National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Wed, 02/17/2016 - 12:00

Wed, 02/17/2016 - 12:00

Two to three brief training sessions can significantly increase pediatricians’ use of screening and brief interventions to help their patients with substance use and mental health problems, according to a large, 2-year trial supported by NIAAA. The study also found that pediatric practices can increase delivery of these services by adding behavioral health clinicians to their teams. Mounting evidence supports...

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 12:00

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 12:00

In a commentary published in April in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research , Raye Litten, Ph.D., and other NIAAA scientists describe the evolution of our understanding of the heterogeneity of alcohol use disorder (AUD), and outline new treatment and research regimes that follow from the recognition that alcohol problems are manifested along a continuum of severity, ranging from...

Thu, 02/19/2015 - 12:00

Thu, 02/19/2015 - 12:00

According to the results of a recent NIAAA-funded animal study, carrying a gene variant that affects the release of a specific brain protein may increase the risk of developing an alcohol use disorder. The protein, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), affects the survival of existing neurons and the growth of new neurons and synapses, the junctures through which cell-to-cell communication occurs...

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 12:00

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 12:00

Liver fibrosis is a consequence of chronic liver injury associated with alcoholic or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, or metabolic diseases, and can lead to cirrhosis and even cancer. While there are no effective treatments for liver fibrosis, previous research has shown that compounds that block receptors for molecules similar to those found in the marijuana plant (endocannabinoids) can...

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 12:00 am EST to Saturday, March 4, 2017, 12:00 am EST

Website: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/initiatives/fasd2017/

Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:00

Fri, 02/24/2017 - 12:00

The effects of alcohol use during pregnancy on an unborn child are well known. However, a recent NIAAA-funded study in rats has shown that a mother’s alcohol use before conception also could have negative effects on her child’s health and response to stress during adulthood. To study the effects of preconception alcohol use, the research team, led by Dipak Sarkar...

Community-based and individual-level prevention strategies are effective ways to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and other youth living in rural communities, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The National Institute on Drug Abuse also provided support for the study. “This important study...

Kellyn Maves kellyn.maves@nih.gov Post Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Recipient Kellyn Maves is a post-bac IRTA working in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She currently works on the protocol Dietary linoleic acid regulation of omega-3 HUFA metabolism; satiety and body composition among overweight female subjects and will work on the protocol...

Breanne Wilhite Post Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Recipient Bree.wilhite@nih.gov Breanne Wilhite is a current Postbac IRTA in the Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics. Her main duties include working on the protocol Dietary linoleic acid regulation of omega-3 HUFA metabolism; satiety and body composition among overweight female subjects. This trial will be investigating the effects of controlled dietary alterations...

Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 9:45 am EDT to Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 3:00 pm EDT

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. View the Agenda .

Thursday, February 7, 2019, 10:00 am EST

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. To view the Agenda, visit www.niaaa.nih.gov/agenda-advisory-council-meeting-february-7-2019 Webcast: National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - February 2019 Hours subject to change; a final agenda will be posted closer to the date of the event.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 12:00 am EDT

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. To view the Agenda, visit www.niaaa.nih.gov/agenda-advisory-council-meeting-may-14-2019 Webcast: Webcast Open Session May 14, 2019 Advisory Council Page

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 9:00 am EDT

Open Session of the National Joint Advisory Councils of NIAAA, NIDA, and NCI - for Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN). View the Agenda

Thursday, September 12, 2019, 9:30 am EDT

Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Agenda is now posted! The link to the webcast option will be provided closer to the event.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 145th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Tuesday, May 2, 2017 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Conference Rooms, Rockville MD 20852 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 10:15 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob 10:30 DIRECTOR'S REPORT Dr...

Thursday, June 8, 2017, 1:30 pm EDT

Speaker: Gyongyi Szabo, M.D., Ph.D. Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Endowed Chair and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 12:00

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 12:00

Many alcohol studies rely on participants to self-report how much and how often they drink, which can, at times, result in unreliable data. Biomarkers (biological markers) based on indicators in blood or other bodily fluids can be objective measures of alcohol use. Some biomarkers directly measure whether an individual has recently been drinking by measuring components of alcohol in blood...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AGENDA FIFTH JOINT MEETING (FOURTH CRAN) OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DRUG ABUSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 Webcast: https://videocast.nih.gov/live.asp?live=21960 OPEN...

Collaborative, Cross-NIH Funding Opportunities PA-15-035: Research Aimed at Novel Behavioral Targets to Improve Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Interventions (R34, R01) Open Date: September 16, 2015 Expiration Date: September 8, 2018 Contact: Brett Hagman, Ph.D. brett.hagman@nih.gov PA-16-072: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01, R03, R34) Open Date: January 8, 2016 Expiration Date: January 8, 2019 Contact: Anita Bechtholt...

Thursday, April 13, 2017, 8:30 am EDT

Meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders ( ICCFASD ) https://videocast.nih.gov Agenda