National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Wed, 01/31/2018 - 12:00

Wed, 01/31/2018 - 12:00

NIAAA seeks volunteers for a research study on alcohol use disorder aimed at reducing craving for alcohol. Background: Hormones are naturally occurring chemicals in the body. Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates appetite. It may also stimulate alcohol cravings and use. Researchers want to learn more about alcohol cravings and test if a drug that blocks ghrelin lowers alcohol cravings...

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...

Monday, March 12, 2018, 12:00 am EDT to Sunday, March 18, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

Website: http://www.dana.org/baw/

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

Society for Prevention Research http://www.preventionresearch.org/meeting/

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

American College Health Association (ACHA) Annual Meeting http://www.acha.org/AnnualMeeting18/Default.aspx

Monday, July 30, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

National Association of Hispanic Nurses 43rd Annual Conference http://www.nahnnet.org/docs/NAHN_Save_the_Date_Flyer_2018.pdf

Thursday, August 9, 2018, 12:00 am EDT to Sunday, August 12, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

American Psychological Association (APsychA) Convention http://www.apa.org/news/events/2018/apa-convention.aspx

Thursday, October 11, 2018, 12:00 am EDT to Saturday, October 13, 2018, 12:00 am EDT

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual Conference

Tue, 02/13/2018 - 12:00

Tue, 02/13/2018 - 12:00

More than 7,500 children recruited for study to date; data available for first 4,500 The National Institutes of Health today released to the scientific community an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study . To date, more than 7,500 youth and their families have been recruited for the study, well over half the participant goal. Approximately 30...

Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:00

Thu, 02/15/2018 - 12:00

An NIAAA study shows that people who drink socially and have certain risk factors for alcohol use disorder (AUD) self-administer more alcohol and at a faster rate during a single laboratory session of alcohol consumption than people at low risk for developing AUD. Participants with all three risk factors evaluated in this study—being male, having a family history of AUD...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/ Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors General Information Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints for Alcoholic Hepatitis and other Alcohol-Associated Liver Diseases Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Agenda Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints for Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH) and other Alcohol-Associated Liver Diseases (AALD) Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/ Organizers: Lara Dimick-Santos Svetlana Radaeva Gyongyi...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Accommodations and Logistics Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/ https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/workingatfda/buildingsandfacilities/whiteo… Additional requirements: No Federal Funds may be used for provision of facilitation of food. workshop attendees and/or presenters...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Contact Bridgette Green, Logistics greenbd@mail.nih.gov Svetlana Radaeva, Scientific Contact or the Agenda sradaeva@mail.nih.gov Gyongyi Szabo, Scientific Contact or the Agenda Gyongyi.Szabo@umassmed.edu Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/

March 26-27, 2018 Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/ Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Registration To register, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AlcoholicHepatitisWorkshop This is an external link to a third-party site for the purpose of conference registration. The NIAAA...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)...

Harmful and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States. Learn more... Visit NIAAA's site CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov -- your one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students Read NIAAA's fact sheet...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) targets the body’s immune system and often leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The U.S. CDC reported that in 2015, 39,513 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States; more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and 1 in 8 of them don’t know it. Scientists have learned...

Scientific Mission To learn more about how our genes affect vulnerability to alcoholism, NIAAA has funded the Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) since 1989. Our goal is to identify the specific genes that can influence a person’s likelihood of developing alcoholism. About COGA COGA investigators have collected data on more than 2,255 extended families in which many members...

NIAAA/COGA DATA AND BIOMATERIALS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT-- WAVE I and WAVE II WHEREAS, the national Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ("NIAAA") pursuant to its public health mission to identify and characterize the genetic basis of alcohol-related disorders supports research projects in which there is collection by scientific investigators and their relatives; WHEREAS, anonymous blood samples obtained from Wave I and/or...