National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 9:15 am EDT to Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 5:00 pm EDT

American Public Health Association (APHA) 2020 – Virtual meeting. Visit https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual

Monday, November 30, 2020, 1:00 pm EST to Monday, November 30, 2020, 4:30 pm EST

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 1: November 30, 2020, 1:00 PM ET Watch Live on NIH Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38978 1:00 – 1:05 Welcome and Overview George...

Everything you eat and drink while you are pregnant affects your baby. If you drink alcohol, it can hurt your baby’s growth. Your baby may have physical and behavioral problems that can last for the rest of his or her life. Children born with the most serious problems caused by alcohol have fetal alcohol syndrome.

Everything you eat and drink while you are pregnant affects your baby. If you drink alcohol, it can hurt your baby’s growth. Your baby may have physical and behavioral problems that can last for the rest of his or her life. Children born with the most serious problems caused by alcohol have fetal alcohol syndrome.

Todo lo que usted coma y beba mientras esté embarazada afecta a su bebé. Si usted bebe alcohol, esto puede dañar el crecimiento de su bebé. Su bebé puede desarollar problemas emocionales y físicos que pueden durar por el resto de su vida. Los niños que nacen con problemas muy serios causados por el alcohol tienen síndrome fetal alcohólico.

You’ve probably seen this warning on medicines you’ve taken. The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications can cause nausea and vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, or loss of coordination. It also can put you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems, and difficulties in breathing. In addition to these dangers, alcohol can make a medication less effective or even useless, or it may make the medication harmful or toxic to your body.

Offers free continuing education credit A new online resource will help healthcare professionals and practices improve care for people whose alcohol consumption may be impacting their health. Recognizing alcohol’s contribution to over 200 diseases and conditions will improve clinicians’ ability to serve their patients. The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol was developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...

Tue, 05/17/2022 - 12:00

This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 14, Issue 2. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program supports the development and commercialization of innovative tools, technologies, and strategies. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) SBIR/STTR program aims to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment—as well as recovery from—alcohol-related...

May 24, 2022

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...

Title : Advancing mHealth Interventions for Understanding and Preventing Alcohol-Related Domestic Violence Contact : Robert Freeman, Ph.D., Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Purpose In light of the documented increases in both alcohol misuse (among some individuals) and domestic violence (DV) as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and array of mandated restrictions enacted to mitigate COVID spread, the...

Title : HIV and Alcohol: Ending the Epidemic (EHE) Contact : Kendall Bryant Ph.D. Background The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative in 2019. The initiative aims to reduce new HIV infections in the U.S. by 90% by 2030 by scaling up key HIV prevention and treatment...

June 1, 2022

This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 14, Issue 2. According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health , more than half of Americans ages 18 and older reported drinking alcohol in the past month, and about a quarter of this same group reported past-month binge drinking. To help adults who drink alcohol to better...

Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 8:00 am EDT to Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 12:15 pm EDT

Please mark your calendars and save the dates for the public workshop titled “Clinical Trial Design for Integrated Care for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ALD)”. The workshop is a hybrid event, taking place in Bethesda, MD and via Zoom Meetings on July 12–13, 2022. The purpose of the workshop is to develop consensus-based recommendations...

Thu, 06/30/2022 - 12:00

Recently researchers at NIAAA used the national death certificate database to assess changes in alcohol-related deaths during the first year of the pandemic. The results, published in JAMA , show that after increasing around 2.2% per year over the previous two decades, deaths involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 to 2020, totaling 99,107 deaths. 1 The study showed that alcohol-associated...

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 1:00 pm EDT to Thursday, August 4, 2022, 1:30 pm EDT

The White House Hosts a Mental Health Virtual Event: The Science Behind Alcohol Misuse as a Coping Mechanism Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET WHAT: The White House is hosting a series of virtual conversations to highlight promising areas of current research and understand what is still needed to address the Nation’s deepening mental health...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 161st Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Thursday, September 8, 2022 12:15 PM to 5:00 PM: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (6700 B - ABC ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD*, ZOOM; NIH VIDEOCAST ) *The meeting will be open...

Keisher S. Highsmith, Dr.P.H. Commander, United States Public Health Service Health Scientist Administrator Services Research Branch Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Email: highsmithks@nih.gov Biographical Summary Dr. Keisher Highsmith is a Scientist/Epidemiologist in the U.S. Public Health Service and has been a public health practitioner for approximately 20 years. Dr. Highsmith serves as...

August 11, 2022

Scientist and certified nurse practitioner Paule V. Joseph, Ph.D. M.S., FNP-BC, FAAN, is the inaugural 2022-2024 American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Fellow at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Dr. Joseph ’s selection will be announced in person at the Annual Meeting of the NAM in Washington, D.C. on Monday, October 17. “I congratulate Dr. Joseph on her selection for...