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Kellyn Maves kellyn.maves@nih.gov Post Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Recipient Kellyn Maves is a post-bac IRTA working in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She currently works on the protocol Dietary linoleic acid regulation of omega-3 HUFA metabolism; satiety and body composition among overweight female subjects and will work on the protocol...

March 25, 2014

Each year NIAAA presents the Mark Keller Award to an outstanding researcher who has made significant and long-term contributions to our understanding of how alcohol affects the body and mind, how we can prevent and treat alcohol use disorders, and how today's scientific advancements can provide hope for tomorrow. This year's Keller Award recipient and lecturer is Dr. Edith V...

Grant applications and cooperative agreements are peer reviewed by initial review groups convened by NIAAA or CSR. Priority scores and percentiles (if applicable) are assigned to each application based on scientific merit. Scored applications undergo a second level of review by the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Applications that cleared through the Advisory Council may be considered...

A National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism analysis of data from 1997, the first year that all states and the District of Columbia included Hispanic origin on death certificates, reveals that risk for liver cirrhosis mortality is higher among white men and women of Hispanic origin than among non-Hispanic black and white Americans. Cirrhosis death rates are highest among...

Mon, 07/18/2016 - 12:00

Mon, 07/18/2016 - 12:00

You may be familiar with how doctors use pictures from magnetic resonance imaging machines, better known as MRIs, to diagnose injuries and other health problems. But did you know that NIAAA scientists have another technology that harnesses the power of strong magnets to study receptors in the brain that could be targets for alcohol therapies? NIAAA’s Intramural Section on Nuclear...

May 16, 2014

Our society is hotly debating the question of whether to decriminalize or even legalize the use of marijuana, and even though pro-legalization voices do not advocate making the drug legal for minors, it is likely that adolescents in more and more states will have easier access to this drug in coming years. At the same time, we are seeing new...

July 12, 2019

Dr. Paule V. Joseph has been selected as a Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This highly competitive program provides talented, early-stage researchers the opportunity to carry out independent clinical and translational research for five to seven years at NIH. The researchers also have the possibility of additional years of financial support, at NIH or...

Administrative supplement applications submitted in response to the NIH Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) PA-20-272 , Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (parent administrative supplement NOFO). NIAAA may accept unsolicited administrative supplement applications submitted through PA-20-272 , or linked to a notice of special interests (NOSI), which must be indicated in Box4B of the application. Timeline Unless...

Office of the Chief, LCTS National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center 10 Center Drive, Room 10-CRC/1E-5334, MSC: 1108 Bethesda MD 20892-1108 telephone: 301.435.9386 Current staff Dena Stringer, BA Clinical Lab Secretary telephone: 301.435.9376 dena.stringer@mail.nih.gov Dena Stringer is responsible for administrative support for all of LCTS, including travel, procurement (except lab-procurement), and personnel...

Download PDF (396 KB) If you've ever needed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, you may have had a contrast dye injected to create a clearer image. While MRI technology has improved greatly since its introduction in 1977, contrast dyes and the images they help produce have remained the same. InLighta BioSciences, a company supported through the National Institute on...

I feel compelled to address what we’ve seen and heard in the news regarding racism, police brutality, and injustice against African Americans in our country. I am outraged, horrified, and disillusioned—and I suspect most of you are, too. The effects are pervasive and touch all aspects of society. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a bright light on the adverse impact of health inequities on African-American communities.

Speakers Grace Chang, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital 221 Longwood Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (617) 732-6775 (617) 738-8730 FAX E-mail: gchang@bics.harvard.edu Michael F. Fleming, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Family Medicine University of Wisconsin 777 South Mills Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715 (608) 263-9953 (608) 263-5813 FAX E-mail: mfleming@fammed.wisc.edu Janet Hankin, Ph.D. Department of Sociology...

A new grant will help establish a core of post-graduate addiction medicine education programs in academic medical centers throughout the United States. The National Infrastructure for Translating Addiction Research into Clinical Practice grant, awarded last month to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will provide about $900,000 over a two-year period. The grant was awarded by...

Approximately 10.5% (7.5 million) of U.S. children ages 17 and younger live with a parent who has alcohol use disorder, according to a 2017 report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 1

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This strategic plan includes four major goals, which cover the depth and breadth of research necessary to improve the understanding of and to address the effects of alcohol misuse on individuals and society. These goals complement the Cross-Cutting Research Themes , Cross-Cutting Research Programs , and Supporting the Mission sections of this strategic plan.