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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIAAA SfN Satellite Event
Satellite Symposium to Society for Neuroscience 2014 Annual Meeting PTSD, the Amygdala, and Alcohol Use Disorders November 14, 2014, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Washington, DC Convention Center Room 207B Agenda 9:00 AM - Welcome 9:05 AM - Introduction: PTSD, the Amygdala, and the Connection to Alcohol Abuse George Koob, Ph.D., Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Session...

Announcement

September 2014 Issue of the NIAAA Spectrum Now Online

See the latest issue of our webzine at www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov -- featuring articles on NIAAA’s National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study and NIH’s multi-Institute Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Also see five questions with Trish Powell, Ph.D., Associate Director for Scientific Initiatives at NIAAA, binge drinking by the numbers, a closer look at alcohol monitoring technology...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 137th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Table of Contents NIAAA BUDGET DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES STAFF TRANSITIONS HONORS & AWARDS NEW RFAs/PAs NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT’S AHEAD NIAAA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH & MEDIA COVERAGE NIAAA BUDGET FY 2014 The NIAAA is currently closing out Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 to coincide with the end of the Fiscal Year calendar, September 30th. As you may recall from...

Announcement

McClain to Give Keller Lecture, Oct. 14
Craig J. McClain, M.D., will deliver the 2014 Mark Keller Honorary Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10. The title of his talk is “Nutrition, Gut Barrier Function, and Liver Disease.” Dr. McClain is an internationally distinguished clinician and scientist in the fields of gastroenterology, alcohol abuse, nutrition, cytokine research and hepatic drug metabolism...
Current Research in Medications Development

Research on Promising Medications (not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA]) to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Varenicline (Chantix®) , a medication approved for smoking cessation, was found in a recent 200-patient clinical trial conducted by NIAAA’s Clinical Investigations Group (NCIG) to reduce alcohol consumption and craving among people who are alcohol-dependent. Varenicline may work by partially...

Event

Joint National Advisory Councils for NIAAA, NCI, NIDA (CRAN) 2017
Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 9:00 am EDT
Open Session: Joint Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, and the National Cancer Advisory Board for Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN). AGENDA Hours subject to change; check the website for updates closer to the date of the event.

Event

Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Thursday, September 14, 2017, 10:00 am EDT
Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. View the Agenda . Subject to change; a final agenda will be posted closer to the date of the event.
Extramural Research

The following are the NIAAA divisions that support extramural basic and clinical research: Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Director: Dr. Ralph Hingson The Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (DEPR) promotes and supports applied, translational, and methodological research on the epidemiology and prevention of hazardous alcohol consumption and related behaviors, alcohol use disorder, alcohol-related mortality and morbidity, and other...

News Release

Dr. Craig J. McClain to Deliver 19th Annual Mark Keller Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
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WHAT: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Craig J. McClain, M.D. will deliver the 19th Annual Mark Keller Honorary Lecture. Dr. McClain is an internationally distinguished clinician and scientist in the fields of gastroenterology, alcohol abuse, nutrition, cytokine research, and hepatic drug metabolism. The title of his talk...

Announcement

Using social media to better understand, prevent, and treat substance use

NIH announces 11 awards funded across three Institutes More than $11 million over three years will be used to support research exploring the use of social media to advance the scientific understanding, prevention, and treatment of substance use and addiction. The awards are funded through the Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN), an NIH consortium involving the National Institute...

News Release

New NIAAA resource gives guidance on treatment options for alcohol problems
For Release
Publication includes information on effective but underutilized approaches A new resource from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help individuals and families understand available treatment options for alcohol problems. Developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the NIH, Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Finding and Getting Help , covers the latest research-based treatments and...
Rachel V. Gow
Rachel V. Gow, PhD Guest Researcher / Post-doctoral Research Fellow 2012-2017 While at LMBB/SNN Rachel worked as a post-doctoral researcher. Her primary responsibility was as the Lead Associate Investigator of the NORAA trial (Neuroimaging, Omega-3 and Reward in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Rachel’s doctorate involved designing and conducting a clinical study which investigated the relationship between blood measures...
Yu-Hong Lin
Yu-Hong Lin, Ph.D. Staff Scientist Telephone: +1 301.443.9031 Fax: +1 301.594.0035 e-mail: Yuhong.Lin@nih.gov Dr. Lin’s research focuses on understanding the effect of dietary fat on the metabolism of essential fatty acids in vivo and in vitro employing stable isotope tracer techniques coupled with gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry. She examines both humans and animals with physiological and pathophysiological conditions such as...
John Paul SanGiovanni
Dr. John Paul SanGiovanni serves in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences in the Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry at NIAAA. He is Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology at the Georgetown Medical School. He trained as a scholar and researcher in neuroscience, visual psychophysics, nutritional biochemistry, biostatistics, and epidemiologic research design at...
Katherine Ness
Katherine Ness, B.S. Post-Bacc IRTA 2012-2014 Clinical Research Coordinator Contractor 2014-2015 Katherine worked primarily under the direction of Dr. Chris Ramsden on a major dietary randomized controlled trial investigating the clinical and biochemical effects of controlled alterations in dietary omega-6 and omega-3. She also assisted Dr. Rachel Gow with psychological testing and fMRI duties during the Neuroimaging, Omega-3 and Reward...
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