Developmental Neurotoxicology Society

Developmental Neurotoxicology Teratology Society Conference/Travel Awards

2019 DNTS Conference Awards

Kiersten Bell

United Stated Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Examination of the Combined Effects of Iodine Deficiency and Developmental Perchlorate Exposure on Fear Learning in Rats

2018 DNTS Conference Awards

Rekha Balachandran

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Pharmacological Challenges Examining the Underlying Mechanism of Altered Response Inhibition and Attention Due to Circadian Disruption in Adult Long-Evans Rats

Kelsey Dzwilewski

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Associations of Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenols with Visual Recognition Memory in 7.5-Month-Old Infants

Allonna Harker

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Father, an Essential Element: Preconception Paternal Experience— Epigenetic Transmission of Male Experience Through the Germline

Katherine Hatcher

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Two Types of Circadian Disruption Modify Locomotor Behavior, Reproductive Health, and Clock Gene Expression in Male and Female Long Evans Rats

Andrew Hawkey

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Adult Activity in the Zebrafish is Altered by Low-Dose Organophosphate Exposures that Spare Larval Motility

Francheska Merced-Nieves

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Associations of Phthalates Found in Personal Care Products with Cognitive Function in 4.5-Month-Old Infants

Queenster Narty

Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; US FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD, USA
Developmental Neurotoxicology in Juvenile Animal Studies: Implications for Infant Safety Assessment for Food Contact Materials

Claire Niehaus

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canadda
Does Adolescent WIN-55 Exposure Affect Brain and Social Behaviour in Rats: Assessing Play Interactions and Neuroanatomy

Emily Pitzer

Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Developmental Deltamethrin Exposure Alters Dopaminergic Activity and Long-Term Potentiation in Rats

Samantha Regan

Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
LPHN3: A KO Model of ADHD

2017 Conference Awards

Steven Boomhower

Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Adolescent methylmercury exposure: effects on behavioral flexibility, delay discounting, fixed-ratio performance, and gene expression in the prefrontal cortex

Katherine Hatcher

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Transgenerational effects of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on behavior and hippocampal gene expression in male and female mice

Gloria Lee

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Neurobehavioral and neuroanatomical consequences of cell-type specific inactivation of dopamine D2 receptors in the mouse brain

Katie O′Shaughnessy

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Transient maternal hypothyroidism alters neural progenitors resulting in abnormal brain development

Emily Pitzer

Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Developmental deltamethrin exposure causes adult learning and memory deficits

Yingying Xu

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Low-level mercury exposure from fish consumption: Associations with childhood neurodevelopment

2016 Conference Awards

Kelsey Dzwilewski

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Associations of prenatal exposure to phthalates and bisphenol A with measures of cognitive function in 7.5-month-old infants

Mellessa Miller

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Dopamine transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT) expression in the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex in weanling and adult cocaine-exposed rats is altered by perinatal PCB exposure

Jenna Sprowles

Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH
Perinatal citalopram exposure alters spatial learning and memory, acoustic startle response, anxiety, and sociability in adult Sprague-Dawley rats

Jennifer Walters

National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/FDA, Jefferson, AR
Single and repeated exposures to the volatile anesthetic isoflurane do not impair operant performance in aged rats

2015 NBTS Conference Awards

Emily Ross

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Developmental dopamine D2 receptor effects on interneuron development and behavior

Stephanie Spring

US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
Thyroid hormone-dependent formation of a subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) in the neonatal brain is not exacerbated under conditions of low dietary iron

Jenna Sprowles

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Gestational exposure to diethylstilbestrol does not elicit alterations in anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in C57Bl/6mice