Office of the Scientific Director

The clinical subdivision of the Intramural Research Program strives to perform cutting edge, safe, and ethical research within a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. NIDA-IRP attempts to elucidate the nature of the addictive process; to determine the potential use of new therapies for substance abuse, both pharmacological and psycho-social; and to decipher the long term consequences of drugs of abuse on the development, maturation, function, and structure of the brain, and other organ systems.

Carlo Contoreggi, M.D.,, Clinical Director

Michelle K. Leff, M.D., M.D., Deputy Clinical Director

Beverly Beall, RPA-C: Clinical Care Coordinator

Anthony Brooks, P.D.: Chief of Pharmacy

Thomas Haines, M.S.: Clinical Liaison

Anne Gupman, M.A.: IRB Administrator

Paul Na, P.D.: Deputy Chief of Pharmacy

Rita Robertazzi, CNP: Occupational Health