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Western Regional Training Center on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

The WRTC for FASDs seeks to reduce the incidence of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and to increase the availability and quality of services for individuals affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their families through improved education and training of medical and other health students and professionals.

Western Regional Training Center for FASDs
Semel Institute
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095

Support for the WRTC for FASDs has been provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Current Research

Current research projects include:

Project:  Health Care Providers Knowledge and Practices Related to FAS and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Investigators:   Margaret Stuber, M.D. (Principal Investigator), Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Co-Principal Investigator), Blair Paley, Ph.D. (Investigator), Susan Baillie, Ph.D. (Investigator)
Funding Agency:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Funding Period:  2005-2008 

Project:  Interventions for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:  Transitioning Science to Community Projects
Investigator:   Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Funding Period:  2005-2009

Project:  Neighborhood Alcohol and HIV Prevention in South African Townships
Investigators:  Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator), Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Co-Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency:  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Funding Period:  2007-2012

Project: Mapping the Brain, the Face, and Neurocognitive Function in FASD
Investigators: Elizabeth Sowell, M.D. (Principal Investigator), Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Investigator)
Funding Agency:  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Funding Period:  2007-2012

Project: Longitudinal MRI in Prenatal Methamphetamine or Alcohol Exposure
Investigators:  Elizabeth Sowell, M.D. (Principal Investigator), Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Investigator)
Funding Agency:  Drug Abuse
Funding Period:  2004-2009 

Project:  Improving Medical Students’ Behavioral Science Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Investigator:  Margaret Stuber, M.D. (Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency:  2005-2010  
Funding Period:  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/National Institutes of Health

Project:  Lanterman Psychology Training Program
Investigator:  Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., ABPP (Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency:  2006-2008  
Funding Period:  California Department of Developmental Services

 


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