National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

In this "First Steps to Al-Anon Recovery" podcast, you will hear an interview with Dr. Kenneth Warren, Acting Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as he discusses current alcoholism research and how it involves family members affected by someone's alcoholism. For more reasons to try Al-Anon, visit al-anon.org. Al-Anon members: Please remember to maintain anonymity...

July 21, 2015

Hear an interview with Dr. Robert Huebner, Director of the Division of Treatment and Recovery Research at NIAAA in this YouTube video with Al-Anon Family Groups . Dr. Huebner discusses the treatment options for alcohol use disorder (AUD), research demonstrating the benefit of support groups, and how family members and friends of someone with an AUD can support that individual’s...

June 17, 2016

The most recent issue of the NIAAA Spectrum is now available online at https://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/ . Among other topics, the current installment features: A spotlight on the winners of NIAAA’s Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge; A profile of the Intramural Section on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Highlights of NIAAA activities at the upcoming 2016 Research Society on Alcoholism meeting; and An interview with...

March 26-27, 2018 Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White Oak Campus 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)...

June 29, 2016

With profound sadness, staff at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism note the passing of Loren (Larry) Parsons, Ph.D., of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders (CNAD) at The Scripps Research Institute. Colleagues remember Dr. Parsons as a brilliant neuroscientist, a dynamic leader in CNAD and a wonderful, well-loved human being. Dr. Parsons developed a spectacular...

A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug...

Scientific Mission To learn more about how our genes affect vulnerability to alcoholism, NIAAA has funded the Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) since 1989. Our goal is to identify the specific genes that can influence a person’s likelihood of developing alcoholism. About COGA COGA investigators have collected data on more than 2,255 extended families in which many members...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a formal appeals process to resolve disagreements between grant applicants and NIH review committees and/or NIH staff concerning the referral and peer review of grant applications. The NOT-OD-11-064: Appeals of NIH Initial Peer Review dated April 15, 2011 provides full information on the NIH policy on "Appeals of Scientific Peer Review". The NIH...

July 1, 2016

The Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN ) has published two Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) on "Target Assessment, Engagement and Data Replicability to Improve Substance Use Disorders Treatment Outcomes (R33) and (R21/R33). Areas supported by this NOFO include research to generate and conduct preliminary tests of targeted addiction treatment to address multiple substances, which may include alcohol, tobacco...

Substance Use Category and Year Unweighted N (sample) Weighted N (population) Percent S.E. Substance use (past 30 days) Any drinking 2015 11,380 39,310,618 53.1 0.5 2014 10,734 40,250,529 54.8 0.5 2013 10,418 39,333,571 53.5 0.7 2012 10,509 40,129,316 54.5 0.6 2011 10,703 38,802,142 52.9 0.6 2010 11,221 38,823,400 53.3 0.5 2009 10,821 39,183,868 53.2 0.6 2008 10,646 38,745,969 52.8 0.6...

Friday, November 22, 2019, 11:00 am EST

The: Interagency Work Group on Drinking and Drug Use in Women and Girls will sponsor the following webinar: Women, Pregnancy and Addiction: Understanding and Addressing Stigma Amongst Healthcare Providers and the General Public Friday, November 22, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST Join WebEx Meeting: https://nih.webex.com/nih Call-in toll number (US/Canada) 1-650-479-3208 Meeting Number (access code) 628-471-581 Meeting Password: NIAAA...

Success Stories NIAAA’s small business awardees have used funding in many ways to launch and build their businesses, attract strategic partners and investors, and ultimately succeed in the commercial marketplace. Read their stories to learn how they did it . Webinars Promoting Development of Alcohol-Related Research Through NIAAA SBIR/STTR Funding Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Time: 1:00 p.m. ET Speakers...

The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, and the National Cancer Advisory Board Joint Meeting Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:30 am to 1:00 pm ET 1-888-324-8014 (toll-free); Passcode is 4418818 Agenda 11:30 am Call to Order Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director, NIH Review of Policy and Procedures Justin...

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...

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 12:00

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 12:00

The purpose of this workshop is to address challenges related to clinical trial designs and drug development in Alcoholic Associated Liver Disease (AALD) and Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH) including populations to study, endpoints, and diagnostic criteria. For additional details visit https://niaaa.nih.gov/alcoholic-hepatitis-workshop-fda-niaaa-aasld Link for watching the workshop remotely: https://collaboration.fda.gov/greatv/ Date: March 26-27, 2018 Location: Food and Drug Administration Great Room – White...

Sharon Newburg-Rinn, Ph.D. Social Science Research Analyst Office of Data, Analysis, Research & Evaluation Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children & Families (ACF) U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services Switzer Building 330 C Street, SW, Room 3042 Washington, DC 20201 Phone: (202) 205-0749 Email: sharon.newburg-rinn@acf.hhs.gov Biographical Summary Sharon Newburg-Rinn has a Ph.D. in Human Development with an emphasis on measurement and...

Friday, May 8, 2020, 2:30 pm EDT

Webinar: "An Introduction to Online Human Research Strategies: Recruitment, Management, and Intervention” Friday, May 8, 2020 2:30 pm –3:30 pm Eastern Speakers: Dr. Steven Ondersma, Dr. Karen Ingersoll, and Dr. Jaimee Heffner will address the following: This webinar is designed for investigators interested in moving some or all of their research programs online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...

September 11, 2017

NIAAA has issued the following RFA for the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Dynamic Neuroimmune Interactions in the Transition from Brain Function to Dysfunction RFA-AA-18-007, R01 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-18-007.html The goal of this NOFO is to transform our understanding of how dynamic interactions among multiple cell types involved in neuroimmune interactions (e.g., neurons, glia cells, neurovascular units, or other neuroimmune components) mediate...

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Mark Egli, Ph.D. May 09, 2023 Background At least 30% of people with OUD also have AUD. Research projects dedicated to OUD treatment and prevention do not exclude subjects who drink, but seldom explicitly recruit subjects with AUD. Reciprocal relationships between opioid use and alcohol use sometimes seen in treatment contexts such that reduced opioid misuse and opioid agonist therapy...