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The 2021 Annual Public Meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) will be held on April 23, 2021, 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST, ONLINE. The meeting agenda is now available. The meeting is Videocast and will be available live and archived at https://videocast.nih.gov The meeting direct link (URL): https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=40192 The Interagency Coordinating Committee on...

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am pleased to present the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget request for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The FY 2010 budget includes $455,149,000, which is $4,919,000 more than the FY 2009 appropriation of $450,230,000. NIAAA’s long-range vision for medicine with respect...

Tom Donaldson, president and CEO of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS), received the Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award today from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIAAA Deputy Director Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., announced his selection during the 135th meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol...

Time course and metabolism are important factors According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) scientists, existing epidemiologic evidence supporting the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk needs further study. “Understanding how and when alcohol consumption increases breast cancer risk is important for a full understanding of how moderate alcohol drinking impacts women’s overall health,”...

Statement by Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services March 26, 2007 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to update you on the activities of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. I am Ting-Kai Li, Director...

Mechanisms underlying individual variations of Taste and Smell in Obesity This study aims to examine and compare taste and smell differences between obese and non-obese individuals. The study involves 3 visits to the National Institutes of Health (located in Bethesda, MD); where you will be asked to complete a series of self-report questionnaires, provide samples and complete tests that involve...

Patricia A. Powell, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). NIAAA is the largest funder of biomedical research on alcohol, with its mission being to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being and apply that knowledge to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related...

More than one-third (35.9 percent) of U.S. adults with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) that began more than one year ago are now in full recovery, according to an article in the current issue of Addiction. The fully recovered individuals show symptoms of neither alcohol dependence nor alcohol abuse and either abstain or drink at levels below those known to increase relapse...

Statement by Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services March 5, 2008 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to update you on the activities of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the lead agency for...

Statement by Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to update you on the activities of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the lead agency for U.S. research on...

An analysis of U.S. death certificate data by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that nearly 1 million people died from alcohol-related causes between 1999 and 2017. The number of death certificates mentioning alcohol more than doubled from 35,914 in 1999 to 72,558 in 2017, the year...

Statement by Enoch Gordis, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services I am pleased to present the President's budget request for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for Fiscal Year 2002, a sum of $381,966,000, which reflects an increase of $41,288,000 over the comparable Fiscal...

NIAAA 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Alcohol Across the Lifespan: 50 Years of Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment Research View or download (PDF, 245 KB) the full agenda. The symposium is open to the public. No registration is required. Day 2: December 1, 2020, 1:00 PM ET Watch Live on NIH Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38979 1:00 – 1:05 Welcome and Overview George F...

Carrying a gene variant that affects the release of a specific brain protein may put one at greater risk of developing an alcohol use disorder, according to the results of a recent animal study. The study was led by Professor Dorit Ron, PhD, Endowed Chair of Cell Biology of Addiction, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, and was...

This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 14, Issue 2. Providing information in multiple languages can help extend the reach of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s (NIAAA) resources. Many visitors to NIAAA’s website come from countries where languages such as Spanish, Tagalog, Japanese, and Chinese are spoken. In addition, Executive Order 13166, issued in 2000...

Statement by Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services I am pleased to present the President's budget request for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for Fiscal Year 2005, a sum of $441,911,000, which reflects an increase of $13,486,000 over the comparable Fiscal...

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 11 thJOINT MEETING (10 th 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 10, 2023 OPEN TO...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 157th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Tuesday, May 11, 2021 NIH Webcast OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Time Activities Presenters 12:15 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob 12:30 DIRECTOR'S REPORT Dr. George Koob 1:15 COUNCIL...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 156th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Thursday, February 4, 2021 NIH Webcast 12:15 PM to 5:00 PM: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 12:15 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob 12:45 DIRECTOR'S REPORT Dr. George Koob...

The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary, HHS; the Director, NIH; and the Director, NIAAA; on research program and policy matters in the field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The Council comprises 18 members appointed by the Secretary and 5 nonvoting ex-officio members: the HHS Secretary; the NIH Director; the NIAAA...