National Scientific Advisory Board
Evidence Council

Marc Potenza, MD, PhD

Steven M. Southwick Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study Center and Neuroscience
Yale University School of Medicine
Director
Division of Addictions Research at Yale, Yale Center of Excellence in Gambling Research, Yale Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders, and Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research at Yale

Dr. Marc Potenza is a board-certified psychiatrist with subspecialty training in addiction psychiatry. Currently, he is a Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study and Neuroscience at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he is the Director of the Yale Division of Addictions Research, the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research, the Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women’s Health Research at Yale and the Yale Research Program on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders. He is on the editorial boards of over fifteen journals (including editor-in-chief of Current Addiction Reports) and has received multiple national and international awards for excellence in research and clinical care. He has consulted to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Registry of Effective Programs, National Institutes of Health, American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization (WHO) on matters of addiction. He has participated in two DSM-5 research work groups and six annual WHO meetings relating to Internet use and addictive behaviors in the ICD-11, addressing topics relating to gambling, gaming, impulse control, and addiction.

COI Statement: Dr. Potenza reports financial compensation for consultant and advisory roles for Boehringer Ingelheim and the Addiction Policy Forum; research funding from Mohegan Sun and the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling; and unfunded roles as an advisor to Neurofinity and the National Council on Problem Gambling, President Elect of the International Society of Addiction Medicine, workgroup participant for World Health Organization and Green Crescent Society, and patent application support for Novartis. He has also consulted for or advised legal, healthcare, non-profit and gambling entities on issues related to impulse control, internet use and addictive behaviors; performed grant reviews; edited journals/journal sections; given academic lectures in grand rounds, CME events, and other clinical/scientific venues; and generated books or chapters for publishers of mental health texts.