National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:00

Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:00

Underage alcohol use is a pervasive and persistent problem in the United States and many other countries, with serious health and safety consequences, often resulting from binge drinking. Given the significant amount of alcohol advertising to which young people are exposed in virtually all types of media, scientists have sought to learn whether and how such advertising influences underage drinking...

Friday, November 2, 2018, 8:30 am EDT

NIAAA and NIDA will again sponsor the Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention as a satellite event to the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego, CA. The mini-convention will be on Friday, November 2, 2018 (8:30 am - 5:30 pm). Scientific sessions will cover data science approaches, effects of early life adversity on substance use disorder-related circuity, and novel...

October 12, 2015

A message from Dr. George Koob, Director, NIAAA: Dear Colleagues: It is with deep sadness that I share with you the news of the passing of Elena Shumay, a colleague and longtime NIAAA collaborator. Elena was a truly gifted investigator, who made seminal contributions to our understanding of how individual differences affect brain imaging phenotypes with the goal of translating...

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...

Published three times a year, the NIAAA Newsletter keeps you up to date on the latest activities, events and other significant developments at the Institute. Check out the Newsletter archive for past editions.

Mon, 03/31/2014 - 12:00

Mon, 03/31/2014 - 12:00

The working hypothesis to explain the progression from mild (fatty liver) to more severe forms of alcoholic liver disease (e.g., fibrosis, cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma) has been that alcohol requires a secondary initiator or trigger for this progression, or that alcohol is secondary to some other initiating event. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been a strong candidate...

Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 9:00 am EDT to Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 1:00 pm EDT

Open Session of the National Joint Advisory Councils of NIAAA, NIDA, and NCI - for Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN). View the Agenda - subject to change; a final agenda will be posted closer to the date of the event.

Due to the increasing health concerns and escalating developments that have occurred over the last several days regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a face-to-face NSTA meeting in Boston on April 2–5, 2020 will no longer take place. Read the NSTA announcement for more information.

September 26, 2019

The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews explores links between alcohol use and suicidal behavior. Research on associations of suicidal behavior, including suicide and suicide attempt, with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and acute use of alcohol (AUA) are discussed, with an emphasis on data from meta-analyses. Based on psychological autopsy investigations, results indicate that AUD is prevalent among individuals...

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 12:00 am EST

National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day is an annual live online chat held between high school students and NIH scientists during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® . Students from around the country ask the questions they most want the answers to about drugs and alcohol, and expert scientists give them the facts.

February 23, 2016

The most recent issue of the NIAAA Spectrum is now available online . Among other topics, the current installment features stories on-- Sex differences in NIAAA’s alcohol research; the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study Highlights of recent CollegeAIM outreach efforts Dr. Ken Warren’s retirement; and Dr. Trish Powell’s appointment as Acting Deputy Director. Visit www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov for more.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 12:00 am EST to Friday, March 8, 2019, 12:00 am EST

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) is the leading forum for more than 2,400 behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians to study the interactions and relationships between behavioral, physiological, and biochemical states, and morbidity and mortality. The 40th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine will be held in Washington, DC, from March 6–9, 2019. For additional...

January 27, 2020

Data from large epidemiological studies highlight the intertwined nature of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and personality disorders. This review: describes the co-occurrence of AUD with antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder examines prevalence and effects of these personality disorders and their co-occurrence with AUD discusses the treatment and overall implications of these complex co-occurrences To learn more, read the...

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00

Alcohol use during pregnancy contributes to many problems in exposed children. Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure leads to fetal alcohol syndrome, a devastating birth defect characterized by craniofacial malformations, neurological and motor deficits, intrauterine growth retardation, learning disabilities, and behavioral and social deficits. Most women who drink alcohol during pregnancy, however, are light-to-moderate drinkers in early pregnancy and quit or decrease...

November 16, 2014

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...

February 4, 2015

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...

November 4, 2019

Given the high co-occurrence between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mental health conditions (MHCs) it is important that co-occurring disorders be addressed in integrated treatment. The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews examines the prevalence of co-occurring AUD and MHCs, screening tools to identify individuals with symptoms of AUD and MHCs, and subsequent assessment of co-occurring disorders. Types of...

October 28, 2019

The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews explores interactions between stress and alcohol. Some people drink alcohol for stress relief, but alcohol can actually activate stress systems in the brain, acting as a stressor itself. This review article describes 1) the effects of stress on alcohol drinking and 2) how alcohol interacts with biological stress systems. Findings from animal...

Yu-Hong Lin, Ph.D. Staff Scientist Telephone: +1 301.443.9031 Fax: +1 301.594.0035 e-mail: Yuhong.Lin@nih.gov Dr. Lin’s research focuses on understanding the effect of dietary fat on the metabolism of essential fatty acids in vivo and in vitro employing stable isotope tracer techniques coupled with gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry. She examines both humans and animals with physiological and pathophysiological conditions such as...

September 22, 2017

NIH is launching a series of initiatives that are rolling out in 2017-2018 to enhance the accountability and transparency of clinical research. These initiatives target key points along the whole clinical trial lifecycle from concept to results reporting. Learn more about these changes and how they will affect your research. Visit https://grants.nih.gov/policy/clinical-trials.htm for complete details. Select References Building Better Clinical...