ERAB is pleased to announce the funding of six research grants starting in January 2014.
The research is taking place in Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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 Principal Applicant  | 
 Title of Project  | 
 Institution  | 
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 Dr. Ilaria Zanotti 
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 Impact of alcohol consumption on the atheroprotective process of the reverse cholesterol transport. 
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Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.  | 
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| 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.  | 
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| 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.  | 
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| Professor Paul Norman | 
 
 A brief online psychosocial intervention to reduce binge drinking in new university students: Targeting reception, motivation, and volition at a teachable moment.  | 
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.  | 
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| Professor David Foxcroft | 
 
 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.  | 
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| 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.  | 
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| Dr. Richard Cooke | 
 
 European Survey of University Student Alcohol Use.  | 
School of Life & Health Sciences,  Aston University, Birmingham, UK.  | 
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| 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.  | 
For a full list of the grants funded please click here.