FASD Study Group

FASDSG members aim to better describe FASD and devise ways to improve the lives of children, adolescents & adults w/ FASD and other alcohol-related disabilities

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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Thomas from @SDSU on the Henry L. Rosett award! So well deserved. #FASDSG2025

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Last but not least, we have our final FASt data presenter, Zoe Norton, from @UTAustin speaking on “ Ethanol RA Interaction Worsens Branchial Motor Neuron Defects”. Thank you, Zoe! #FASDSG2025

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Dr. Maryam Alsameen of MIND research center is up next, speaking about “ The Impact of PAE and Environmental Deprivation on Auditory Processing in Early Childhood”. Really interesting work! #FASDSG2025

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Our next FASt data speaker is Shiwani Thapa from @uthsc talking to us about “ Early Alcohol Exposure Alters Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Activity in Developing Cerebral Arteries”. Awesome work, Shiwani! #FASDSG2025

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Our next speaker is Garrett Ainsworth-Cruickshank from @UCalgary presenting on the “Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on the Gut Microbiome: Insights from Animal Models and Human Studies”. Thanks, Garrett! #FASDSG2025

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On to FASt data session III! Kicking us off is Ilse Fleischer from @SDSU speaking on “Prenatal CBD Disrupts Fetal Development: Implications for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.” #FASDSG2025

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Our second keynote speaker is Dr. Robert Lipinski from @UWMadison talking to us about “Molecular mixology: A mechanism-based approach to identifying FASD co-factors.” Thank you, Dr. Lipinski! #FASDSG

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On to federal and community updates from Dr. Bill Dunty of @NIAAAnews, Dr. Tatiana Balachova of #ICCFASD, and Dr. Christie Petrenko filling in for Tom Donaldson of @FASDUnited! #FASDSG2025

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Wrapping up FASt data session II, we have Jacqueline Soja from @SDSU presenting on “Circadian Regulation in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure” #FASDSG2025

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Now we have Kingston Wong from @UCalgary talking about “Examining gut microbiota and immune contributions to risk and resilience to emotional
dysregulation following prenatal alcohol exposure”. Really great work, Kingston! #FASDSG2025

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Now we have Kayla Richardson from @UNC speaking on "Elucidating the Role of the Cannabinoid Receptor Type 1 in Neurulation Stage Ethanol Exposure". Awesome job, Kayla! #FASDSG2025

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Up next we have Nathaniel Thomson from @UCalgary presenting on "Microbiome Dysregulation and Predictive Modeling of Risk and Resilience in Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)". Thanks for sharing your work, Nathaniel! #FASDSG2025

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Kicking off FASt Data Session II we have Dr. Georgia Kirkpatrick from @UNC presenting on "The Impact of a Double Developmental Alcohol Exposure on Multiple Elements of Executive Function". #FASDSG2025

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Congratulations to @SiaraRouzer from @TAMU for winning the Kenneth R Warren Merit Award! She is presenting on "Prenatal Alcohol and Cannabinoid Co-Exposures Disrupt Corticostriatal Transcriptomic Signatures of Alcohol Use in Adult Offspring". #FASDSG2025

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Our Timothy A. Cudd Award winner @RockholdMaddy from @UofR_Psych is speaking on "Profiles of Polysubstance Exposure in Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Association with Cognitive and Emotional Functioning". #FASDSG2025

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Rounding out FASt Data Session 1 is Ruby Lapham from @UNC presenting on "Transcriptomic Comparison of Two Mouse Strains Differentially Susceptible to Alcohol Exhibit Significant Differences in Cilia and Planar Cell Polarity Genes". Excellent job, Ruby! #FASDSG2025

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Up next we have @PervinZinia from @UNM giving a FASt data talk on "Brain Structural Differences (DTI) and Their Relationship to Functional Activity (MEG) in Children with and Without Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)". Great work, Zinia! #FASDSG25

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Now we have FASt data presenter Andrea Pasmay from @UNM speaking on "Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Interaction with Morphine Prolongs Allodynia, Potentially Driven by Dysregulation of Spinal circRIMS1 and miR-433-3p, Modulating the TLR4-NLRP3 Signaling
Pathway". #FASDSG25

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Next up for FASt data presentations, we have @SpeybroeckEmily from @UofR_Psych speaking on "Bridging the Gap: Advancing Community-Based Participatory Research in the Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders Field". Thanks for your important work, Emily! #FASDSG2025

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Our first FASt Data presenter is Rayna Mazumdar from @UTAustin who is speaking on "Elevated ROS Underlies Differential Sensitivity in nnt Mutants". Go Rayna! #FASDSG2025