The Alcohol Research Center (ARC) is the longest-funded center at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The center focuses on both the etiology and treatment of alcoholism. Although alcohol research remains the central focus, the ARC now has programs that encompass research on other psychoactive substances (including heroin, marijuana, cocaine), pathological gambling, and HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind a Research Study\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Note: Several of the studies listed are funded by the ARC while some are funded by other grants.<\/em><\/p>\n Alcohol Research Center The Alcohol Research Center (ARC) is the longest-funded center at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The center focuses on both the etiology and treatment of alcoholism. Although alcohol research remains the central focus, the ARC now has programs that encompass research on other psychoactive substances (including heroin, marijuana,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":1371,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 11:42:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions\/2651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/psychiatry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\tMeet Our Team\n\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tPrincipal Investigator and ARC Contact\n\t<\/h3>\n\tDavid C. Steffens, M.D., MHS<\/a>
\nPsychiatry
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\tCathryn Glanton Holzhauer, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nPsychiatry
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\n\t\tScientific Directors\n\t<\/h3>\n\tSheila Alessi, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nCalhoun Cardiology Center
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\tJonathan Covault, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nPsychiatry
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\n\t\tAssociate Scientific Directors\n\t<\/h3>\n\tVictor Hesselbrock, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nPsychiatry
\nUConn School of Medicine<\/a>\n\tMark Litt, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nBehavioral Sciences and Community Health
\nUConn School of Dental Medicine\n\tCarla Rash, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nCalhoun Cardiology Center
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\tHoward Tennen, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nPublic Health Sciences
\nUConn School of Medicine\n\n\t\tGrants Management Contact\n\t<\/h3>\n\tTom Naples
\nAlcohol Research Center
\nDepartment of Psychiatry
\nUConn Health
\n263 Farmington Avenue
\nFarmington, CT 06030-1410
\nEmail: tnaples@uchc.edu<\/a>
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