NIH researcher Markus Heilig talked about alcoholism at a SACU Luncheon in Washington

Posted by Susanna at 2:38 PM, Mar 30, 2010 (Comments)

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Paul Johnson, Markus Heilig, the Clinical Director at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and SACU chairman David Paul

DURING A SACU (Swedish American Cultural Union) luncheon on Tuesday, March 23, Markus Heilig, M.D., Ph.D., who is a Swede trained at the University of Lund and who is currently the Clinical Director at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in Bethesda, Maryland, discussed the work of his clinical research team to develop new pharmaceuticals that will help treat the underlying causes of alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Before coming to the U.S. in 2004, Mr. Heilig led similar clinical research efforts at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

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