Dr. Damadzic joined the Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, NIAAA, in October 2006 after finishing postdoctoral training and employment in NIMH. He received his M.D. degree in University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he completed Internship and General Practice training. Dr. Damadzic came to NIMH as a Fogarty Fellow awardee, working in the Clinical Brain Disorders Branch and investigating several projects in neuroanatomical study in human adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and unipolar depression. He continued his training in NIMH where he worked on study on the PACAP effect. His group discovered that PACAP might act to protect the brain from paraphysiological insult, including exposure to toxins or hypoxia. In last several years in the NIAAA/OCD, as a neuroanatomist and biologist, he began work with a research team to better understand the consequences of excessive ethanol consumption on the brain and behavior and assisted in development of new pharmacotherapeutics. His research efforts focus on understanding the brain’s biological changes that lead to excessive alcohol consumption and the neurochemical changes that occur with alcohol addiction.