A Genome Wide Association Study for Alcohol and Nicotine Addiction Susceptibility Genes [ 2009 - 2013 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr John Whitfield (Principal investigator) ,  Dr Penelope Lind ,  Prof Andrew Heath

Brief description Alcohol and nicotine addiction are major public health problems within Australia. As well as the personal and economic costs associated with dependence, there is a wide range of downstream health effects from heavy drinking and smoking. This is a proposal for a genome wide association study to systematically screen and identify genetic variants within the Australian population that affects an individual's liability to developing alcohol addiction, nicotine addiction or both.

Funding Amount $AUD 872,816.85

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant