Dr. Scott Swartzwelder, (shown on the right) professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, has received the 2017 Bowles Award from the UNC School of Medicine’s Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies. The award honors distinguished researchers who have made significant contributions to understanding the causes, prevention and/or treatment of … Continued

Dr. Susan Smith, a world renowned expert in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) research has joined UNC as Deputy Director of the Nutrition Research Institute. Her work focuses on risk factors for development of FASD as well as strategies for treatment in both children and adults who suffer with FASD. Dr. Smith will join the … Continued

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded a $1.9 million, 5-year grant to Joyce Besheer, PhD, of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, to study the underlying neuropathy of post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse. click to enlarge Joyce Besheer, PhD Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating and enduring disorder that … Continued

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