National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

January 24, 2022

With great sorrow, NIAAA mourns the passing of Dr. Richard Saitz, an internationally respected leader in alcohol and drug addiction research. He was a long-term recipient of grants funded by the National Institutes of Health with research focusing on screening and brief interventions, integrating substance-related and general health care, and improving the quality of care, particularly in general health settings...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 2:30 pm EST to Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 12:45 pm EST

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Virtual National Leadership Forum February 1-4, 2021. NIAAA presentations include the following: NIAAA Power Session Date: February 2, 2021 Time: 2:30 - 3:45 PM Presenter: NIAAA Director Dr. George F. Koob Update on Women and Alcohol: An Emerging Public Health Crisis Date: February 3, 2021 Time: 10:00 - 11:15 PM Presenters: Dr. Deidra Roach...

September 11, 2014

Now on Youtube: "The Impact of Alcoholism on Family Members and Friends -- Al-Anon Interviews Dr. George Koob, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism" Watch online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDMp1C1PJMU .

NIAAA has offices, laboratories, and clinical operations on the main National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD. NIAAA also has offices and laboratories in Rockville, MD. NIAAA sponsors research throughout the United States, including at the Institute’s Alcohol Research Centers .

January 23, 2015

On January 30, 2015, high school students from around the country have a chance to ask experts about the effects of alcohol and other drugs on Drug Facts Chat Day, an annual live online chat hosted by NIH scientists. Visit http://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-facts-week/chat-with-scientists for more details

Katie Kaugars is a Post-bacc researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism. Katie is studying the genetics behind alcoholism, and how genes can contribute to the development of alcoholism. Katie works in the Laboratory of Behavioral & Genomic Neuroscience.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 9:00 am EDT to Thursday, April 14, 2016, 4:00 pm EDT

Spring 2016 Meetings of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) : Wednesday, April 13, 9 am – 5 pm ICCFASD Work Group Meetings (closed to the public). Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am – 4 pm - ICCFASD Meeting (open to the public). Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=18890&bhcp=1

February 6, 2019

The Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will take place on February 7, 2019 from 10 AM - 3 PM . You can view the agenda for more details and tune in to the webcast if you can't make it in person.

Thursday, November 3, 2016, 3:00 pm EDT

Lecture Title: Neurodevelopment and Alcohol: From Cell Adhesion to Cell Phones Presenter: Michael E. Charness, M.D. Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System; Faculty Associate Dean and Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Dean and Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine For additional details visit www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-work/research-portfolio/projects-init…

Jenica Tapocik is a Staff Neuroscientist in the Laboratory of Clinical & Translational Studies at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism. Jenica is studying addiction and is hoping to better understand how and why people become addicts. She is also studying the difference between the brains of addicted individuals and non-addicted individuals.

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 12:30 pm EDT

NIAAA will host a Twitter chat with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Chat with @NIAAAnews and @ASAMorg about medication options for alcohol use disorder. October 6 at 12:30pm # AlcoholChat This event takes place in conjunction with ASAM's State of the Art Course in Addiction Medicine , October 6 - 8 in Washington, DC.

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified brain patterns in humans that appear to underlie “resilient coping,” the healthy emotional and behavioral responses to stress that help some people handle stressful situations better than others. People encounter stressful situations and stimuli everywhere, every day, and studies have shown that long-term stress can contribute to a broad...

Inherited variations in the amount of an innate anxiety-reducing molecule help explain why some people can withstand stress better than others, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Stress response is an important variable in vulnerability to alcohol dependence and other...

Two to three brief training sessions can significantly increase pediatricians’ use of techniques for identifying and treating young people with potential alcohol, substance use, and mental health problems, according to a new study in a large pediatric primary care clinic. Collectively known as screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), such techniques could be important tools for preventing and...

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, May 3, 2017, 9:00 am EDT

Open Session: Joint Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, and the National Cancer Advisory Board for Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN). AGENDA Hours subject to change; check the website for updates closer to the date of the event.

October 5, 2016

NIAAA hosted a Twitter chat with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) on October 6, 2016 at 12:30pm. # AlcoholChat You can access the chat at https://storify.com/NIAAAnews/chat-medications-for-alcohol-use-disorder This event takes place in conjunction with ASAM's State of the Art Course in Addiction Medicine, October 6 - 8 in Washington, DC. Follow NIAAA at https://twitter.com/niaaanews

February 2, 2015

The National Institutes of Health will hold the third Joint Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Cancer Advisory Board, and the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. When: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 9 AM Where: 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852, Terrace Conference Rooms The meeting will be webcast on https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=15490&bhcp=1 To view...

In this "First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery" podcast, you will hear an interview with Dr. George Koob, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as he discusses the impacts of alcoholism on family members and friends. For more reasons to try Al-Anon, visit al-anon.org. Al-Anon members: Please remember to maintain anonymity in your comments and don't...

Friday, October 1, 2021, 11:00 am EDT to Friday, October 1, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT

Webinar Title: “Reductions in Drinking as Measured by WHO Risk Drinking Levels and Associations with Health and Functioning: Consistency in Population Studies and Clinical Trials” Speakers: Deborah S. Hasin, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute Katie Witkiewitz, PhD. Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico Date: Friday, October 1...