National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Two Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been honored with the prestigious Governors Award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their work with HBO on the Addiction Project. "Addiction" is a 14-part documentary television series and multimedia initiative revealing the science of addiction, its treatment, recovery, and its costs to families and society. A...

A new study led by researchers at the National Institute and Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), identifies regions of the rat genome that are associated with a behavior that is highly predictive of addiction onset and progression. The region in the rat genome with the strongest association with the behavior corresponded to...

Dr. Peter Monti will present the 2018 Mendelson Lecture on Tuesday, October 23. His lecture title is: “Alcohol Misuse and HIV: Biology, Beliefs, and Behavior”

Dr. Philip May will present the 2018 Keller Lecture on Thursday, November 29. His lecture title is: “Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Correlates”

Read our Twitter Chat, “Alcohol & the Holidays: What You Need to Know,” transcript here: http://sfy.co/pKyy. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) co-hosted the December 12 event.

Spring 2018 Meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD): Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm General Public ICCFASD Meeting (open to the public): Agenda

NIAAA Spectrum is NIAAA’s triannual webzine. With engaging feature articles, short news updates, and colorful graphics, NIAAA Spectrum offers accessible and relevant information on NIAAA and the alcohol research field. Link to Spectrum site

Parents, take the time to talk with your high school graduates about keeping parties and events alcohol-free—it just may save a life. Learn more — read the NIAAA fact sheet at https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/GraduationFacts/graduationFact…

Now on Youtube: "The Impact of Alcoholism on Family Members and Friends -- Al-Anon Interviews Dr. George Koob, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism" Watch online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDMp1C1PJMU.

NIAAA has offices, laboratories, and clinical operations on the main National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD. NIAAA also has offices and laboratories in Rockville, MD. NIAAA sponsors research throughout the United States, including at the Institute’s Alcohol Research Centers.

Webinar Title: “Reductions in Drinking as Measured by WHO Risk Drinking Levels and Associations with Health and Functioning: Consistency in Population Studies and Clinical Trials” Speakers: Deborah S. Hasin, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute Katie Witkiewitz, PhD. Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico Date: Friday, October 1...

On January 30, 2015, high school students from around the country have a chance to ask experts about the effects of alcohol and other drugs on Drug Facts Chat Day, an annual live online chat hosted by NIH scientists. Visit http://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-facts-week/chat-with-scientists for more details

Katie Kaugars is a Post-bacc researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism. Katie is studying the genetics behind alcoholism, and how genes can contribute to the development of alcoholism. Katie works in the Laboratory of Behavioral & Genomic Neuroscience.

Spring 2016 Meetings of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD): Wednesday, April 13, 9 am – 5 pm ICCFASD Work Group Meetings (closed to the public). Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am – 4 pm - ICCFASD Meeting (open to the public). Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=18890&bhcp=1

The Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will take place on February 7, 2019 from 10 AM - 3 PM. You can view the agenda for more details and tune in to the webcast if you can't make it in person.

Lecture Title: Neurodevelopment and Alcohol: From Cell Adhesion to Cell Phones Presenter: Michael E. Charness, M.D. Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System; Faculty Associate Dean and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Dean and Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine For additional details visit www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-work/research-portfolio/projects-init…

Jenica Tapocik is a Staff Neuroscientist in the Laboratory of Clinical & Translational Studies at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism. Jenica is studying addiction and is hoping to better understand how and why people become addicts. She is also studying the difference between the brains of addicted individuals and non-addicted individuals.

NIAAA will host a Twitter chat with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Chat with @NIAAAnews and @ASAMorg about medication options for alcohol use disorder. October 6 at 12:30pm # AlcoholChat This event takes place in conjunction with ASAM's State of the Art Course in Addiction Medicine, October 6 - 8 in Washington, DC.

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified brain patterns in humans that appear to underlie “resilient coping,” the healthy emotional and behavioral responses to stress that help some people handle stressful situations better than others. People encounter stressful situations and stimuli everywhere, every day, and studies have shown that long-term stress can contribute to a broad...

Inherited variations in the amount of an innate anxiety-reducing molecule help explain why some people can withstand stress better than others, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Stress response is an important variable in vulnerability to alcohol dependence and other...