ERAB, The European Foundation for Alcohol Research

The ERAB e-Newsletter – Issue 12

2013 Grants Awarded

ERAB is pleased to announce the funding of eight new grants starting in 2014 and would like to congratulate the successful researchers.

ERAB received 56 applications this year. They were of outstandingly high quality and deciding which to fund was, as always, really difficult. A panel of external reviewers completed review forms for the applications. This helped the Advisory Board to identify the best applications with regard to the clarity of the hypothesis, the merit of the science, the calibre of the team and the appropriateness of the budget. ERAB would like to thank the external reviewers for this valuable assistance.

Principal Applicant	Title of Project	Institution
Dr. Ilaria Zanotti	Impact of alcohol consumption on the atheroprotective process of the reverse cholesterol transport.	Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Dr. Paola Maccioni	Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of novel positive allosteric modulators of the GABAB receptor: focus on their “anti-alcohol” potential.	Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy.
Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós	Risks and benefits of the ethanol and polyphenol content in beer: effects of moderate consumption on cardiovascular system.	Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Lesley Smith	Quantifying exposure of young people to alcohol messaging in social media: (a) discreet real-time monitoring; & (b) validation of a 24-hour prompted multiple-pass recall method.	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Dr. Anna Sidorchuk	Life course study of alcohol harm in three generations: the importance of individual and contextual factors.	Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Richard Cooke	European Survey of University Student Alcohol Use.	School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Dr. Consuelo Guerri	Is the neuroimmune response involved in the neurotoxic and behavioural consequences of binge alcohol drinking during adolescence?	Research Center Prince Felipe Valencia, Spain.

These projects will be starting in 2014.