Nelly Alia-Klein

Nelly Alia-Klein is a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, cross-appointed in the departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Her research focuses on Addiction, Brain Imaging, and Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying substance use disorders. She has co-authored seminal work on biomarkers for addiction recovery, including studies on speech patterns in cocaine abstinence, orbitofrontal cortex dynamics in heroin addiction, and cytokine-related white matter changes in opioid treatment.

Her scientific work spans interdisciplinary neuroscience, integrating cognitive modeling and clinical research to advance addiction treatment paradigms. While no specific awards or student advisement details are mentioned in the provided texts, her publications in Biological Psychiatry highlight her contributions to addiction neuroimaging. She is affiliated with the Hess Center for Science and Medicine at Mount Sinai, where her office is located on Floor 10, Room 108.