NIAAA Purpose and Vision

Remove the stigma associated with the common yet complex disease alcoholism
Reveal biological and sociocultural origins of variations in individual responses to alcohol as well as health risks and benefits
Develop effective prevention and treatments that address
- the physical, behavioral, and social risks attributable to excessive and underage alcohol consumption; and
- the chronic relapsing nature of alcoholism
Improve the acceptance of, and access to, quality care NIAAA-supported investigators, through significant biomedical and behavioral research findings, have substantially furthered our understanding of how alcohol affects the body, behavior, and society. Together, these discoveries have important implications for improving the health and welfare of the American people.

NIAAA Initiatives FY 2004 Basic Research on Medications Development for Alcohol-Use Disorders Disparities in Adverse and Beneficial Effects of Alcohol Genetic Studies of Vulnerability to Alcohol Mechanisms and Markers of Alcohol-Induced Organ Damage and Organ Protection Behavioral and Genetic Risk Factors for Alcoholism Long-term, Community-Based Prevention of Alcohol Problems at Specific Life Stages: Underage Populations and the Elderly Identifying the Neuroscientific Basis of Alcohol-Related Behaviors Multi-site, Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Women, HIV/AIDS, and Alcohol Underage Drinking Advancing Behavioral Therapies for Alcoholism Training the Next Generation of Investigators		For the second summer in a row, Chris Wilson, a senior at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, conducts research at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Wilson is investigating the impact of alcohol on axonal growth and guidance mechanisms.
	Dr. Paul Manowitz, an NIAAA researcher at UMDNJ, examines the electrophoretic patterns of proteins from human fibroplasts used to study alcohol effects in vitro.

NIAAA Initiatives FY 2004

Basic Research on Medications Development for Alcohol-Use Disorders
Disparities in Adverse and Beneficial Effects of Alcohol
Genetic Studies of Vulnerability to Alcohol
Mechanisms and Markers of Alcohol-Induced Organ Damage and Organ Protection
Behavioral and Genetic Risk Factors for Alcoholism
Long-term, Community-Based Prevention of Alcohol Problems at Specific Life Stages: Underage Populations and the Elderly
Identifying the Neuroscientific Basis of Alcohol-Related Behaviors
Multi-site, Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Women, HIV/AIDS, and Alcohol
Underage Drinking
Advancing Behavioral Therapies for Alcoholism
Training the Next Generation of Investigators

Image of Chris Wilson is conducting research at Uninv. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

For the second summer in a row, Chris Wilson, a senior at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, conducts research at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Wilson is investigating the impact of alcohol on axonal growth and guidance mechanisms.

Image of Dr. Paul Manowitz, an NIAAA researcher at UMDNJ.

Dr. Paul Manowitz, an NIAAA researcher at UMDNJ, examines the electrophoretic patterns of proteins from human fibroplasts used to study alcohol effects in vitro.


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