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[Rick Bevins]

From: SRNT Listserv [mailto:SRNT...@reesgroupinc.com] On Behalf Of
Backinger, Cathy (NIH/NCI) [E]
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 7:53 AM
To: SRNT Listserv
Subject: [SRNT List] NIH board votes to merge NIDA and NIAAA into an
Addictions institute

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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