Nassima Ait-daoud Tiouririne MD

Dr. Ait-Daoud Tiouririne graduated from Algiers University in 1992 and trained in psychiatry both at Algiers and the University of Virginia. She is the Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director and Associate Director for the Psychiatry Residency Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. She is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine specialist and Director of the Center for Leading-Edge Addiction Research (CLEAR) outpatient Psychiatry services. She is also the Medical Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT).

Dr. Ait-Daoud Tiouririne has expertise in the pharmacological treatment of alcohol, opioid, and other substance use disorders. Her special interests are medication development for the treatment of addictions and understanding the underpinnings of drug craving associated with treatment response. She sees patients privately and with residents within the division of outpatient psychiatry, and also dedicates her time to teaching resident, medical and undergraduate students.

Her research focuses on the development of medications and other treatment modalities for addictions; and links clinical psychopharmacological research with basic biochemical studies to understand the underpinnings of addiction associated with craving and treatment response. She is a principal investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects and a co-investigator on multiple other NIH-funded grants.