Few people can honestly say their lives have not been adversely affected by alcoholism.
Lives are torn apart as a parent, a spouse or a child fights alcohol addiction.
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are searching for answers to these complicated questions in their quest for better treatments. One of the nation's top researchers on alcohol and drug addiction is Bankole A. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., Wurzbach Distinguished Professor at the Health Science Center, deputy chairman for research in the department of psychiatry and chief of the division of alcohol and drug addiction. Dr. Johnson will speak about his and his colleagues' breakthroughs at an upcoming session of the fourth annual Mini-Medical School, which is being presented by the Health Science Center as a gift to the community. Sessions on April 17 and 24 will focus on alcohol addiction and treatments. The Mini-Medical School is free and open to the public.