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{{Short description|U.S. health institute}}
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| name            = National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
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| chief1_name     = Dr. [[George Koob|George F. Koob]]
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| parent_department = [[Department of Health and Human Services]]
| parent_agency   = [[National Institutes of Health]]
| website         = {{URL|https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/}}
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[[Image:US-NIH-NIAAA-Logo.svg|thumb|Former logo]]

The '''National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism''' ('''NIAAA'''), as part of the U.S. [[National Institutes of Health]], supports and conducts [[biomedical]] and [[Behavioral research|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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Heilig|first1=Markus|last2=Warren|first2=Kenneth R.|last3=Kunos|first3=George|last4=Silverman|first4=Peter B.|last5=Hewitt|first5=Brenda G.|date=2011-06-01|title=Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism|journal=Addiction|language=en|volume=106|issue=6|pages=1052–1060|doi=10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02995.x|pmid=20569230|pmc=3024445}}</ref> It funds approximately 90% of all such research in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-funding/congressional-testimony/niaaa-directors-statement-house-committee-1|title=NIAAA Director's Statement Before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies|date=2011-12-27|website=National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref> The NIAAA publishes the academic journal ''Alcohol Research: Current Reviews''.

==Past directors==
Past directors from 1972–present<ref>{{cite web |title=NIAAA Directors |url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-alcohol-abuse-alcoholism-niaaa |publisher=NIH |date=9 July 2015 }}</ref>

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!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!Portrait
!Director
!Took office
!Left office
!{{Abbr|Refs.|References}}
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|1
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|Morris E. Chafetz
|1972
|September 1, 1975
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|-
|2
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|[[Ernest Noble]]
|February 1976
|April 1978
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|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|acting
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|Loran Archer
|April 1978
|April 1979
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|-
|3
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|John R. DeLuca
|May 1979
|October 1981
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|acting
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|Loran Archer
|November 1981
|July 1982
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|acting
|[[File:Mr. William E. Mayer, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.jpg|70px]]
|[[William E. Mayer]]
|August 1982
|July 1983
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|4
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|Robert G. Niven
|August 1983
|December 1985
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|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|acting
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|Loran Archer
|January 1986
|October 1986
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|-
|5
|[[File:Noimage.svg|70px]]
|Enoch Gordis
|November 1986
|January 2002
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/announcement/memoriam-enoch-gordis-md |title=In Memoriam - Enoch Gordis, MD |date=April 21, 2023 |publisher=NIAAA}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|acting
|[[File:Kington NIH Director.jpg|70px]]
|[[Raynard S. Kington]]
|January 2002
|November 2002
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/raynard-s-kington-md |title=Raynard S. Kington, M.D. |publisher=NIH}}</ref>
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|6
|[[File:Dr._Ting-Kai_Li,_former_NIAAA_Director.jpg|70px]]
|Ting-Kai Li
|November 2002
|October 2008
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/ting-kai-li-md-named-new-director-nihs-alcohol-research-institute |title=Ting-Kai Li, M.D. Named New Director of NIH’s Alcohol Research Institute |date=September 10, 2002 |publisher=NIAAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/li-step-down-director-national-institute-alcohol-abuse-and-alcoholism |title=Li to Step Down as Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |date=September 18, 2008 |publisher=NIAAA}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|acting
|[[File:Kenneth_R._Warren.jpg|70px]]
|Kenneth R. Warren
|November 2008
|January 2014
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/announcement/memoriam-kenneth-r-warren-phd |title=In Memoriam: Kenneth R. Warren, PhD |publisher=NIAAA}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[File:Koob (NIAAA).jpg|70px]]
|[[George Koob]]
|January 27, 2014
|Present
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/directors-page |title=NIAAA Director's Page: NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D. |publisher=NIAAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/koob-selected-to-direct-niaaa |title=Koob Selected to Direct NIAAA |date=November 27, 2013 |work=[[Association for Psychological Science]]}}</ref>
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==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-work/mission-statement|title=Mission Statement|website=National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/our-work|title=Our Work|website=National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)}}</ref>

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==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.niaaa.nih.gov}}
*[https://alcoholtreatment.niaaa.nih.gov/ NIAAA's Alcohol Treatment Locator]
*[https://arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/ Alcohol Research: Current Reviews] – The Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

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