Mission Statement:

1. Plans, develops, and conducts a program of basic and applied alcohol research, including metabolic, preclinical and clinical investigations, on the multiple determinants and processes of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems and in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation;
2. operates a clinical research facility for the purpose of conducting research on alcohol-related illnesses and diseases, and developing improved methods of clinical care;
3. provides in-house research scientist training in a variety of disciplines for work in alcohol-related research; and
4. collaborates with other agencies, universities, and scientific organizations in the conduct of basic and applied research on alcohol and its effects.

Welcome Message from the Scientific Director of Intramural Research

DICBR Laboratories:

• Office of the Scientific Director  
• Office of Research and Information Technology
• Office of Laboratory Animal Science
• Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies
• Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry
• Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
• Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Laboratory of Metabolic Control
• Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
• Laboratory of Molecular Physiology
• Laboratory of Molecular Signaling
• Laboratory of Neurogenetics
• Laboratory for Neuroimaging
• Laboratory of Physiologic Studies

Updated: November 2006