NIAAA Liaison Group Virtual Roundtable with Dr. George F. Koob and Senior Staff
The 2023 NIAAA Liaison Group Virtual Roundtable with Dr. George F. Koob, NIAAA Director, and the NIAAA senior staff will be held on September 26, 2023, at 12 noon ET. Meeting details and a Zoom link are below. We hope you will be able to join us and warmly encourage your participation. Please RSVP to Deborah Langer at deborah.langer@nih.gov. Meeting...
In Memoriam - Sally M. Anderson, PhD
NIAAA shares the sad news that Sally M. Anderson, Ph.D., passed away on September 14, 2023. For more than two decades, Dr. Anderson was integral to the leadership of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD). NIAAA Director Dr. George F. Koob said, “Sally made major and seminal contributions to our efforts in FASD. Our thoughts go...
Scientific Director for the Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research selected for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 15, Issue 3. David Lovinger, Ph.D., has been selected as the Scientific Director for the Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Dr. Lovinger obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in psychology from Northwestern University...
Incorporating harm reduction into alcohol use disorder treatment and recovery
This article was first published in NIAAA Spectrum Volume 15, Issue 3. For many years, complete abstinence from alcohol consumption was viewed as the most effective way to recover from alcohol use disorder (AUD) and was a primary outcome of AUD treatment. A large body of evidence, however, suggests that treatment and recovery strategies that reduce heavy alcohol consumption and...
In Memoriam: Dr. George Robert Siggins
The NIAAA shares the sad news that George Robert “G-Bob” Siggins, Ph.D., passed away on September 22, 2023. He was both a distinguished neuroscientist and a talented musician. Dr. Siggins retired in 2013 as professor emeritus at The Scripps Research Institute ( TSRI) in La Jolla, CA., which he joined in 1983. His research focus included the molecular and electrophysiological...
Taste and Smell in Obesity
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...