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Dr. Cassandra Modrak Honored with Outstanding Poster Award

August 6, 2025
Dr. Cassandra Modrak, a new postdoctoral fellow in the Hodge Lab, received an “Outstanding Poster Presentation” award at the Annual North Carolina Postdoc Research Symposium on June 20th.   The Annual North Carolina Postdoc Research Symposium, held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, is a major multidisciplinary event that gathers...

Fall 2025 Seminar Series

January 3, 2025
  Monday, August 25th MacNider 321 *Post-Doc Seminar* Georgia Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Robinson Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, UNC School of Medicine “Developmental alcohol exposure alters domains of executive function in Sprague Dawley Rats” Jobe Ritchie, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Kash Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, UNC School...

BCAS Faculty Ian Shih Receives Funding to Develop New Brain Imaging Method

August 24, 2023
Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the UNC Department of Neurology Ian Shih, PhD, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to transform functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods.Read more here.  

Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, appointed to Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP)

August 22, 2023
LAMP Cohort Selected  

Enhancing Diversity in the Alcohol Research Workforce: NIAAA-supported MOSAIC Scholars. Congratulations to Laura Ornelas!

July 7, 2023
https://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/spring2023closerlook Congratulations Laura Ornelas!

Samantha Luu brings data-driven strategies to Campus & Community Coalition

September 14, 2022
Samantha Luu brings data-driven strategies to Campus & Community Coalition  

Ornelas Selected as MOSAIC Fellow, Receives NIH Career Transition Award

August 29, 2022
Ornelas Selected as MOSAIC Fellow, Receives NIH Career Transition Award

Preventing risky drinking in college students: NIAAA updates fact sheets in English and Spanish for parents on the risks of college drinking

August 9, 2022
Fall Semester—A Time for Parents To Discuss the Risks of College Drinking | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (nih.gov)      

Scientists Detail Brain Dynamics Implicated in Neurological Conditions

May 9, 2022
Scientists Detail Brain Dynamics Implicated in Neurological Conditions  

Congratulations to Nancy Sey for earning the 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study

August 3, 2021
Read on to learn about Gilliam Fellowship winners from BCAS!