Professor Isidore Obot is the founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA) in Uyo, Nigeria. He provided written responses to interview questions from Professor Virginia Berridge on 13 April 2025 and 14 July 2025. Highlights of the interview include Isidore talking about:
- his education in Nigeria and the US
- developing an early interest in human behaviour through magazines such as Time and Readers Digest
- founding the Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse and serving as editor-in-chief of the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies
- the challenges of working in the field of addiction in Africa
- finding moral support in Professor Adeoye Lambo, who convinced him that he could survive and thrive in the academic world of addiction
