Alessandro Pirona is a psychologist with a PhD in experimental psychology from Sussex University.
As a researcher he investigated the abuse liability of recreational drugs in young people. In 2007, he joined the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction as a scientific analyst in the Intervention, Best Practice and Scientific Partners Unit.
He is responsible for the monitoring of health and social responses in the EU, with a particular interest in drug treatment. He has been project manager of a number of key EMCDDA publications, such as Insights and Selected Issues on Internet-based treatment, Treatment and care for ageing drug users, Social reintegration for drug users and the latest one on supervised heroin-assisted treatment in Europe and beyond.
