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I look forward to hearing about this important work. It's a great way to cap the first day of the conference, thinking about how alcohol research can impact community initiatives.

This should be a great session! I'm looking forward to it.

Love to see this. We can choose either: (A) to destroy U.S. leadership in science and medicine by implementing these rules, or (B) NOT to destroy it by ensuring that these rules are never implemented. I strongly prefer B!

This is an outstanding piece. One of their recommendations really stood out to me: Grow a community of truth tellers. We have to keep documenting and communicating what is happening and how it harms science, health, democracy, and the public.

The results of the Alcohol Intake and Health Study, originally intended to be part of a government report to inform U.S. dietary guidelines, are now available at JSAD. This rigorous evaluation is a crucial contribution to evidence-based public health. www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“Who would benefit from the proposed [OMB] rules? For one, politically connected industries — including those that may want to obscure scientific links between their products and harmful health effects.” Good op-ed in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

This is a devastating analysis of the impact of the NIH's policies in fiscal year 2025 on the research project grant investigator pool. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/5

Super helpful - please take action! #DefendResearch

High-Intensity Drinking Is Linked to Greater Same-Day Positive & Negative Consequences in Young Adults (just accepted @jsadjournal.bsky.social) by Jennifer Merrill... @browncaas.bsky.social @jenmerrillphd.bsky.social @thejacksonlab.bsky.social @rutgersarc.bsky.social www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Health Risks of Alcohol Accelerate After One Drink a Day, Study Finds (New York Times) - a news article about the new George et al. @jsadjournal.bsky.social article on the Alcohol Intake and Health Study (Vol 87, no 4, pp. 621–638) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the lifetime risk of alcohol-attributable mortality and morbidity in the United States based on a person’s average lifetime weekly alcohol consumption to assess the impact of per-occasion alcohol consumption on health. Method: Lifetime risks were estimated using a cause-specific modeling approach that combined exposure data from national health surveys, relative risks, population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and morbidity data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. A narrative review assessed the health impact of per-occasion alcohol consumption on health. Results: At low levels of consumption, no protective net effect of alcohol consumption on health was observed. Elevated mortality and morbidity risks were associated with alcohol consumption starting at relatively low levels. Males consuming >6.5 (95% CI [<1, 13.5]) and females consuming >7.0 (95% CI [<1, 11.5]) drinks per week had life-time alcohol-attributable mortality risks >1:1,000. At >8.5 (95% CI [2.5, 13]) drinks per week for both males and females, these risks increased to >1:100. At 14 drinks per week for males (the upper limit of the former Dietary Guidelines for males), the risk of an alcohol-caused death was 1:25 (4%). Drinking patterns also impacted risk. Above 1 drink per occasion, higher consumption was associated with progressively increased risks of breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, and injury. Conclusions: Alcohol consumption, including at what may be perceived as “moderate” levels, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity risks. These results support tightening alcohol use guidance in the United States, for both males and females, to no more than 1 drink per day. Public health significance statement: The Alcohol Intake and Health Study shows that for Americans, even what is socially considered “moderate drinking” increases the risk of dying or developing health problems, helping people better understand the net health impact of alcohol. Furthermore, by identifying the levels of alcohol use that raise the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and injury, these findings can guide individuals, families, and communities in making safer choices about drinking patterns. The results also support changing the U.S. Dietary Guidelines on alcohol to recommend that current adult drinkers consume 1 drink or less in a day.

This cross-sectional study assesses National Institutes of Health (NIH) data from fiscal years 2016-2025 comprising annual counts of principal investigators funded through research grants and fellowsh...