CIFASD - Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Prenatal alcohol exposure alters gene expression, which contributes to alcohol-related developmental disorders
Genetics can mediate vulnerability to alcohol's effects during pregnancy
Zinc supplements during pregnancy may counteract damage from early alcohol exposure

Additional News

January 5-7, 2010

CIFASD meeting; Chapel Hill, NC

February 8-9, 2010

Promising Practices, Promising Futures FASD Conference; Calgary, Alberta Canada

March 1-5, 2010

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Training of Trainers Certificate Program; Madison, WI

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The purpose of this consortium is to inform and develop effective interventions and treatment approaches for FASD, through multidisciplinary research involving basic, behavioral and clinical investigators and projects. We hope to develop an infrastructure to foster collaboration and coordinate basic, clinical and translational research on FASD. We welcome your input and your feedback.

San Diego State University
Indiana University School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Los Angeles
University of New Mexico
Texas A&M
Indiana University-Purdue University School of Science

Ukrainian-American Birth Defects Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harvard University
University of California, Davis
Folkhälsan Research Center-Helsinki
University of Cape Town
Emory University
Moscow Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology