OBITUARY

VIENNA, 2 March 2010 - It is with great sadness that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) announces the demise of Professor Tatyana Borisovna Dmitrieva , First Vice-President of the Board, who passed away on 1 March 2010 in Moscow.

Professor Dmitrieva, a national of the Russian Federation, was born in 1951. She held important positions such as: Minister of Health of the Russian Federation (1996-1998), Chairman, Russian Security Council Commission on Health Protection (1996-2000), Chief Expert Psychiatrist, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation (since 2005), Head of the Department of Psychiatry (1986-1989), Deputy Director of Research (1989-1990) and Director, V. P. Serbsky State Research Centre for Social and Forensic Psychiatry (since 1998). A Graduate of the Ivanovskii State Medical Institute, she held a Master of Science and Doctor of Medical Sciences (M.D.), and Professor of Medicine.

Professor Dmitrieva was also a Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Vice-Chairman, Russian Society of Psychiatrists; Vice-President, World Association for Social Psychiatry Academician; Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. She was the author of over 450 scientific works, including five books on drug abuse therapy, and recipient of five authors' certificates for inventions.

She was a member of the editorial boards of several Russian and foreign medical journals, including the journal Narcology. Recipient of the Order for Services to the Country, fourth class (2001) and third class (2006); and the Order of Honour (1995). Speaker at national, international congresses and conferences, including those organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the World Psychiatric Congress.

Professor Dmitrieva was a Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (since 2005), Rapporteur of the Board (2006), Member of (2006) and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Estimates (2007), Second Vice-President of the Board (2007), and, at last, First Vice-President of the Board (2009).