National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Featuring the latest news from the alcohol research field, infographics, and interviews with NIAAA staff and grantees... The Intramural Division--A Core Component of NIAAA's Research Program As the lead Federal agency for research on alcohol and health, NIAAA is structured in a way that captures all areas of alcohol science. Through an integrated and multidisciplinary program of basic and applied...

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New research supported by the National Institutes of Health shows how elements of the brain’s stress and reward pathways can interact to suppress binge alcohol drinking. The finding, now online in the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggests potential strategies for treating and preventing alcohol use problems. “This study is an important contribution to our knowledge of the neurobiology of alcohol use...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has issued the “Wearable Alcohol Biosensor” Challenge in the search for a wearable or otherwise discreet device capable of measuring blood alcohol levels in real time. An improved wearable biosensor would aid researchers and clinicians by providing more accurate data on how much study participants and patients are drinking. The winning prototype...

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: As the new Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I am pleased to present the President’s Budget request for the Institute. The fiscal year (FY) 2015 NIAAA budget request of $446,017,000 reflects an increase of $606,000 over the comparable FY 2014...

First prize winner will be awarded $200,000 In the search for a wearable or otherwise discreet device capable of measuring blood alcohol levels in real time, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has issued the Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge. The wearable biosensor will aid researchers, clinicians, therapists and individuals by providing more accurate data on how much...

NIH-funded findings also point to possible treatments for harmful effects of adolescent alcohol exposure Adolescent binge drinking can disrupt gene regulation and brain development in ways that promote anxiety and excessive drinking behaviors that can persist into adulthood, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of...