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Conference Organizers: Justice Issues Work Group of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) ►View the Program [PDF, 1.8 mb] ►Watch videocast sessions: • What are FASD: A Primer for the Legal Community (Part one of four). http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=12194&bhcp=1 • FASD and Juvenile/Criminal Law (Part two of four). http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=12195&bhcp=1 • FASD and Child/Family Law (Part three of four)...
Program Consensus Statement
On September 23 and 24, 2008, the Work Group on Women, Drinking, and Pregnancy of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (ICCFAS), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the American Legacy Foundation (Legacy), a nonprofit health organization dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit, collaborated and hosted...
Symposium hosted by the Education Work Group of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Sponsored by: Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and The Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health and U. S. Department of Education. Brief Summary The purpose of the meeting was to bring the Fetal...
Early Childhood Neurobehavioral Assessment for the Differential Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Neurological Disorders (March 8-10, 2000) Intervening With Children Affected by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (September 10-11, 1998) Prevention of Risk Drinking in Pregnancy (April 23-24, 1998)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 132th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM February 7, 2013 Thursday, February 7, 2013, 8:45 AM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8:45 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. Kenneth Warren 9:00 DIRECTOR'S REPORT Dr. Kenneth Warren 9:30 HUGHES...
Dr. Daniel W. Hommer, M.D., beloved and respected member of the NIAAA research community, served as Chief of the Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging from 1992 until 2012. There Dan led a team of talented researchers who performed groundbreaking work on the structural and functional effects of alcohol on the brain. Dan, a Fellow of the American College of...
Voluntary movements involve the coordinated activation of two brain pathways that connect parts of deep brain structures called the basal ganglia, according to a study in mice by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings, which challenge the classical view of basal ganglia function, were published online...
Physicians often fail to ask high school-aged patients about alcohol use and to advise young people to reduce or stop drinking, according to a study led by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. In a random survey of more than 2,500 10th grade students with an average age of 16...
Scientists have identified a molecular signaling pathway that plays an important role in the development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The new research in cells and mice, supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, points to candidate genes for FASD susceptibility and may open new avenues for developing...
The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 131st meeting at 5:30 p.m. on September 19, 2012, at the Fishers Lane Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland, in closed session for a review of grant applications and a Merit Award extension. The meeting recessed at 7:15 p.m. Dr. Abraham Bautista, Director, Office of Extramural Activities, presided...
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Level Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Thursday, April 4, 2013 Draft AGENDA 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Comments Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., Acting Director, NIAAA, NIH, ICCFASD Chairperson 8:40 a.m. Panel Discussion on Diagnosing Infants and Young Children Lynne M. Haverkos, M.D., M.P.H., NICHD, NIH, moderator Clair D. Coles...
