David Nutt

What I admire most about David Nutt is his refusal to let politics dictate science. A Cambridge-trained psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist, he founded Drug Science in 2010 to deliver independent, evidence-based information on drugs that affect the brain. Winning the John Maddox Prize in 2013 felt fitting, because standing up for inconvenient facts is exactly what he does. In an age drowning in misinformation, I find researchers with this kind of backbone genuinely reassuring. He may rub some people the wrong way, but I would rather have a scientist who tells uncomfortable truths than one who quietly nods along. He earns my respect.

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Name (English)

David Nutt

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・ナット

Reading

でびっど・なっと

Born

April 16, 1951 (age 75)

Occupation

psychiatrist / non-fiction writer / university teacher / researcher / pharmacologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

University

Downing College

Awards & achievements

• 2013 John Maddox Prize

• Official sitehttps://drugscience.org.uk
• Xhttps://x.com/ProfDavidNutt
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Nutt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277223

Tags

• psychiatrist
• non-fiction writer
• university teacher

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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