内容简介：
【简介】 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by:
Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, 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;
NIAAA Research Initiatives FY 2004:
Basic Research on Medications Development for Alcohol-Use Disorders; 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; Disparities in Adverse and Beneficial Effects of Alcohol; Advancing Behavioral Therapies for Alcoholism; Training the Next Generation of Investigators.
