Office of the Scientific Director

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David Lovinger, 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: 

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.
 

 Board Members terms conclude June 30 in the year designated in brackets.

CHAIRPERSON

De Wit, Harriet, Ph.D. [2023]
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Director, UCLA Brain Research Institute
Pritzker School of Medicine
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
https://psychiatry.uchicago.edu/faculty/harriet-de-wit-phd

MEMBERS

Diehl, Anna Mae, M.D. [2024]
Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham NC
https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/anna-mae-diehl-md

Evans, Christopher, Ph.D. [2023]
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, UCLA Brain Research Institute
Stefan Hatos Endowed Chair, Director
Shirley and Stephan Hatos Center of Neuropharmacology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.bri.ucla.edu/people/christopher-j-evans-phd

Fair, Damien, Ph.D. [2025]
Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
Professor, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human
Development and Department of Pediatrics
Medical School, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MD 55455
https://icd.umn.edu/people/faird/

Hillard, Cecilia, Ph.D. [2025]
Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Director Neuroscience Research Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 53226
https://www.mcw.edu/departments/pharmacology-and-toxicology/people/cecilia-hillard-phd

Grant, Kathleen, Ph.D. [2024]
Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
https://www.ohsu.edu/people/kathleen-a-grant-phd

Szabo, Gyongyi, M.D., Ph.D. [2024]
Chief Academic Officer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Beth Israel Lahey Health
Faculty Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard Medical School
Editor-in-Chief, Hepatology Communications
Boston, MA 
https://www.bilh.org/leadership/gyongyi-szabo

Janak, Patricia H, Ph.D. [2025]
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
and Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21042
https://pbs.jhu.edu/directory/patricia-janak/
 

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

David Lovinger, PhD
Scientific Director
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Rockville, MD
 

Updated on June 9, 2023