National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Presentation title : Depression's got a hold of me: Gender differences and generational trends in alcohol use and mental health among U.S. adolescents and adults Date : Friday, November 2, 2018, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Speaker: Katherine Keyes, Ph.D. Join WebEx Meeting : https://bit.ly/2CSu4Jc Call-in toll number (US/Canada ): 1-650-479-3208 Meeting Number (access code) : 628-802-815 Meeting Password...
The 2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Alcohol-Induced End Organ Diseases will provide a unique forum to bring together a diverse range of young and established scientists who are studying alcoholrelated organ damage. This meeting will cover a broad range of studies at the molecular, cellular, systems and organismal level, with particular emphasis on multidisciplinary work and innovative approaches. More...
National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day is an annual live online chat held between high school students and NIH scientists during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® . Students from around the country ask the questions they most want the answers to about drugs and alcohol, and expert scientists give them the facts.
The National Institutes of Health announced today that enrollment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is now complete and, in early 2019, scientists will have access to baseline data from all ABCD Study participants. There are 11,874 youth, ages 9-10, participating in the study, including 2,100 young people who are twins or triplets. All will be followed through...
The Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will take place on February 7, 2019 from 10 AM - 3 PM . You can view the agenda for more details and tune in to the webcast if you can't make it in person.
Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Liver Injury -- Joint NIAAA-NIDDK Research Specific areas of research will include hepatocyte cell injury, modes of death including apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necroptosis, injury and stress pathways, lipid synthesis and metabolism, cytokines and immune signaling, the microbiome, genetic factors, systems biology and mechanisms of the complications of chronic fatty liver. Expected Outcomes...
The objective of this workshop is to identify gaps in research related to the science of interoception and its roles in nervous system disorders as well as to develop strategies and recommendations to facilitate the advancement of this area of research. The workshop will bring together expertise from diverse fields in basic neuroscience and clinical research to address two major...
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) is the leading forum for more than 2,400 behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians to study the interactions and relationships between behavioral, physiological, and biochemical states, and morbidity and mortality. The 40th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine will be held in Washington, DC, from March 6–9, 2019. For additional...
National Brain Awareness Week programs were established by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (Dana) to link scientists, clinicians, journalists, and other educators in an annual effort to raise public awareness about the brain and brain science. For more information about Brain Awareness Week programs in Silver Spring, MD, visit https://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=education.brain_awareness_wee… .