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NIH Awards $8.3M to UIC Researchers for Study of Alcohol Use Disorder

Posted on November 10, 2025
Dr. Subhash Pandey in suit and necktie posing in a scientific laboratory.
Dr. Subhash Pandey, director of the UIC Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)

The University of Illinois College of Medicine’s Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics has received a five-year $8.3 million NIH grant renewal to continue cutting-edge research into how long-term alcohol use affects the structure and function of brain cells through genetic and epigenetic interactions. Center director Dr. Subhash Pandey said, “Understanding these complex brain mechanisms could lead to more targeted treatments for alcohol use disorder, ultimately improving the lives of individuals suffering from this chronic disease.”

The center is a hub for genomic and epigenetic studies in alcohol use disorders, involving psychiatry, biophysics and physiology faculty, and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ psychology and biology faculty, the UIC Research Resources Center, and the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.