The Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) (formerly the Research Society on Alcoholism) is a learned society of over 1,500 active members based in Austin, Texas. Its objective is to advance research on alcohol use disorders and the physiological and cognitive effects of alcohol.

The RSA holds an Annual Meeting, and together with the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, sponsors the publication of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, published by Wiley-Blackwell.

RSA holds elections as needed for Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and nine Board Member positions.

Name Change In 2023, the Research Society on Alcoholism changed its name to the Research Society on Alcohol (RSA).

Current and Past Presidents Kristen Anderson2025 - 2026Michael Miles2021 - 2022Patricia E Molina2020 - 2021Robert Swift2019 - 2020Mary Larimer2018 - 2019Cristine Czachowski2017 - 2018Kenneth Sher2016 - 2017Rueben Gonzales2015 - 2016Tamara Phillips2014 - 2015Laura Nagy2013 - 2014Barbara McCrady2012 - 2013Mark Goldman2011 - 2012Robert Messing2010 - 2011Sara Jo Nixon2009 - 2010Peter Monti2008 – 2009Raymond Anton2007 - 2008Kathleen Grant2006 – 2007Michael Charness2005 - 2006Victor Hesselbrock2003 - 2005Stephanie O’Malley2001 – 2003Yedi Israel1999 - 2001Edward Riley1997 - 1999Ivan Diamond1995 - 1997R. Adron Harris1993 - 1995Floyd Bloom1991 - 1993David Van Thiel1989 - 1991Henri Begleiter1987 – 1989Ting Kai Li1985 – 1987Boris Tabakoff1983 – 1985Richard Deitrich1981 – 1983Dora Goldstein1979 – 1981Charles Lieber1977 - 1979

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External links Official website: https://researchsocietyonalcohol.org/