UAMS Receives $2.9 Million to Study Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
By Linda Satter
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $2.9 million federal grant to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and associated neurologic aftereffects, with the goal of discovering new treatments and preventions. This research aims to prevent disability and life-changing conditions that negatively impact our youngest patients.
Paul D. Drew, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience, will lead the study, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health for five years, through 2030.
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