National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH Research Priorities and Procedures The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. It is the largest funder of alcohol...

Sunday, October 1, 2000

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism SIGNIFICANT ITEMS IN HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS FY 2000 House Appropriations Committee Report Language (H.R. Report 106-370) Item Alcohol Liver Disease - Alcohol liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in this country and developing effective interventions for this disease is important. The...

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...

April 23-24, 1998 • Ramada Inn • Bethesda, Maryland Agenda Working Group on Prevention of Risk Drinking in Pregnancy Thursday, April 23, 1998 - Embassy II & III Time Session 8:00 a.m. Registration - Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Charge to the Working Group Chair: Mary Dufour, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, NIAAA Enoch Gordis, M.D., Director, NIAAA Joyce Rudick...

Results from a recent NIAAA study suggest that the medication ibudilast may be viable as a potential treatment for alcohol dependence. Ibudilast, an anti-inflammatory medication that acts as a non-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor, reduces alcohol drinking and relapse in alcohol-preferring P rats, high-alcohol drinking HAD1 rats, and in mice made dependent on alcohol through cycles of alcohol vapor exposure. Neuroinflammatory signaling...

Alcohol consumption and its harms are common among young people, including those who are below the legal drinking age of 21. Some people argue that the current age-21 drinking limit in the United States is “not working,” and propose that the drinking age be lowered to 18. Researchers recently conducted economic analyses to estimate the effects of the minimum legal...

Episodes of heavy alcohol consumption leading to intoxication are associated with many health and safety problems, including unintentional injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence and alcohol poisoning. Previous studies have shown that brain molecules called GABAA receptors appear to play a role in excessive drinking. In a new study, researchers used an established rat model of binge drinking to investigate how...

Alcohol-related deaths among U.S. college students rose from 1,440 deaths in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, along with increases in heavy drinking and drunk driving, according to an article in the July supplement of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. The special issue describes the results of a broad array of research-based programs to reduce and prevent alcohol-related...

The brains of alcohol-dependent individuals are affected not only by their own heavy drinking, but also by genetic or environmental factors associated with their parents’ drinking, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers found reduced brain growth among alcohol-dependent individuals with...

Adults drank more alcohol in 2012–2013 than they did in 2001–2002, according to the most recent National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). NESARC–III is a cross-sectional survey sponsored, designed, and directed by NIAAA and is the largest study ever conducted on the co-occurrence of alcohol use, drug use, and related psychiatric conditions. To assess how drinking patterns...

In the United States, and throughout the world, men drink more alcohol than women. But a recent analysis by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, indicates that longstanding differences between men and women in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms might be narrowing in the United States. Researchers led...

NIAAA-funded grantees, grant administrators, and grantee organizations are responsible for complying with all relevant policies and guidelines, as outlined in the Notice of Award (NoA) . Additional information can be obtained from the Grants Management Officer listed on the NoA for the awarded grant. NIH-wide Grants Management Policies Award Management NIH "Welcome Wagon" Letter for New Grantee Organizations Grant Policy...

AUDs often untreated Alcohol use disorder, or AUD, is the medical diagnosis for problem drinking that causes mild to severe distress or harm. A new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, reports that nearly one-third of adults in the United States have an AUD at some time...