979–2019
Employer	National Institute of Drug Abuse