News | Peter G. Dodge Foundation

June 8, 2016

New wristband monitor measures blood alcohol content

In an effort to improve upon existing alcohol biosensor technology, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) recently held a competition to design a wearable, discreet device capable of measuring blood alcohol levels in close to real-time, which ...

June 1, 2016

William L. White and Dr. John Kelly on ‘disengaged’ style of AUD recovery

William L. White is a prolific writer who has written or co-written 18 books and hundreds of articles, research reports and book chapters on addiction and recovery. In a February 2016 post on his website, he and Dr. John Kelly, ...

May 29, 2016

PGDF Sponsors America Honors Recovery

The Peter G. Dodge Foundation is pleased to sponsor America Honors Recovery 2016, the signature gala event of Faces and Voices of Recovery, on July 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. America Honors Recovery is the largest ...

May 26, 2016

Al-Anon Celebrates 65 Years

For 65 years, Al-Anon Family Groups have been a resource for those affected by another person’s alcoholism. Al-Anon is a mutual help group based on the structure and principles of Alcoholics Anonymous that focuses on the needs and issues of ...

May 11, 2016

PGDF Sponsors New York Academy of Sciences Conference

The Peter G. Dodge Foundation (PGDF) will sponsor The Addicted Brain and New Treatment Frontiers: Sixth Annual Aspen Brain Forum, presented by the New York Academy of Sciences, Science Translational Medicine, and The Aspen Brain Forum Foundation, to be held ...

May 2, 2016

PGDF Events: Recovery, Meditation and the Brain

On April 29, 2016, more than two hundred leaders in the field of addiction treatment and recovery gathered at the Paley Center for Media in New York City for Recovery, Meditation and the Brain, a national summit on meditation and ...

April 27, 2016

Grantee Profile: Samaritan House

Samaritan House is an aftercare facility for men, located in Annapolis, Maryland, whose mission is to reintegrate clients into the local community and society as fully functioning members, free from the use of alcohol and/or illicit drugs. Samaritan House was ...

April 15, 2016

Addiction medicine recognized as medical subspecialty by ABMS

In an important development in the field of addiction treatment, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has announced the addition of Addiction Medicine as a new medical subspecialty, open to any medical doctor. Previously, psychiatrists were the only physicians ...

April 8, 2016

Grantee Profile: Oxford House, Inc.

In 1975, a group of men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction established the first Oxford House in Silver Spring, Maryland. J. Paul Molloy, former counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, led this founding group and continues as CEO of ...