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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S.
National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Service ...
, supports and conducts
biomedical Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)
and
behavioural research Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions of individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as well as the inanimate ph ...
on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of
alcoholism Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of dependence and withdrawal. Problematic use of alcohol has been mentioned in the earliest historical records. The World He ...
and alcohol-related problems. The NIAAA functions both as a funding agency that supports research by external research institutions and as a research institution itself, where alcohol research is carried out in‐house. It funds approximately 90% of all such research in the United States. The NIAAA publishes the academic journal ''Alcohol Research: Current Reviews''.


Past directors

Past directors from 1972–present


Mission

The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan. NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by: *Conducting and supporting alcohol-related research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment. *Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues. *Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work. *Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.


Extramural research

Extramural research is research conducted by organizations outside the NIH with NIH support through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. NIAAA’s extramural research includes both clinical and basic science research. Clinical research comprises more than 30 percent of NIAAA’s extramural research and includes programs in: *Prevention ( Neo-prohibitionism) *Treatment *Health Services The laboratories and researchers housed within NIAAA seek to unravel the biological basis of alcohol use disorders and related problems and to develop new strategies to prevent and treat these disorders.


See also

* Project MATCH, an initialism for: Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity


References


External links

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NIAAA's Alcohol Treatment LocatorAlcohol Research: Current Reviews
– The Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism {{authority control Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol abuse in the United States Alcohol in the United States Medical research institutes in Maryland