Ken Winters


Ken C. Winters is an American psychologist known for his research on addictive behaviors such as problem gambling. He is a senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, and a consultant to the Office of Research and Economic Development at Florida International University. He previously served as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota and as a Senior Scientist with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Treatment Research Institute. He was the founder and director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research for twenty-five years, and in 2013, he was named chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Center for Responsible Gaming.