The ERAB e-Newsletter – Issue 8

Record number of publications from one grantee

ERAB would like to congratulate Lorenzo Leggio and his team at the Institute of Internal Medicine and Department of Neuroscience at the Catholic University of Rome in Italy. Since receiving a Grant in 2006 for “A double-blind randomized controlled study on alcohol intake and craving reduction in alcohol-dependent patients comparing baclofen 10 mg, baclofen 20 mg and placebo” and an Exchange Award in 2008 towards travel during a joint study between the Catholic University of Rome and the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, he and his colleagues have published 15 papers acknowledging the funding received from ERAB.

A full listing of publications related to research funded by ERAB can be found on the ERAB website / Publications or by following this link.

EU funding opportunity

ERAB would like to draw your attention to a current EU call for tender concerning action to prevent and reduce harm from alcohol which offers funding of EUR 100 000 each for two contracts.   It is available from the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers which implements, among other things, the EU Health Programme. The purpose of the call for tender (tender n° EAHC/2012/Health/06) is to contribute to the protection of children and young people from harmful alcohol consumption by collecting good practice in the enforcement of legal age limits for selling or serving alcoholic beverages OR to contribute to raising awareness of lower-risk consumption patterns by examining the state of play in the use of alcoholic beverage labels to inform consumers about health aspects.

The deadline to submit tenders is the 1st June 2012.