National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Success Stories NIAAA’s small business awardees have used funding in many ways to launch and build their businesses, attract strategic partners and investors, and ultimately succeed in the commercial marketplace. Read their stories to learn how they did it . Webinars Promoting Development of Alcohol-Related Research Through NIAAA SBIR/STTR Funding Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Time: 1:00 p.m. ET Speakers...

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...

February 20, 2015

This is a correction to the webex connection information for the ABCD pre-application technical assistance webinar, which will be conducted on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST to discuss the three new Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Longitudinal Study funding opportunities: (1) a set of research project sites ( RFA-DA-15-015 ), (2) a single central data...

NIAAA NIAAA Centers and Training Working Group Roster NIAAA Institutional Research Training Programs NIAAA Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) and Diversity Training Resources NIAAA T32 and T35 Supplemental Information NIAAA Conference Grants NIH Career Development Kiosk (K Kiosk) Diversity in Extramural Programs (NIH) Fellowship Kiosk (F Kiosk) NIH Grant Career Timeline...

Kendall Bryant, Ph.D. Purpose The future Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO, a reissue of RFA AA 16-001 ) will solicit applications for human studies that will advance operations or implementation research in the context of alcohol and HIV/AIDS by facilitating the development of: (1) broader systems approaches for monitoring complex HIV and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality, and (2) interventions to...

Thursday, September 14, 2017

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 146th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 14, ​2017 The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 146th meeting at 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2017, at NIAAA headquarters in Rockville...

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 12:00

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 12:00

Episodes of heavy alcohol consumption leading to intoxication are associated with many health and safety problems, including unintentional injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence and alcohol poisoning. Previous studies have shown that brain molecules called GABAA receptors appear to play a role in excessive drinking. In a new study, researchers used an established rat model of binge drinking to investigate how...

Webinar will highlight ongoing NIAAA intervention research. What: Developing culturally appropriate interventions to prevent alcohol-related problems among American Indian and Alaska Native communities is a high priority for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the NIH. This webinar will present a case study of one such NIAAA-supported project now underway. Led by NIAAA grantee Dr...

Benjamin Xu, Ph.D., Division of Neuroscience and Behavior Purpose The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to continue the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA), a nation-wide consortium of five research project sites to study the impact of alcohol drinking on brain structure and function during adolescence and into early adulthood. Background Adolescent or...

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 10:00 am EDT to Thursday, July 27, 2023, 4:00 pm EDT

The NIA-NIAAA workshop on “Role of Alcohol Misuse in the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias” will be a hybrid event held in the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus, in Bethesda, Maryland on July 26 - 27, 2023 . The goal of this workshop is to discuss the role of alcohol misuse in the...

September 26, 2023

This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 15, Issue 3. David Lovinger, Ph.D., has been selected as the Scientific Director for the Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) . Dr. Lovinger obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in psychology from Northwestern...

Data from a survey of 43,000 U.S. adults heighten concerns that early alcohol use, independent of other risk factors, may contribute to the risk of developing future alcohol problems. Those who began drinking in their early teens were not only at greater risk of developing alcohol dependence at some point in their lives, they were also at greater risk of...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 151st Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6700 B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 Webcast Open Session May 14, 2019 09:50 AM - 3:00 PM: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 09:50 CALL TO ORDER...

In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), alcohol use disorder (AUD) and other substance use disorders are defined as psychiatric disorders. Many individuals who misuse alcohol also abuse other drugs, and vice-versa. Additionally, other psychiatric disorders often co-occur with AUD. This is referred to as co-morbidity. Over the past 30 years, several studies have shown that...

September 26, 2014

Craig J. McClain, M.D., will deliver the 2014 Mark Keller Honorary Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10. The title of his talk is “Nutrition, Gut Barrier Function, and Liver Disease.” Dr. McClain is an internationally distinguished clinician and scientist in the fields of gastroenterology, alcohol abuse, nutrition, cytokine research and hepatic drug metabolism...

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...

September 25, 2017

The purpose of this notice is to inform NIH grant applicants, their mentors, and grant management officials about two online video briefings the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) will host in October 2017. CSR is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific and technical merit. Each Briefing Will Have a Different Focus Getting Academic Research...

Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:00 pm EST to Friday, November 20, 2020, 10:00 pm EST

NEW LOCATION: Zoom Platform Webinar Title: Pharmacotherapy of Addiction Integrated with HIV Treatment Upon Reentry into the Community from Prison Improves Outcomes Speaker: Sandra Springer, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, Yale AIDS Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System Access the Zoom link here: https://bit.ly/ReturningCitizens2 Meeting number/Access Code: 126 600 0267 Password: FridayNov20 Join...

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:00

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:00

Some people experience the initial effects of alcohol as stimulating and euphoric, while others experience mostly unpleasant sedative effects. How individuals’ immediate responses to alcohol influence their future drinking behavior has been an active area of scientific research. One theory holds that people who have a low level of positive response to alcohol and who also are less sensitive to...