Mission Statement

The Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center (Gallo Center) is one of the world's preeminent academic centers for the study of biological basis of alcohol and substance abuse. Gallo Center research has a remarkable track record of innovative and important discoveries of molecular, cellular and neuronal mechanisms that underlie alcoholism and substance abuse and their co-morbidities. Gallo Center discoveries of potential molecular targets for the development of therapeutic medications are extended through preclinical and proof-of-concept clinical studies. Gallo Center technologies are further developed through intellectual property licensing and joint development relationships with biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

UCSF Gallo study finds hormone disorder drug could help drinkers stay sober

A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center.

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Genetic markers identified for alcohol response in UCSF Gallo study

Researchers at the UCSF Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center have identified a region on the human genome that appears to determine how strongly drinkers feel the effects of alcohol and thus how prone they are to alcohol abuse.

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UCSF Researchers Make Headway with Potential Alcoholism Drug

In a groundbreaking drug study using mice and rats, two members of UCSF’s Neurology department have tapped into a potential new treatment for alcoholism in humans.

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New Drug Candidate to Treat Alcoholism Hits a Different Target in the Brain

Rats that drink like humans afflicted with alcoholism cut their drinking dramatically when treated with a new drug prototype — even after treatment ends.

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Many Recovering Alcoholics Depend on Coffee, Cigarettes

Selena Bartlett, the Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation Investigator at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center of the University of California, San Francisco, thinks that the reliance on cigarettes by most recovering alcoholics has a biological basis and may actually increase the chances of relapse.

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