Center Staff

Betty Tai, Ph.D.
Director
btai@nida.nih.gov

Mary Ellen Michel, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
michelm1@nida.nih.gov

Petra Jacobs, M.D
Associate Director for Program Development
pjacobs@nida.nih.gov

Ron A. Dobbins, M.B.A.
Clinical Trials Specialist
rdobbins@nida.nih.gov

Michele Straus, R.Ph., M.S.
Clinical Trials Program Specialist
mstraus@nida.nih.gov

Behavior and Social Science Team

Harold Perl, Ph.D.
Team Leader
Senior Lead for Behavioral Research,
Dissemination & Training
hperl@nida.nih.gov

Udi Ghitza, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
ghitzau@nida.nih.gov

Carmen Rosa, M.S.
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
crosa@nida.nih.gov

Quandra Scudder
Scientific Program Analyst
scudderq@nida.nih.gov

Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Team

Paul G. Wakim, Ph.D.
Team Leader
Senior Mathematical Statistician
pwakim@nida.nih.gov

Carol Cushing, B.B.A., R.N.
Clinical Trials Specialist
ccushing@nida.nih.gov

Psycho-Pharmacology Team

Steven Sparenborg, Ph.D.
Team Leader
Health Scientist Administrator
sparenborgs@nida.nih.gov

Lian Hu, Ph.D. (Contractor)
Program Assistant
hul@mail.nih.gov

David Liu, M.D.
Medical Officer
dliu@nida.nih.gov

Raul Mandler, M.D.
Senior Medical Officer
mandlerr@mail.nih.gov

Geetha Subramaniam, M.D.
Medical Officer
subramaniamga@nida.nih.gov