Alcohol affects health and wellbeing in many different ways and increases the risk of other health conditions. Alcohol addiction affects millions globally, including around 600,000 people in the UK, but there are currently few effective treatments and many people who stop drinking will restart. This has a huge cost to the the individuals, the NHS and wider society.
 

In this seminar, two experts will talk about their research into the neurobiology of addiction and alcohol’s effect on the liver:

Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes is Chair in Addiction Biology and Professor of Addiction at Imperial College London and Consultant Psychiatrist at Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Lingford-Hughes will talk about her research on the neurobiology and treatment of addiction. 

Professor Mark Thursz is a Professor of Hepatology at Imperial College London and Consultant Hepatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is also Director of the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre and the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre. Professor Thursz will talk about his research on alcohol-related liver disease.