2010-09-20

[DIV28SUPER] NIH board votes to merge NIDA and NIAAA into an Addictions institute

See posting below from SRNT list…

 

Colleagues – As many of you may already know, the Substance Use, Abuse and Addiction (SUAA) Working Group of the NIH Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) met September 14&15 to discuss and vote on merging the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National  Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)  into an Addictions Institute.  The full report can be found at http://smrb.od.nih.gov/Sept2010_SUAA_Working_Group.pdf.  Note that the report address including tobacco (see bottom of page 14).  Additional information can be found at the SMRB website at http://smrb.od.nih.gov/meetings/ 

 

The SMRB voted 12 to 3 to merge NIDA and NIAAA, however, it is not clear approvals and timeframes.  It is also not clear the scope of tobacco-related research that would be included in this new institute if it moves forward.  Here is an article in the Science Insider concerning the potential merger -

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/09/advisers-say-nih-should-merge-al.html

 

 

Thanks - Cathy

Cathy L. Backinger, PhD, MPH 
Chief
Tobacco Control Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
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