National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

June 30, 2015

On March 25, 2015, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta (middle) met with NIAAA Director Dr. George Koob (right) in the laboratory of Dr. Lorenzo Leggio (left). Dr. Leggio is chief of the Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, which is run jointly by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute...

Mary Kate Weber, M.P.H. Behavioral Scientist Prenatal Substance Exposure Surveillance and Research Team Infant Outcomes Monitoring, Research, and Prevention Branch Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop S106-3 Atlanta, GA 30341 Phone: (404) 498-3926 Email: mweber@cdc.gov Biographical Summary Mary Kate Weber, M.P.H...

NIAAA has issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) for administrative supplements and competitive revisions focused on urgent research questions of significance to alcohol and the COVID-19 pandemic ( NOT-AA-20-11 ). NIAAA is also participating in other NIH NOSIs and funding opportunities focused on COVID-19 research questions. These NOSIs are linked to PA-18-591 (administrative supplement) and PA-18-935 (urgent competitive revision)...

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...

Sophie Haven Post-Bacc IRTA Sophie Haven is a post-bac IRTA working in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Her role within this section consists of assisting with the Neuroimaging, Omega-3, and Reward in Adults with ADHD (NORAA) trial. This trial will be investigating the effects of Omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in...

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Revised October 2023 Opportunities by Education Level Key to understanding the complex world of NIH Funding is mastering the different types of funding mechanisms. This page provides information on the different training and career development grants broken out by their funding mechanism (K, F or T). The information below is focused on NIH training programs in which the National Institute...

Revised January 2024 Opportunities by Grant Mechanism Navigating the complex world of NIH Funding can be daunting. Hopefully these pages will help you to better understand your eligibility for various grants and programs based on your specific education level. The information below is focused on NIH training programs in which the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) participates...

November 22, 2013

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will be hosting a Twitter Chat, “Alcohol & the Holidays: What You Need to Know.” The chat will cover tips for celebrating the season safely if you choose to drink, vital stats about drunk driving, and evidence-based advice for those thinking about reducing their drinking in the New Year. The chat...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AGENDA 4th Joint Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DRUG ABUSE February 11, 2016 Webcast: http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=17886 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...

June 23, 2015

The Research Society on Alcoholism ( RSA ) has selected David Goldman, M.D., of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to receive the Distinguished Researcher Award. This award recognizes a senior researcher who, through sustained, long-term commitment to conducting alcohol research, has made outstanding scientific contributions to the field. Dr. Goldman is chief of the Laboratory of...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 131th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 19-20, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. 5635 Fishers Lane Terrace Level Conference Room Rockville, MD 20852 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 5:30 REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS...

May 3, 2024

NIAAA shares the sad news that Dale Hereld, M.D., Ph.D., passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024. Dr. Hereld's areas of expertise included signal transduction and chemotaxis. He joined to NIAAA in 2008 to oversee the basic research portfolio on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) within the Division of Metabolism and Health Effects (DMHE). Dr. Hereld contributed to FASD-related research...

Finding has implications for alcoholism and other patterns of addictive behavior Research from the National Institutes of Health has identified neural circuits in mice that are involved in the ability to learn and alter behaviors. The findings help to explain the brain processes that govern choice and the ability to adapt behavior based on the end results. Researchers think this...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 134th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 18-19, 2013 Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. 5635 Fishers Lane Terrace Level Conference Room Rockville MD 20852 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 5:30 REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS/MERIT...

Mon, 06/27/2016 - 12:00

Mon, 06/27/2016 - 12:00

Recent NIH-wide efforts to address sex differences in preclinical research underscore the importance of such issues to scientists who study alcohol addiction. “In fact, animal models of alcohol addiction reveal significant differences between males and females,” says NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., “but we have little data thus far to help us understand the neurobiological mechanisms for those differences.”...

Sex or age and year Alcoholic psychoses Alcohol dependence syndrome Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Nondependent abuse of alcohol Alcohol poisoning Any Alcohol-related Other specified without mention of alcohol Unspecified without mention of alcohol U.S. Total 2015 4.5 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 2.5 3.5 2014 4.6 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.6 2.5 3.1 2013 4.6 4.9 5.8 5.7 5.9...

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 12:00

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 12:00

Many children adversely affected by maternal drinking during pregnancy cannot be identified early in life using current diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In the current study, conducted with pregnant rats, researchers examined whether ethanol-induced alterations in placental gene expression may be useful as diagnostic indicators of maternal drinking during pregnancy and as a prognostic indicators of risk...

Washington, D.C. Drs. Henri Begleiter and Bernice Porjesz, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and colleagues in the six-university Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) identify in the May Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology (Volume 108, Number 3) chromosomal regions that may underlie the functional organization of human neuroelectric activity, including the...

Los científicos han identificado un área dentro de la corteza frontal del cerebro que puede coordinar la respuesta de un animal a situaciones potencialmente traumáticas. Comprender dónde y cómo los circuitos neuronales que involucran a la corteza frontal regulan tales funciones, y cómo dichos circuitos podrían funcionar mal, puede proporcionar información sobre su papel en los trastornos psiquiátricos relacionados con...