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Mendelson Lecture: Dr. Carlo DiClemente - Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder?
Thursday, July 11, 2019, 1:30 pm EDT
NIAAA presents the 11th Annual Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture: Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder? Presenter: Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Videocast : https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=33218&bhcp=1 Read more abaout the NIAAA Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture Series . For reasonable accommodations, including sign language interpreting services...

News Release

NIAAA Honors Dr. Geoffrey K. Mumford with Senator Harold Hughes Award
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Geoffrey K. Mumford, Ph.D., Associate Executive Director for Government Relations in the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (APA), 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 Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., announced the Institute’s selection during the 151st meeting of...
NIAAA-Supported Research: State policies that regulate alcohol/drug use during pregnancy cause worse birth outcomes, increase public health costs
A new study finds that several state-level policies targeting alcohol and drug use during pregnancy lead to greater numbers of low birthweight and preterm births, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars more in public health spending each year. The study—a collaboration between the Alcohol Research Group (ARG) a program of the Public Health Institute, and Advancing New Standards in...

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Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for people in HIV care improves both HIV and alcohol outcomes
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New clinical research supported by the National Institutes of Health shows that increasing the intensity of treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) over time improves alcohol-related outcomes among people with HIV. This stepped approach to AUD treatment also improves HIV-related disease measures in this patient population. A report of the new study, led by researchers at Yale University, is now...

Announcement

Now Online: Director’s Report and NIAAA Spectrum
The Director’s Report to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is now available online . In addition, check out the most recent issue of the NIAAA Spectrum . The current issue includes: A feature about alcohol treatment; Recent studies about the association of improvements in health and quality of life with a reduction in drinking, a new...
NCAA Working Group on Diversity and Health Disparity

National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NCAA) Working Group on Diversity and Health Disparities in the Biomedical Workforce Mission and Charge The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NCAA) Working Group on Diversity and Health Disparities in the Biomedical Workforce was established on May 15, 2018. The goal is to expand the pool of diverse alcohol...

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Women and Alcohol: A Call to Action
Friday, May 31, 2019, 11:00 am EDT

You are invited to join the Interagency Work Group on Drinking and Drug Use in Women and Girls for a webinar titled: “Women and Alcohol: A Call to Action” on Friday, May 31, 2019, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST. Join WebEx Meeting: https://nih.webex.com/nih 1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada) Meeting Number (access code) 624-477-048 Meeting Password: NIAAA

A New Treatment Strategy for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Alcohol is involved in nearly half of all liver disease deaths in the United States each year. Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) now replaces hepatitis C viral infection as the lead cause of liver transplantation due to chronic liver disease. Consequently, there is an urgent need for effective interventions for AALD, a complex disease with multiple contributing factors. One of these...
Reduction in Drinking Associated with Improvements in Health and Quality of Life
In clinical trials for alcohol use disorder (AUD), abstinence and no heavy drinking days are currently the only end points approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, many individuals who do not achieve these end points may still reduce their drinking to less harmful levels during treatment. A recent study published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests...

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