Karen Boschen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Parnell Lab, won the Wilson Presentation Award at the 2017 Annual Teratology Society meeting in Denver, CO for her talk entitled “Changes to Primary Cilia Number and Function in the Neural Tube Following Neurulation-Stage Ethanol Exposure in a Mouse Model of FASD.”

Tentative Schedule for Fall 2017: Monday, August 28th Amanda Elton, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “COMT Val158Met polymorphism exerts sex-dependent effects on fMRI measures of brain function.” Lara Hwa, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Intermittent alcohol drinking … Continued

Study confirms link between alcohol consumption, breast cancer risk in black women In findings published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers confirmed the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in a study in black women. The association has been seen in other studies drawn from … Continued