NIAAA-Funded Research Centers
Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60) and Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50)
NIAAA has released its Notice of Funding Opportunities for their Center Programs:
NIAAA has established a nationwide program of Alcohol Research Centers. The Alcohol Research Centers Program complements and is interrelated with all other research support mechanisms and scientific activities that investigate the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, prevention, and consequences of alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related problems. The program provides long-term support (typically 5 years) for interdisciplinary research and encourages outstanding scientists from many disciplines to provide a full range of expertise, approaches, and advanced technologies.
A primary goal of each NIAAA-funded Center is to become, through excellence in scientific research, a significant regional or national research resource. Each Center affords research training opportunities for individuals from various disciplines and professions. Fostering diversity is a key component of the NIH strategy to identify, develop, support, elevate, and maintain the quality and pool of our scientific workforce. It is expected that the Alcohol Research Centers will seek to recruit a diverse pool of potential participants, including individuals from underrepresented groups as per NOT-OD-20-031 and NOT-OD-22-019, and have an active Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP). Current Alcohol Research Centers are listed below.
ALCOHOL CENTER OF RESEARCH -- NEBRASKA (ACORN)
PI: Carol A. Casey
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4101 Woolworth Avenue
Omaha, NE 681058090
Phone: 402-995-3737
Email: ccasey@unmc.edu
https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/research/alcohol/index.html
ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER - TREATMENT AND IMPLICATIONS
PI: Howard C. Becker, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
67 President Street
MSC 861
Charleston, SC 29425-0742
Phone: 843-792-5207
Email: beckerh@musc.edu
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/arc
ALCOHOL AND TISSUE INJURY, FROM MECHANISMS TO TREATMENTS
PI: LAURA E NAGY
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Department of Pathobiology
Pathobiology/NE40
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-444-4021
Email: NagyL3@ccf.org
https://www.lerner.ccf.org/alcohol-center/research/
BEHAVIORAL GENOMICS OF ALCOHOL NEUROADAPTATION RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Tamara Richards, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University and
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Oregon Health and Science University
MC L-470
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: 503-220-8262
Email: phillipt@ohsu.edu
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/portland-alcohol-research-center/
CENTER FOR ALCOHOL RESEARCH IN EPIGENETICS
PI: Subhash C. Pandey, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
1601 West Taylor Street (M/C 912)
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: (312) 413-1310
Email: scpandey@uic.edu
http://www.psych.uic.edu/research/alcohol-research-center
CENTER FOR THE TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE OF ALCOHOLISM
PI: John H. Krystal, M.D.
Yale University
Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism
Department of Psychiatry
300 George Street, Suite 901
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-785-5899
Email: john.krystal@yale.edu
http://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/ctna/
CENTER ON GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF ALCOHOL INGESTION AND RESPONSES TO ALCOHOL
PI: David Kareken, Ph.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
355 W 16th Street | GH 4700
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-963-7212
Email: dkareken@iu.edu
http://www.medicine.iupui.edu/iarc/
CNS EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL: CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
PI: Barbara Mason, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: 858-784-9802
Email: aroberts@scripps.edu
https://www.arc.scripps.edu/
CROSS-SPECIES INVESTIGATION OF GENE NETWORKS FOR ETHANOL-RELATED BEHAVIORS
PI: Michael F. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Neurology
Box 980613
Virginia Commonwealth University
1217 E Marshall St Medical Sc
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: (804) 827-4054
Email: michael.miles@vcuhealth.org
https://arc.vcu.edu
DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Terrence Deak, Ph.D.
Binghamton University, State University of New York
Department of Psychology
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Phone: 607-777-5918
Email: tdeak@binghamton.edu
http://www.binghamton.edu/dearc/
ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES TO PREVENTION ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Mallie J Paschall, Ph.D.
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Prevention Research Center
2150 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 601
Berkeley, CA 94704-1365
Phone: 510-883-5753
Email: paschall@prev.org
http://www.prev.org
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS RESEARCH CENTER
PI: William C. Kerr, Ph.D.
Public Health Institute
Alcohol Research Group
6001 Shellmound Street, Suite 450
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-898-5800
Email: wkerr@arg.org
http://www.arg.org
ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE RESEARCH CENTER
PI: David C. Steffens, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Department of Psychiatry--MC2103
University of CT Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-2103
Phone: 860-679-4282
Email: steffens@uchc.edu
https://health.uconn.edu/psychiatry/research/alcohol-research-center
FETAL ETHANOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Daniel D. Savage, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Department of Neurosciences
MSC08 4740
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-272-4411
Email: dsavage@salud.unm.edu
http://hsc.unm.edu/nmarc/index.html
LSUHSC-NO COMPREHENSIVE ALCOHOL-HIV/AIDS RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Department of Physiology
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112-1393
Phone: 504-568-6187
Email: pmolin@lsuhsc.edu
http://alcoholresearch.lsuhsc.edu/default.aspx
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS IN ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
School of Medicine
104 Manning Drive CB# 7178
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178
Phone: 919-966-7116
Email: tkash@email.unc.edu
http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/about/center-overview-and-welcome
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS UNDERGOING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
PI: Andrew M. Cameron, M.D., Ph.D.
DELTA Center for Alcohol Research
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
720 Rutland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-502-5198
Email: acamero5@jhmi.edu
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/news_events/delta-center.html
NATIVE CENTER FOR ALCOHOL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (NCARE)
PI: Michael G McDonell
Washington State University
1100 Olive Way
Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 509-368-6967
Email: mmcdonell@wsu.edu
https://ireach.wsu.edu/ncare/
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESEARCH CENTER FOR ALPD AND CIRRHOSIS
PI: Hidekazu Tsukamoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Alcohol Research Center of Southern California
Department of Pathology
Keck School of Medicine of the University
of Southern California
1333 San Pablo Street, MMR, 402
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9141
Phone: 323-442-5107
Email: htsukamo@usc.edu
https://keck.usc.edu/alpd-and-cirrhosis-research-center/
THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT/PROGRESSION OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED ORGAN INJURY
PI: Craig J. McClain, M.D.
Alcohol Research Center
University of Louisville
505 South Hancock Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-852-6189
Email: craig.mcclain@louisville.edu
http://louisville.edu/arc/
TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES ON EARLY-LIFE STRESS AND VULNERABILITY TO ALCOHOL ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTER
PI: Jeff Weiner, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083
Phone: 336-716-8627
Email: jweiner@wfubmc.edu
https://school.wakehealth.edu/Departments/Physiology-and-Pharmacology/WF-TARC
VANDERBILT AUD RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER (VAREC)
PI: Erin S Calipari, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
110 21ST AVE S STE 800
Nashville, NT 37240
Phone: 859-797-5465
Email: erin.calipari@vanderbilt.edu
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/varec