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Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Recommended Reading Our Sponsors Hotel Information: Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW Washington, District Of Columbia 20005 United States Hotel Reservation You can reserve a room at the conference hotel at a discounted rate using the the link given above. Please note that there is a limited number...

June 6, 2017

What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D. will deliver the 9th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “ Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Organ Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets in Alcoholic Hepatitis .” Who: Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D., is the Worcester Foundation...

find training, career opportunities, and predoctoral and/or postdoctoral training in a variety of research areas.

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Thursday, August 3, 2017, 12:00 am EDT to Sunday, August 6, 2017, 12:00 am EDT

American Psychological Association (APsychA) Convention For details visit http://www.apa.org/convention/index.aspx

To facilitate alcohol-related research, NIAAA is currently supporting the collection of autopsied human brain tissue from individuals with alcohol use disorder and from controls for distribution to qualified alcohol research investigators. Tissue collection and distribution is provided by the Brain Tissue Resource Center (BTRC), University of Sydney, Australia. The goal of the "brain bank" is to provide human brain tissue...

July 11, 2017

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 the NIH SBIR/STTR Program office hosted an annual webinar to explain and discuss various aspects of the NIH SBIR/STTR Program. The 2017 Omnibus Grant Solicitations, SBIR 101, Reauthorizations, and Deadlines were addressed, with a live Question & Answer session to conclude the webinar. The slide presentation , webinar recording , and transcript are now available...

Laboratory of Neuroimaging (LNI) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institutes of Health 10 Center Drive, Room B2L124: MSC 1013 Bethesda, MD 20892-1013 Chief of Laboratory Nora D. Volkow, MD Senior Investigator , NIAAA Director , National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Phone: 1 (301) 402-0868 E-mail: nvolkow@nida.nih.gov Dr. Volkow became Director of the National Institute on...

A new study led by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, demonstrates that aldosterone, a hormone produced in the adrenal glands, may contribute to alcohol use disorder (AUD). The novel research, conducted in collaboration with a team of investigators in the United States and Europe, appears in the...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 146th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Thursday, September 14, 2017 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Conference Rooms, Rockville MD 20852 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 10:00 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George...

Prenatal exposure to even low doses of alcohol may lead to severe and highly variable deficits in the brain of a fetus, according to a new study conducted in mice. Researchers report that the unpredictable nature of the deficits may be due to inconsistencies in how fetal brain cells activate a protective response to alcohol and other harmful compounds. The...

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek healthy volunteers 21-65 years of age to participate in a study researching if alcohol dependence and early life stress affect the ability to learn to feel calm. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to you. Compensation may be provided. Study highlights include: 2 day, 1...

DO YOU DRINK ALCOHOL TO DEAL WITH STRESS? Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek volunteers between 21-65 year of age who drink heavily and/or had a stressful childhood to participate in a study looking at the effect of alcohol abuse and early life stress on the ability to feel calm. All study-related tests and procedures are provided...

At the 2017 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, the symposium “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Alcohol Treatment But Were Afraid To Ask: A Primer for Non-Clinicians” covered screening and diagnosis of alcohol use disorder, brief interventions, and referral to treatment, as well as the many treatment options and potential pathways through treatment. The symposium included discussions...

August 18, 2017

At the 2017 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, the symposium “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Alcohol Treatment But Were Afraid To Ask: A Primer for Non-Clinicians” covered screening and diagnosis of alcohol use disorder, brief interventions, and referral to treatment, as well as the many treatment options and potential pathways through treatment. The symposium included discussions...

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced that event registration begins today for the next National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW), to be held Jan. 22-28, 2018. NDAFW is an annual, week-long series of educational events that brings together teens and scientific experts to SHATTER THE MYTHS® about...

September 29, 2017

2017 National Conference on Alc​ohol and Opioid Use in Women & Girls: Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Research October 26 - 27 , 2017 Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 A national conference to: Disseminate findings from the latest research on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of alcohol and other substance misuse among...