Staff Research Physician
NIDA/NIH
National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program
Stephanie T. Weiss, MD PhD is the staff Research Physician serving the NIDA Intramural Research Program (IRP). After earning a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry, Dr. Weiss received her medical degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine. As an addiction toxicologist, she is board certified in addiction medicine and medical toxicology, a subspecialty that cares for patients with poisonings, environmental exposures, and overdoses. Dr. Weiss assumes responsibility for providing optimal, safe, and ethical care to study participants and clinical support toward the NIDA IRP mission of conducting inpatient and outpatient proof-of-concept human laboratory studies. Her research interests include repurposing of GLP-1RAs to treat addictive disorders, medication misuse, and improving interpretation of urine drug testing.
