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 Experienceâ 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 Childrenâs 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 Childrenâs 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 Oâ˛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