National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
A satellite event will take place at Neuroscience 2014 , the Society for Neuroscience's 44th Annual Meeting, regarding an NIH Funding Opportunity: Longitudinal Study of Neurodevelopmental Consequences of Substance Use - the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study ( ABCD Study ) . WHEN: Monday, November 17, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room: 150A Please...
Posted by Sally Rockey, PhD, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research For many decades now the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and consequently NIH, has required institutional review board (IRB) review of research involving human subjects.... as the clinical research landscape evolves, so should our policies to assure that NIH-funded research can more quickly generate research results without...
Frostburg State University president Jonathan Gibralter, chair of the NIAAA College Presidents Working Group, appeared on the PBS NewsHour to discuss efforts to address excessive drinking on college campuses. The program aired on Friday, December 12, 2014. Watch here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/havent-efforts-worked-stop-dangerous-dri…
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 138 th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM February 5, 2015 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 9:00 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob 9:15 DIRECTOR’S REPORT Dr. George Koob 9:45 COMPLIANCE WITH INCLUSION GUIDELINES Dr...
On January 30, 2015, high school students from around the country have a chance to ask experts about the effects of alcohol and other drugs on Drug Facts Chat Day, an annual live online chat hosted by NIH scientists. Visit http://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-facts-week/chat-with-scientists for more details
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE AGENDA THIRD JOINT MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD AND THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DRUG ABUSE Wednesday, February 4, 2015 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Webcast...
The National Institutes of Health will hold the third Joint Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Cancer Advisory Board, and the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. When: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 9 AM Where: 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852, Terrace Conference Rooms The meeting will be webcast on https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=15490&bhcp=1 To view...
This month the web site of the Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH, or CRAN , debuts a new blog. In the current post, NIAAA Director Dr. George Koob writes about “ Underage Drinking - Oversized Problem .” Future blog posts will feature articles by Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, Dr. Robert Croyle, Director of the Division of Cancer...