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Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Recommended Reading Our Sponsors Agenda Day 1: Thursday, October 26, 2017 7:15 AM Registration 8:15 AM Opening Remarks: Dr. Deidra Roach, NIAAA 8:30 AM Welcome from ORWH: Dr. Victoria Cargill, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH 8:45 AM Welcome from NIDA: Dr. Cora Lee Wetherington, Women and Sex/Gender Research Coordinator...

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Researchers have identified a blood test that may help predict how severely a baby will be affected by alcohol exposure during pregnancy, according to a study published November 9 in the journal PLOS ONE. The study authors, from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine and the Omni-Net Birth Defects Prevention Program in...

NIH-funded research examined over 6,000 children to determine prevalence of FASD ranged from 1.1 to 5 percent A study of more than 6,000 first-graders across four U.S. communities has found that a significant number of the children have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with conservative rates ranging from 1 to 5 percent in community samples. The new findings represent more...

Assessing the patterns of energy use and neuronal activity simultaneously in the human brain improves our understanding of how alcohol affects the brain, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The new approach for characterizing brain energetic patterns could also be useful for studying other neuropsychiatric diseases. A report of the findings is now online...

People with a genetic variant of a neurotransmitter gene may have an increased risk of addiction to alcohol and other substances later in life if they were exposed to childhood stress, such as divorce or emotionally distant parents, and other adverse experiences, according to recent research. The study led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in...

The 154th meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will be held virtually on May 12, 2020. You can view the agenda now and we will share the webcast link when it is available.

Early Childhood Neurobehavioral Assessment for the Differential Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder Bethesda Marriott Hotel Bethesda, Maryland March 8–10, 2000 The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and The National Institutes of Health National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke...

Symposium hosted by the Education Work Group of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Sponsored by: Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and The Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health and U. S. Department of Education. Brief Summary The purpose of the meeting was to bring the Fetal...

Adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic abnormalities such as low HDL cholesterol and elevated levels of triglycerides compared to people without FASD, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment that is particularly problematic for individuals with alcohol and substance use disorders (ASUD), according to physician scientists at the National Institutes of Health. In a commentary now online in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the researchers liken the global coronavirus emergency to a “perfect storm,” with dire consequences for ASUD prevention and...

NIAAA-funded scientists report that early life dietary choline supplements improve some of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) four years after treatment ended. The results of this study suggest that choline treatment during an important time window during early childhood can alter brain development in a way that produces lasting therapeutic behavioral effects for...

Title Epidemiology and Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Understudied Young Adult Populations; Military, Workforce, and Community College Contact Mike Hilton, Ph.D., Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Purpose The purpose of this future grant application solicitation is to balance the NIAAA research portfolio by supporting research on alcohol misuse among persons aged 18 to 29 who are not enrolled in...

Adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic abnormalities such as low HDL cholesterol and elevated levels of triglycerides compared to people without FASD, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research...

NIAAA-funded scientists report that early life dietary choline supplements improve some of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) four years after treatment ended. The results of this study suggest that choline treatment during an important time window during early childhood can alter brain development in a way that produces lasting therapeutic behavioral effects for...

Sponsored by the Treatment, Health Services, and Recovery Branch (THSRB) within the Division of Treatment and Recovery (DTR) at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Date of Event: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm | 3 hours | Eastern Time (US & Canada) Agenda for Virtual Recovery Roundtable Daniel Falk, Ph.D. (Moderator) Program...

The 2023 Annual Public Meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) will be held on April 17, 2023, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST Full meeting agenda available. The meeting is Videocast and will be available live and archived at https://videocast.nih.gov The meeting direct link (URL): https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=45706 The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum...