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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....

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...

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...

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...

BCAS helps kids mark 2017 Brain Awareness Week Faculty, research associates and students from UNC’s Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies staffed Brain Awareness Week events in March, with support from the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. The event was covered by WRAL-TV and other area media. http://www.wral.com/life-and-science-museum-marks-brain-awareness-week/16572236/

Robinson: ‘Adolescent brain is different’ — TalkItOut video Dr. Donita Robinson, associate professor at UNC’s Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, discusses how the adolescent brain differs from the adult brain, and how alcohol has a greater effect on the still-developing brain. The video was produced as part of the State...

How do antidepressants trigger fear and anxiety? “Researchers map the anxiety circuit in the brain and use a compound to limit fearful behavior — an acute side effect of commonly prescribed SSRI antidepressants. …” From Science Daily.

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Governor McCrory’s Task Force Gets Report on the Effects of Underage Drinking Duke Researcher: “It becomes the job of responsible adults in kids’ lives to help provide the restraint that their own brains often can’t.” Researchers from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill presented their report on the effects of alcohol...