George Kunos, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Director

George Kunos, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Director


Mission Statement:

1. Provides Scientific, program, and administrative leadership for the Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research;

2. promotes an environment conducive to productive research; and

3. coordinates activities, establishes priorities, and analyzes and evaluates progress.

Staff: 

Name Title E-Mail Phone
George Kunos, MD/PhD Scientific Director gkunos@mail.nih.gov 301.443.2069
Kim Bochniak Secretary kboch@niaaa.nih.gov 301.443.1234
Emily Kirby Secretary

kirbyemily@mail.nih.gov

301.443.9643

 

NIAAA Board of Scientific Counselors

The Board of Scientific Counselors is comprised of eminent scientists with expertise in alcohol research and related areas of scientific endeavor. Employed outside of NIH, they periodically convene to review the quality of NIAAA intramural science and scientists and advise the Scientific Director. NIAAA is most appreciative of their efforts.

George K. Michalopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
S-410 Biomedical Science Tower
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-1040

Kathleen A. Grant, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Neuroscience, L-470
Senior Scientist, Oregon National
Primate Research Center
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Phone: 503-418-2390, 503-614-3738

Robert O. Messing, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Associate Director
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
5858 Horton St. Suite 200
Emeryville CA 94608
Phone: 510-985-3950

Dalton James Surmeier, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Physiology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
320 E. Superior St., Searle 5-474
Chicago IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-4904
mailto:j-surmeier@northwestern.edu

Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor
Head of Laboratory
Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases
The Rockefeller University
Senior Physician
The Rockefeller University Hospital

Rexford S. Ahima, M.D., Ph.D. (Kunos)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
764 Clinical Research Building
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215 573-1872
215 573-5809 (Fax)
mailto:ahima@mail.med.upenn.edu

Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.
Rachel Brown Banks Distinguished Professor of
Psychiatry and Professor of Human Genetics
Director of the Psychiatric Genetics Research Program
Director of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Department of Psychiatry
Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
BIOTECH I, Room 1-123
800 E. Leigh Street
PO Box 980126
Richmond, VA 23298-0126
Phone: 804-828-8590

Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D.
P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Director of Hereditary Genomics Division
Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine
410 West Tenth Street
Health Information and Translational Sciences Building, HS 4021
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-278-1291

Pablo E. Castillo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Kennedy Center, Room 703
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-430-3263
pcastill@aecom.yu.edu