One possible topic for my research project is the effects of alcohol on neurodevelopment in adolescence. This research topic would allow me to be involved in a division of psychiatry that i could potentially be involved later on in life. if i Do choose to research the this topic I will be using resources from the top psychiatry and addiction hospitals on the east coast such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Fletcher Allen Medical Center, and Boston Children's hospital along with other organizations such as NCANDA ( the national consortium on alcohol and neurodevelopment in adolescence. surveys are starting to show that 72% of high school seniors have used alcohol in their life. Alcohol, according to NCanda's website, is very harmful to the developing adolescent brain because it affects teens' cognitive abilities, brain development, and teenage drinking has been proven to create anatomical abnormalities in teenage brains with problematic alcohol use. Alcoholism in adolescents is a growing and pressing problem, and through this research project I hope to bring the problem to people's attention and make it more of a focus in health care and research. people sometimes tend to forget that alcoholism does not just affect adults, it is a major problem in the adolescent problems. Through this project i hope to gain more information how i can fix the problem now and how to fix in the future.