National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Agency overview
FormedDecember 31, 1970 (1970-12-31)
JurisdictionFederal Government of the United States
Agency executive
  • Dr. George F. Koob, Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Health and Human Services
Parent agencyNational Institutes of Health
Websitewww.niaaa.nih.gov

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts biomedical and behavioural research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism 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.[1] It funds approximately 90% of all such research in the United States.[2] The NIAAA publishes the academic journal Alcohol Research: Current Reviews.

  1. ^ Heilig, Markus; Warren, Kenneth R.; Kunos, George; Silverman, Peter B.; Hewitt, Brenda G. (2011-06-01). "Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism". Addiction. 106 (6): 1052–1060. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02995.x. PMC 3024445. PMID 20569230.
  2. ^ "NIAAA Director's Statement Before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies". National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). 2011-12-27. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-11.