In this Section
- Medications Development Program
- Underage Drinking Research Initiative
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) Study
- National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence
- NIAAA-Funded Research Centers
- NIAAA Institutional Research Training Programs
- Other Key Extramural Research Activites
- Varenicline Study
Major Initiatives
NIAAA’s major initiatives seek to address alcohol-related issues across the lifespan.
Our aim is to reduce the tremendous burden of illness resulting from the misuse of alcohol by:
- Preventing children and adolescents from beginning and continuing to drink alcohol
- Offering effective intervention for problem alcohol use at all ages
To accomplish this, we support research in areas ranging from basic science to clinical studies and from genetics to neuroscience to epidemiology.
Major Initiatives we support include:
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Adolescent Brain
- The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
- National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA)
- Neurobiology of Adolescent Drinking in Adulthood (NADIA) -
Collaborative Research on Addiction at the National Institutes of Health (CRAN)
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Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) Study
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Program
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Medications Development
- NIAAA-Funded Research Centers