NIDA Program Contacts

Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research (DESPR)

Kevin P. Conway, Ph.D. (kconway@nida.nih.gov)
Interests: Familial and genetic vulnerability, phenotypic heterogeneity of drug use disorders, environmental influences on the expression of liability, comorbid disruptive behavior problems, and temperament and personality, particularly behavioral disinhibition.

Naimah Weinberg, M.D. (nw46w@nih.gov)
Interests: Psychiatric risk factors for drug abuse, comorbidity and common etiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders, genetic epidemiology of drug abuse vulnerability and comorbidity.

Division of Basic Neuroscience & Behavior Research (DBNBR)

Mark Caulder (caulderm@mail.nih.gov)

Christine Colvis, Ph.D. (ccolvis@mail.nih.gov)
Interests:  Proteomics, technology development, neuroscience and co-morbid conditions such as HIV and hepatitis C.

Jonathan D. Pollock, Ph.D. (jp183r@nih.gov) 
Interests:  Molecular genetics of substance abuse, molecular genetics of synaptic plasticity and memory, model organisms.

Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. (jrutter@mail.nih.gov)
Interests:  Human and population genetics, pharmacogenetics, gene x gene, gene x environment interactions, molecular genetics of drug addiction and addiction vulnerability, and ELSI issues.

John Satterlee, Ph.D (satterleej@nida.nih.gov)
Interests:  Model organisms and behavioral genetics, RNAi and microRNAs, epigenetics, signal transduction.

David Shurtleff, Ph.D. (dshurtle@mail.nih.gov)
Interests: Director, Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research; genetics and molecular neurobiology of addiction; phenotypic characterization of genetic model organisms and substance use-related disorders.

Karen Skinner, Ph.D. (skinnerk@mail.nih.gov)
Interests:  Systems biology, data integration, multilevel modeling, biomedical computation.

Susan Volman, Ph.D. (svolman@nida.nih.gov) 
Interests:  Behavioral genetics of drug abuse and of co-occuring disorders in animal models.

Da-yu Wu, Ph.D (wudy@mail.nih.gov)
Interests:  Neural development, molecular genetics, animal models, and RNAi.

Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Development and Behavioral Research (DCNDBR)

Karen Sirocco, Ph.D. (sirocco@nida.nih.gov)
Interests: Gene by environment by development interactions that impact neurobehavior, cognition, and drug use resilience or vulnerability.

Harold Gordon, Ph.D. (hg23r@nih.gov)
Interests: human genetics of drug abuse vulnerability and resilience, risks associated with early or chronic stress, interactions between drug use and sleep disturbances/circadian rhythms.

Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Abused Drugs (DPMCAD)

Jag H. Khalsa, Ph.D. (jk98p@nih.gov)
Interests: Genetics of metabolic (including nutritional) & endocrine disorders of drug abuse, co-occurring infections (HIV, hepatitis C, TB, STDs); genetics of drug-drug interactions among antiretrovirals, drugs of abuse and addiction treatment medications.

Iván D. Montoya, M.D., M.P.H. (imontoya@mail.nih.gov)
Interests: Pharmacogenetics of the safety and efficacy of medications approved or being investigated for the treatment of substance use disorders.

Amrat P. Patel, Ph.D. (ap79g@nih.gov)
Interests: Medication Development, Neurotransmitter Transporter Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, and Metabolism

Intramural Research Program

George Uhl, M.D. Ph.D. (guhl@intra.nida.nih.gov)
Interests: Genetics and molecular neurobiology of addictions; Association genome scanning; Pooled association genome scanning
Office of Extramural Affairs.

NIDA Office of AIDS Research Program

Diane M. Lawrence, Ph.D. (LawrenceDi@nida.nih.gov)
Interests: HIV/AIDS, neuropathogenesis, inflammation, neuroimmunology, neuron-glia interactions

Office of Extramural Affairs

Mark R. Green, Ph.D (mg388g@nih.gov)
Interests: Peer/Grant Review

Mark Swieter, PhD (ms80x@nih.gov)
Interests: Training and Career Development and Peer/Grant Review

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