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September 13, 2019
Now Online: Director’s Report

The Director’s Report to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is now available online...

 

New & Noteworthy
September 05, 2019
September 9 is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day

Alcohol is now recognized as the leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disorders in the United States. Each year thousands of children are born with life-long disabilities because they were exposed to alcohol prenatally. On...

 

Research News
August 08, 2019
New preclinical study points to potential role of human gene in addiction
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...

 

New & Noteworthy
August 05, 2019
In Memoriam: Robert E. Taylor, MD, PhD
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) notes with sadness the passing of Robert E. Taylor, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Taylor had a distinguished career as the Dean of the College of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, and...

 

New & Noteworthy
July 12, 2019
Dr. Paule Joseph Selected as Lasker Clinical Research Scholar in NINR/NIAAA Intramural Research Program

Dr. Paule V. Joseph has been selected as a Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the National Insitutes of Health (NIH). This highly competitive program...

 

News Release
July 09, 2019
Dr. Carlo C. DiClemente to Deliver 11th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., will deliver the 11th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of...

 

Research News
June 19, 2019
Reduction in Drinking Associated with Improvements in Health and Quality of Life

In clinical trials for alcohol use disorder (AUD), abstinence and no heavy drinking days are currently the only end points approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, many individuals who do not achieve these end points may still...

 

Research News
June 06, 2019
A New Treatment Strategy for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Alcohol is involved in nearly half of all liver disease deaths in the United States each year. Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) now replaces hepatitis C viral infection as the lead cause of liver transplantation due to chronic liver disease...

 

New & Noteworthy
May 22, 2019
Now Online: Director’s Report and NIAAA Spectrum
The Director’s Report to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is now available online...

 

News Release
May 17, 2019
Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for people in HIV care improves both HIV and alcohol outcomes
New clinical research supported by the National Institutes of Health shows that increasing the intensity of treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) over time improves alcohol-related outcomes among people with HIV. This stepped approach to AUD...

 

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