The NIAAA 50th Anniversary Science Symposium
Alcohol Across the Lifespan:
50 Years of Evidence-Based Diagnosis,
Prevention, and Treatment Research
Day 1: November 30, 2020, 1:00 PM ET
NIH Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38978
Download the Agenda (PDF, 245 KB)
The symposium is open to the public. No registration is required.
1:00 – 1:05 Welcome and Overview
George F. Koob, Ph.D., Director, NIAAA
1:05 – 1:20 Alcohol as a Coping Response: Hyperkatifeia, Deaths of Despair, and COVID-19
George F. Koob, Ph.D., Director, NIAAA
1:20 – 2:00 Age, Period, and Cohort Effects in Alcohol Use in the 20th and 21st Century: Implications for the Decades to Come
Katherine Keyes, Ph.D.
2:00 – 2:20 Q & A/Discussion
2:20 – 3:00 AUD Risk, Diagnoses and Course in a 35-year Prospective Study Across Two Generations of 453 Families: Implications for Prevention
Marc Schuckit, M.D.
3:00 – 3:20 Q & A/Discussion
3:20 – 4:00 Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain: What We’ve Learned and Where the Data Are Taking Us
Susan Tapert, Ph.D.
4:00 – 4:20 Q & A/Discussion
Day 2: December 1, 2020, 1:00 PM ET
NIH Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38979
1:00 – 1:05 Welcome and Overview
George F. Koob, Ph.D. Director, NIAAA
1:05 – 1:45 Alcohol’s Dark Side: The Role of Stress Neurobiology in Risk of and Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D.
1:45 – 2:05 Q & A/Discussion
2:05 – 2:45 Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Current and Future Medications for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Barbara Mason, Ph.D.
2:45 – 3:05 Q & A/Discussion
3:05 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 4:00 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Awareness to Insight in Just 50 Years
Michael Charness, M.D.
4:00 – 4:20 Q & A/Discussion
4:20 – 5:00 Hope through Discovery—Alcohol Associated Liver Disease
Vijay Shah, M.D.
5:00 – 5:20 Q & A/Discussion
5:20 – 5:30 Conclusion
George F. Koob, Ph.D., Director, NIAAA
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