The scientific focus of the Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center (CARC) at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans is to conduct cutting edge basic research on alcohol and HIV that can be translated into effective community-based interventions. Our goal is to stimulate and encourage the development of multiple perspectives and approaches to the health consequences of HIV infection in alcohol-using and –abusing populations.

The mission of the LSUHSC CARC is to:

• Enhance the research capability and productivity of scientists engaged in investigating the health-related effects of alcohol and HIV infection


• Promote interdisciplinary interactions within CARC scientists as well as with the scientific community at large;


• Attract and nurture new investigators in the field of alcohol research


• Provide a wide range of stimulating training opportunities in alcohol-based biomedical research


• Develop and maintain core facilities to facilitate and optimize research of CARC investigators


• Foster the development of translational research


• Serve as a local and national resource for scientific dissemination on the impact of alcohol use disorders on HIV disease
  

NIAAA Clinical Guidelines

General Information on Alcoholism

Helping Patients who Drink Too Much

Alcohol information for Teens

Alcohol and your Health