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.
| Order | Date | President | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1982 - 1986 | Jean-Pierre von Wartburg | Switzerland |
| 2nd | 1986 - 1990 | Boris Tabakoff | USA |
| 3rd | 1990 - 1994 | Harold Kalant | Canada |
| 4th | 1994 - 1998 | Kinya Kuriyama | Japan |
| 5th | 1998 - 2002 | Philippe De Witte | Belgium |
| 6th | 2002 - 2006 | Adron Harris | USA |
| 7th | 2006 - 2010 | Toshikazu Saito | Japan |
| 8th | 2010 - 2012 | Karl Mann | Germany |
| 9th | 2012 - 2014 | Edward Riley | USA |
| 10th | 2014 - 2016 | Susumu Higuchi | Japan |
| 11th | 2016 - 2018 | Rainer Spanagel | Germany |
| 12th | 2018 - 2020 | Tamara Phillips | USA |
| 13th | 2020 - 2022 | Rosana Camarini | Brazil |
| 14th | Current | Sung-Gon Kim | South 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.
| Congress | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
