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ISBRA President History

ISBRA’s past presidents are a diverse population of men and women from around the world who have continuously shaped ISBRA into the society it is today. The ISBRA President is the Chief Executive Officer of the Society and presides at all meetings of the members of the Society and of the Board of Directors. The President serves as Chair of an Executive Committee, comprising of the President, Senior Vice President, and Immediate Past President.

OrderDatePresidentCountry
1st 1982 - 1986Jean-Pierre von WartburgSwitzerland
2nd 1986 - 1990Boris TabakoffUSA
3rd 1990 - 1994Harold KalantCanada
4th 1994 - 1998Kinya KuriyamaJapan
5th 1998 - 2002Philippe De WitteBelgium
6th 2002 - 2006Adron HarrisUSA
7th 2006 - 2010Toshikazu SaitoJapan
8th 2010 - 2012Karl MannGermany
9th 2012 - 2014Edward RileyUSA
10th 2014 - 2016Susumu HiguchiJapan
11th 2016 - 2018Rainer SpanagelGermany
12th 2018 - 2020 Tamara PhillipsUSA
13th 2020 - 2022Rosana CamariniBrazil
14th CurrentSung-Gon KimSouth Korea

ISBRA Congress History

ISBRA hosts an international Congress every two years. Its affiliated societies also hold regular conferences. In the case of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA), these are annual events. The European society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA) holds biennial conferences in the years between ISBRA Congresses.

CongressDateLocation
1st July 6 - 10, 1982 Munich, Germany
2nd June 24 - 28, 1984 Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
3rd June 8 - 13, 1986 Helsinki, Finland
4th 1988 Kyoto Japan
5th 1990 Toronto Canada
6th 1992 Bristol, United Kingdom
7th 1994 Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland
8th 1996 Joint Congress ISBRA/RSA Washington, D.C., USA
9th June 27 - July 2, 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark
10th July 2 - 8, 2000 Yokohama, Japan
11th June 28 - July 3, 2002 Joint ISBRA/RSA Congress San Francisco, CA, USA
12th 2004 Heidelburg, Germany
13th Sept. 10 - 13, 2006 Sydney, Australia
14th June 27 - July 2, 2008 Joint ISBRA/RSA Congress Washington, DC USA
15th Sept. 13 - 16, 2010 Paris, France
16th Sept. 9 - 12, 2012 Sapporo, Japan
17th June 21 - 25, 2014 JOINT ISBRA/RSA Congress in Seattle, Washington, USA
18th Sept. 1 - 5, 2016 Joint ISBRA/ESBRA Congress Berlin, Germany
19th Sept. 9 - 13, 2018 Kyoto, Japan
Upcoming Sept. 23 - 26, 2024 Joint ISBRA/APSAAR Congress Melbourne, Australia
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