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- Major Initiatives
- Medications Development Program
- Underage Drinking Research Initiative
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- COMBINE Study
- Quetiapine Study
- Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) Study
- NIAAA-Funded Research Centers
- NIAAA Institutional Research Training Programs
- Other Key Extramural Research Activites
- Guidelines and Resources
- Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research
- NIAAA Laboratories
- Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience
- Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies
- LCTS - Office of the Chief
- LCTS - Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging (BEI)
- LCTS - Section of Clinical Assessment and Treatment Evaluation (CATE)
- LCTS - Section on Clinical Psycho-neuroendocrinology and Neuro-psychopharmacology (CPN)
- LCTS - Section on Human Psychopharmacology (HP)
- LCTS - Section of Molecular Pathophysiology (MP)
- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry
- Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
- Laboratory of Liver Diseases
- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Laboratory of Metabolic Control
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology
- Laboratory of Molecular Signaling
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics
- Laboratory for Neuroimaging
- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies
- Chemical Biology Research Branch (joint lab with NIDA)
- Office of the Scientific Director
- Office of Laboratory Animal Science (OLAS)
- Research and Training
- Clinical Trials at NIAAA/NIH
- NIAAA Laboratories
Office of the 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 | 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 | 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
