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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIAAA-Funded Research Centers

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60) and Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50) 

NIAAA has released its Notice of Funding Opportunities for their Center Programs:

P60: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-23-002.html

P50: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-23-001.html

NIAAA has established a nationwide program of Alcohol Research Centers. The Alcohol Research Centers Program complements and is interrelated with all other research support mechanisms and scientific activities that investigate the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, prevention, and consequences of alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related problems.  The program provides long-term support (typically 5 years) for interdisciplinary research and encourages outstanding scientists from many disciplines to provide a full range of expertise, approaches, and advanced technologies.

A primary goal of each NIAAA-funded Center is to become, through excellence in scientific research, a significant regional or national research resource. Each Center affords research training opportunities for individuals from various disciplines and professions. Fostering diversity is a key component of the NIH strategy to identify, develop, support, elevate, and maintain the quality and pool of our scientific workforce. It is expected that the Alcohol Research Centers will seek to recruit a diverse pool of potential participants, including individuals from underrepresented groups as per NOT-OD-20-031 and NOT-OD-22-019, and have an active Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP). Current Alcohol Research Centers are listed below.

ALCOHOL AND HIV:  BIOBEHAVIORAL INTERACTIONS AND INTERVENTION

PI: Christopher W. Kahler, Ph.D.

Brown University

Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies

Box G-S121-5

Providence, RI 02912

Phone: 401-863-6651

Email: christopher_kahler@brown.edu

http://www.caas.brown.edu/Center/AlcHIV/
 

ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER - TREATMENT AND IMPLICATIONS

PI: Howard C. Becker, Ph.D.

Medical University of South Carolina

Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

67 President Street

MSC 861

Charleston, SC 29425-0742

Phone: 843-792-5207

Email: beckerh@musc.edu

http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/arc


BEHAVIORAL GENOMICS OF ALCOHOL NEUROADAPTATION RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Tamara Richards, Ph.D.

Oregon Health & Science University and

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Department of Behavioral Neuroscience

Oregon Health and Science University 

MC L-470

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road 

Portland, OR 97239

Phone: 503-220-8262  

Email: phillipt@ohsu.edu

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/portland-alcohol-research-center/


CNS EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL:  CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

PI: Barbara Mason, Ph.D.

The Scripps Research Institute

10550 North Torrey Pines Road

La Jolla, CA 92037

Phone: 858-784-9802

Email: aroberts@scripps.edu

https://www.arc.scripps.edu/


CENTER FOR ALCOHOL RESEARCH IN EPIGENETICS

PI: Subhash C. Pandey, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Chicago

Department of Psychiatry

College of Medicine

1601 West Taylor Street (M/C 912)

Chicago, Illinois 60612

Phone: (312) 413-1310

Email: scpandey@uic.edu

http://www.psych.uic.edu/research/alcohol-research-center


CENTER FOR BIOCHEMICAL, CELLULAR AND SYSTEMIC RESPONSES TO ETHANOL IN ALD

PI: Laura E. Nagy, Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Department of Pathobiology

Pathobiology/NE40

9500 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44195

Phone: 216-444-4021

Email: NagyL3@ccf.org 

http://www.lerner.ccf.org/alcoholcenter/
 

CENTER FOR THE TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE OF ALCOHOLISM

PI: John H. Krystal, M.D.

Yale University

Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism

Department of Psychiatry

300 George Street, Suite 901

New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: 203-785-5899

Email: john.krystal@yale.edu 

http://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/ctna/


CENTER ON GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF ALCOHOL INGESTION AND RESPONSES TO ALCOHOL

PI: David Kareken, Ph.D.

Indiana University School of Medicine

Department of Neurology

355 W 16th Street | GH 4700

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: 317-963-7212

Email: dkareken@iu.edu 

http://www.medicine.iupui.edu/iarc/


CROSS-SPECIES INVESTIGATION OF GENE NETWORKS FOR ETHANOL-RELATED BEHAVIORS

PI: Michael F. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Neurology

Box 980613

Virginia Commonwealth University

1217 E Marshall St Medical Sc

Richmond, VA 23298

Phone: (804) 827-4054

Email: michael.miles@vcuhealth.org

https://arc.vcu.edu 


DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Terrence Deak, Ph.D.

Binghamton University, State University of New York

Department of Psychology

P.O. Box 6000

Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

Phone: 607-777-5918

Email: tdeak@binghamton.edu

http://www.binghamton.edu/dearc/


ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES TO PREVENTION ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Paul J. Gruenewald, Ph.D.

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Prevention Research Center

2150 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 601

Berkeley, CA 94704-1365

Phone: 510-486-1111

Email: paul@prev.org 

http://www.prev.org


EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS RESEARCH CENTER

PI: William C. Kerr, Ph.D.

Public Health Institute

Alcohol Research Group

6001 Shellmound Street, Suite 450

Emeryville, CA 94608

Phone: 510-898-5800

Email: wkerr@arg.org

http://www.arg.org


ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Lance O. Bauer, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut Health Center

Department of Psychiatry--MC2103

University of CT Health Center

263 Farmington Avenue

Farmington, CT 06030-2103

Phone: 860-679-4154

Email: lbauer@uchc.edu

https://health.uconn.edu/psychiatry/research-studies/alcohol-research-c…
 

FETAL ETHANOL-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Daniel D. Savage, Ph.D.

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Department of Neurosciences

MSC08 4740

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Phone: 505-272-4411

Email: dsavage@salud.unm.edu

http://hsc.unm.edu/nmarc/index.html


LSUHSC-NO COMPREHENSIVE ALCOHOL-HIV/AIDS RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Louisiana State University Medical Center

Department of Physiology

1901 Perdido Street

New Orleans, LA 70112-1393

Phone: 504-568-6187

Email: pmolin@lsuhsc.edu

http://alcoholresearch.lsuhsc.edu/default.aspx


LEVERAGING BIOMARKERS FOR PERSONALIZED TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDER COMORBID WITH PTSD

PI: Charles R. Marmar, M.D.

Department of Psychiatry

Langone Medical Center

New York University

550 First Ave, Millhauser Labs-HN323

New York, NY 10016

Phone: 212-263-6216

Email: Charles.marmar@nyumc.org
 

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS IN ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina

Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies

School of Medicine

104 Manning Drive CB# 7178

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178

Phone: 919-966-7116

Email: tkash@email.unc.edu

http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/about/center-overview-and-welcome


MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS UNDERGOING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

PI: Andrew M. Cameron, M.D., Ph.D.

DELTA Center for Alcohol Research

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Surgery

720 Rutland Avenue

Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone: 410-502-5198

Email:  acamero5@jhmi.edu

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant/news_events/delta-center.html


NATIVE CENTER FOR ALCOHOL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (NCARE)

PI: Dedra S. Buchwald, M.D.

Washington State University

1100 Olive Way

Suite 1200

Seattle, WA 98101

Phone: 206-883-4740

Email: dedra.buchwald@wsu.edu

https://ireach.wsu.edu/ncare/


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESEARCH CENTER FOR ALPD AND CIRRHOSIS

PI: Hidekazu Tsukamoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.

University of Southern California

Alcohol Research Center of Southern California

Department of Pathology

Keck School of Medicine of the University

of Southern California

1333 San Pablo Street, MMR, 402

Los Angeles, CA 90033-9141

Phone: 323-442-5107

Email: htsukamo@usc.edu

https://keck.usc.edu/alpd-and-cirrhosis-research-center/


THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT/PROGRESSION OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED ORGAN INJURY

PI: Craig J. McClain, M.D.

Alcohol Research Center

University of Louisville

505 South Hancock Street

Louisville, KY 40202

Phone: 502-852-6189

Email:  craig.mcclain@louisville.edu

http://louisville.edu/arc/


TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES ON EARLY-LIFE STRESS AND VULNERABILITY TO ALCOHOL ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTER

PI: Jeff Weiner, Ph.D.

Wake Forest University

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Medical Center Boulevard

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083

Phone: 336-716-8627

Email: jweiner@wfubmc.edu

https://school.wakehealth.edu/Departments/Physiology-and-Pharmacology/WF-TARC

 

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