ALCOHOLISM & SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESEARCH

$790,714 awarded to research since 1985

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 18% of people with a mental illness abuse alcohol or other substances, and 1 in 8 emergency room visits is due to mental illness or substance use. The Foundation of Hope funds research that seeks to better understand the causes of substance abuse, explore its relationships to other illnesses, and find novel treatments that could, for example, help turn the tide of America’s opioid crisis.

$790,714 awarded to research since 1985

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Adolescent Binge Drinking Persistently Shifts Microglia to a Proinflammatory Phenotype through Reversible Epigenetic Reprogramming | Vetreno | $98,592

Adolescent Binge Drinking Persistently Shifts Microglia to a Proinflammatory Phenotype through Reversible Epigenetic Reprogramming 2023 Award: $98,592 In addition to increasing risk for later development of an alcohol use disorder, adolescent binge drinking increases [...]