It’s #AwardWinnerMonday! 🚨

Huge congrats to Dwayne Johnson, CMAA, on his Distinguished Service Award. A pillar of leadership and dedicated mentor, Dwayne’s commitment to WA student-athletes is unmatched.

Well deserved, Dwayne! 🥂 #NIAAA #AthleticDirector

Meet our newest board member! ✨

Help us welcome Elizabeth Penkala, CMAA, representing the great state of Rhode Island! We’re elated to have her expertise on the team as we continue to support and advocate for athletic administrators nationwide.

#Leadership #NIAAA

Meet our newest board member! ✨

Help us welcome Elizabeth Penkala, CMAA, representing the great state of Maine! We’re elated to have her expertise on the team as we continue to support and advocate for athletic administrators nationwide.

#Leadership #NIAAA #AthleticAdmin

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Calling All Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Early Career Faculty Presenting Alcohol Research at the annual American Psychological Association convention in Washington DC

#APA #APA2026 #niaaa #research #travelawards #addictionposters2026

On the move! 🚐 NIAAA Associate Executive Director Rich Barton is providing a national update at the #PSADA conference in Hershey, PA.

Great to see so many dedicated ADs gathered to push the profession forward! 👏 #NIAAA #HighSchoolSports #AthleticDirectors

Meet our newest board member! ✨

Help us welcome Susan Robbins, CMAA, representing the great state of Maine! We’re excited to have her expertise on the team as we continue to support and advocate for athletic administrators nationwide.

#Leadership #NIAAA #AthleticAdmin

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📢 New Publication Alert: "Loneliness, Anxiety, and #Alcohol Use Across Age and Sex: The Role of Emotional Regulation" #NIAAA doi.org/10.1016/j.al...

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New Publication Alert📢 📢 📢: "Epigenetic Effects of #Alcohol Consumption on Type 2 Diabetes" #NIAAA
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A Narrative Review of Alcohol Prevention Interventions Among Older Adults | Alcohol Research: Current Reviews Key TakeawaysOlder adults born from 1924 to 1945 (The Silent Generation) had strong responses to primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohol prevention interventions, particularly those that involved a p...

From NIAAA -- A Narrative Review of Alcohol Prevention Interventions Among Older Adults
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#NIAAA #alcohol #alcoholpolicy #alcoholawareness #research #alcoholresearch #olderadults #ARCR

If you’re finding it difficult to stop drinking, reaching out for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Where to start: ✅ Talk to your doctor ✅ Use the #NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator (Bit.ly/NIAAAalcoholTreatmentNavigator) to find specialized care.
#FASDAwareness #FASD101 #Pregnancy

Alcohol | Alcohol Use and Pain Interactions | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier This special issue addresses the bidirectional association between alcohol use and pain, including preclinical studies, clinical/translational studies, and narrative and systematic reviews.

🚨 Special Issue Alert! 🚨
Explore cutting-edge research on the intersection of #alcohol use and pain—a critical, evolving area with major clinical and public health implications.
Dive into the full collection here 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
#AlcoholResearch #PainScience #NIAAA

If you’re finding it difficult to stop drinking, reaching out for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Where to start: ✅ Talk to your doctor ✅ Use the #NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator (Bit.ly/NIAAAalcoholTreatmentNavigator) to find specialized care.
#FASDAwareness #FASD101 #Pregnancy

👤 Turner Neal, Certified Master Athletic Administrator

👉 Find out more: phase.community/phasecn-prec...
#PHASE #NIAAA #AthleticLeadership #InternationalEducation #ProfessionalLearning #PHASECN

#PHASECN26 #PreConference #AthleticsLeadership #NIAAA

Strengthen leadership practice in school athletics through the NIAAA Athletic Administration Certification Courses at PHASE China in May.

#NIDA and #NIAAA are the same as last year.

Experts need to keep this conversation going, raising awareness of risks but also of the myriad options for cutting down on drinking or finding support for an alcohol use disorder. #NIAAA is a trusted source, building on years of science it has supported.
rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov

Alcohol | Vol 130, Pages 1-76 (February 2026) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Read the latest articles of Alcohol at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

New in #Alcohol (Vol. 130): alcohol’s impact across brain circuits, stress pathways, neuroimmune signaling, gut inflammation, pain, and even imposter syndrome #NIAAA sciencedirect.com/journal/alco...

Enjoying the #AES annual meeting, and the chance to speak about our work on T-type channels in epilepsy and alcohol use disorder. #NIAAA

Argument for the pharmacokinetically-informed preclinical researcher: A commentary for Alcohol The purpose of this commentary is to advocate for the importance of carefully considering ethanol pharmacokinetics when conducting preclinical studies…

This is a must read for preclinical #alcohol researchers - a commentary on BECs by Dr. Nicholas Grahame #NIAAA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚀 Last chance to submit your #FASD2026 abstract & apply for #NIAAA Travel Support (Deadline: Dec 4)!
Don't miss funding to share your research on adolescents/adults w/ #FASD
Submit/Apply Today: bit.ly/CallForAbstracts2026

#FASDResearch #CallForAbstracts #TravelGrant #EarlyCareer

🚀 Last chance to submit your #FASD2026 abstract & apply for #NIAAA Travel Support (Deadline: Dec 4)!
Don't miss funding to share your research on adolescents/adults w/ #FASD
Submit/Apply Today: bit.ly/CallForAbstracts2026

#FASDResearch #CallForAbstracts #TravelGrant #EarlyCareer

#FASD2026 brings research & real life together 🌎
Join global experts in Seattle (Apr 18–21).
Deadline extended to Dec 4!
Submit ➡️ bit.ly/CallForAbstracts2026

#FASDResearch #PublicHealth #Neurodevelopment #HealthEquity #NIAAA #NIH #UBC #AcademicConference #CallForAbstracts #FASD

@umasschan.bsky.social researcher Kathryn Sabella received a competitive #NIAAA grant to investigate the social causes behind the narrowing gap in binge drinking between women and men. 
➡️ bit.ly/ResearcherInvestigates 

#FASD #FASDResearch #FASDNews #FASDAware #PAE

🎃 Don't drink and fly...driving is a bad idea, too! 👻 The best way to celebrate Halloween is to brush up on your #NIAAA #RethinkingDrinking resources 🎃

Link: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov

Honored to be elected in the class of 2025 to the National Academy of Medicine. @nam.edu ! Grateful to do this work at the #NIH, where science serves the public good. #NationalAcademyofMedicine #ScienceAsService #Gratitude #NIAAA #NIH_NIDCD #NINR

#NIAAA is now up to 47 R01s funded this year, which is a massive acceleration from three weeks ago. About 20% (n=9) are multi-year awards. Unfortunately, each reduces the funds available for other new awards in FY25 by 2 to 4 R01-sized awards. Still no R34s in FY25 compared to 13 in FY24.

More new funding from #NIAAA last week: 9 new R01s, of which 3 received multiyear funding. Of the 22 new R01s thus far, 5 are multiyear awards, 22.7%. 66 were funded last year. In three weeks, we will be able to see the full impact of the multiyear awards and drastically reduced NIAAA staffing.

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Got a NOA for a new R01 from #NIAAA this week. Looks like new awards are finally moving! Also year two is already listed as pending?

From an #NIAAA perspective, out of the paltry 13 R01s funded so far this year by NIAAA, 2 are multi-year awards (15.4%), and those are very recent. Hopefully, this is not how the rest of their $ are used this year, since it will further depress the number of new NIAAA projects.

#NIAAA funded 5 new R01s last week, bringing the FY25 total to 13. 10 of 50 grants funded last week were new (not renewals). Perhaps marks a shift towards funding of new awards in the final stretch?