The NIDA IRP is organized into the following Branches and Sections with support provided by Administrative Management staff and Core Facilities.
Office of the Scientific Director
- Animal Care and Use Program
- Designer Drug Research Unit
- NIDA IRP Technology Development
- Women Science Advisors
- Office of Education and Career Development
Office of the Clinical Director
Administrative Management Branch
- Administration
- Biomedical Informatics Section
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Procurement
- Shipping and Receiving
- Visual Media
Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch
- Behavioral Neurophysiology Neuroscience Section
- Synaptic Plasticity Section
- Electrophysiology Research Section
- Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Unit
Molecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch
Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch
- Medicinal Chemistry Section
- Addiction Biology Unit
- Integrative Neurobiology Section
- Drug Design and Synthesis Section
- Neuropsychopharmacology Section
- Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics Unit
- Medication Development Program
Neuroimaging Research Branch
- Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology Section
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Section
- Preclinical (Translational) Imaging Unit
- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit
Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
- Neurobiology of Relapse Section
- Neurocircuitry of Motivation Section
- Preclinical Pharmacology Section
- Neuronal Ensembles in Drug Addiction
- Neural Engineering Unit
Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch
- Neuronal Networks Section
- Cellular Pathobiology Section
- Behavioral Neuroscience Section
- Neurobiology of Addiction Section
- Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation Section
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch
- Treatment Section (The Archway Clinic)
- Real-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit
- Technology and Translational Research Unit
Core Facilities
- Confocal and Electron Microscopy Core
- Genetic Engineering and Viral Vector Core
- Histology Core
- Structural Biology Core