Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York
Dr. Nunes is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), Principal Investigator (multiple PI) of the Greater New York node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN), and a practicing psychiatrist Board Certified in Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. He has devoted his career to research on the treatment of cocaine, opioid and other substance use disorders and is nationally and internationally recognized for his work on the evaluation and treatment of co-occurring depression, alcohol, cocaine and opioid use disorders and the development of pharmacological and behavioral treatments for substance use disorders as well as his work in the Clinical Trials Network testing the effectiveness of behavioral and pharmacological treatments in community-based treatment settings. Dr. Nunes has extensive experience with research on comorbidity of substance and psychiatric disorders, including co-occurring mood, anxiety disorders and ADHD. He also has extensive experience on the effectiveness and implementation portions of the translational spectrum, including leadership of two large multisite clinical trials in the clinical trials network, one of a computer-delivered behavioral therapy for substance use disorders (Campbell, Nunes et al., 2014) which served as the pivotal trial leading to FDA approval as a digital therapeutic, and one on treatment of opioid use disorder with XR-NTX vs buprenorphine (Lee, Nunes et al., 2019). He has extensive experience mentoring fellows and junior faculty, having recently completed two funding periods of a NIDA-funded K24 with emphasis on mentoring at NYSPI/CUMC and also serves as a national mentor on the Research on Addiction Medicine Scholars program funded by NIDA.
NIH HEAL Initiative: Results from Selected NIDA Clinical Trials Network Studies
Friday, April 25, 2025
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
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