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Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Recommended Reading Our Sponsors 2017 National Conference on Alcohol and Opioid Use in Women & Girls: Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Research October 26 - 27, 2017 Washington Marriott at Metro Center Washington, DC As a follow-up to the 2008 National Conference on Preventing Substance-exposed Pregnancies sponsored by the ICCFASD...

Washington, D.C. Jeffrey C. Long, Ph.D., David Goldman, M.D., and coworkers in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research, NIAAA, report in this month's Neuropsychiatric Genetics (Volume 81, Number 3) highly suggestive evidence in one region of chromosome 11 and good evidence in one region of chromosome 4 for linkage to alcohol dependence (commonly termed alcoholism)...

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 12:00

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 12:00

Although genetic feedback has been evaluated as an adjunct to smoking cessation interventions, its efficacy for reducing alcohol-related risks is unknown. The current study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a web-based alcohol intervention incorporating genetic feedback and risk information specific to ALDH2 genotype. The ALDH2*2 variant is associated with partial protection against alcohol dependence but confers significantly increased...

News Advisory Updated Guide Offers Clinicians New Tools to Help Patients With Alcohol Problems What: Announces update of Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide, produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Why: The updated Guide includes a new medications management program that consists of brief...

For some patients, alcohol treatment referral may not be a single event but instead part of an ongoing process of engagement. You can help patients surmount barriers to following through on a treatment referral by countering the effects of stigma, conveying that treatment can be effective, and offering a range of choices for care.

April 21, 2023

NIAAA and the scientific community mourn the death on April 5th of Enoch Gordis, M.D., who served as the NIAAA director from 1986 to 2001. Dr. Gordis emphasized science as a way of understanding alcohol use disorder (AUD). He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at Columbia University in New York City. Trained in internal medicine, Dr. Gordis conducted research...

Use the following role-playing exercise with your middle schooler to explore and discuss different ways of saying no. To view or download printouts of the scripts, please click here [PDF – 740.17 KB]. Role-Playing Exercise Give your middle schooler the script and ask them to read the scenes below. Then discuss the different ways to say no and why these...

Thursday, September 10, 2020

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 155th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 10, 2020 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 155th meeting at 1:01 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2020, via Webex videoconference and NIH...

Thursday, September 10, 2020

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 155th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 10, 2020 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 155th meeting at 1:01 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2020, via Webex videoconference and NIH...

Data Access Policy, Application and Agreement NIAAA Protocol NCIG 001: A Multisite Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Quetiapine Fumarate XR in Very Heavy-Drinking Alcohol-Dependent Patients Description  This double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of quetiapine, for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD).   Study Details  Sponsor: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s Clinical Investigations Group (NCIG) ...

Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Recommended Reading Our Sponsors 2017 National Conference on Alcohol and Opioid Use in Women & Girls: Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Research October 26 - 27, 2017 Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW Washington, DC USA A national conference to: 1) Disseminate findings from the latest research...

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...

September is a significant month for the alcohol field for two reasons: it’s the month dedicated to raising awareness about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and to celebrating recovery from alcohol and other substance use disorders.

Muchas personas se sorprenden al saber lo que cuenta como una bebida. La cantidad de líquido en su vaso, lata o botella no necesariamente coincide con la cantidad de alcohol que hay realmente en su bebida. Los diferentes tipos de cerveza, vino o licor de malta pueden tener cantidades muy diferentes de contenido de alcohol. Por ejemplo, muchas cervezas ligeras...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - Thursday, June 13, 2013

The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 133rd meeting at 5:30 p.m. on June 12, 2013, at the Fishers Lane Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. The Council met in closed session for a review of grant applications and Merit Award extensions. The meeting recessed at 6:20 p.m. Dr. Abraham Bautista, Director, Office of Extramural...

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH Research Priorities and Procedures The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol...

Raye Litten, Ph.D.; Brett Hagman, Ph.D., Laura Kwako, Ph.D.; Deidra Roach, M.D., and Mariela Shirley, Ph.D. Purpose The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to advance research on various topics that fall within NIAAA’s Division of Treatment and Recovery Research (DTRR). DTRR’s research interests are wide-ranging but typically encompass broad categories such as health services, behavioral therapies...

Friday, June 16, 2023, 11:00 am EDT to Friday, June 16, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT

You are cordially invited to join the Interagency Work Group on Drinking and Drug Use in Women and Girls for our next webinar coming up this coming Friday, June 16, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST . Details are as follows: Title: Achieving Equity in Women’s Addiction Prevention and Treatment: Accent on Promising Programs Speakers: Chyrell D. Bellamy, PhD...

Thu, 07/25/2013 - 12:00

Thu, 07/25/2013 - 12:00

Computerized image analysis can be a useful tool for detecting the sometimes subtle changes in facial features that occur when children are exposed to alcohol before birth, according to a recent study conducted through the NIAAA-funded Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD). As reported in the journal Pediatrics, the study suggests that three-dimensional (3-D) imaging could soon help...

NIH-funded study says five-marker genotype panel can guide ondansetron use An experimental treatment for alcohol dependence works better in individuals who possess specific combinations of genes that regulate the function and binding of serotonin, a brain chemical affected by the treatment, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. A report of the finding appears online in...