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David Nutt (born 1951) is a British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist.

David Nutt British psychiatrist

David John Nutt is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep. He was until 2009 a professor at the University of Bristol heading their Psychopharmacology Unit. Since then he has been the Edmond J Safra chair in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences there. Nutt was a member of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, and was President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. His book Drugs Without the Hot Air won the Transmission Prize for Communicating Science in 2014.

David Nutt may also refer to:

David Nutt (publisher) British publisher

David Nutt was a publisher of books and the father of Alfred Nutt.

David H. Nutt is an American lawyer and philanthropist. He is the richest person in the US state of Mississippi.

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