Galina Aleksandrovna Korchagina (Russian Federation)

Education
Leningrad Paediatrics Institute, Russian Federation (1976); doctor of medicine (2001); candidate of medicine (1995).

Present post
Deputy Director of Research at the National Centre for Research on Drug Addiction, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Russian Federation (since 2010).

Previous posts
Chief Professor and Head of the Department for Medical Research and Healthy Lifestyles, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (2000-2008); Professor, Department for Conflict Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University (2004-2008); Professor, Department for Research on Drug Addiction, St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies (2002-2008); Associate Professor, Department for     Research on Drug Addiction, St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate     Studies (2001-2002); Assistant Lecturer, Department for Research on Drug Addiction, St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies (1994-2000); Professor, Department of Social Technologies, State Institute for Services and Economics (2000-2001); Assistant lecturer, Department of Social Technologies, State Institute for Services and Economics (1991-1996); Lecturer, Leningrad Regional Medical Academy (1981-1989); Head Doctor, City Drug Clinic, St. Petersburg (1989-1994); Head of the Organizational and Policy Division of the Leningrad Regional Drug Clinic (1981-1989); doctor, boarding school, Gatchina, Leningrad Region (1976-1979).

Memberships
Association of Psychiatrists and Drug Addiction Specialists of Russia and St. Petersburg; Women's Health in St. Petersburg; Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol; International Council on Alcohol and Addictions; International Society of Addiction Medicine; Head of the sociology of science aspects of medical and biological research section of the Research Council on the Sociology of Science and the Organization of Scientific Research, St. Petersburg Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2002-2008).

Publications
More than 100 publications, including more than 70 works published in the Russian Federation, chapters in monographs and several practical guides.

Honours
Award for excellence in health protection awarded by the Ministry of Health of USSR (1987)

Meetings attended
Consultant for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (since 2006); co-trainer for the international World Health Organization programme "Skills for change" (since 1995); participant in the meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Vienna) (2002-2008); participation in the activities of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe as an expert on the epidemiology of drug addiction (1994-2003); temporary representative at the World Health Organization (1992-2008).