Developmental Neurotoxicology Society
Conference/Travel Awards
2025 DNTS Conference Awards
Alexandria Easton
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
The Effect of Maternal and Offspring Exercise in Mitigating Motor Deficits Following Exposure to Developmental Benzo[a]pyrene Exposure
MaryAnn Hawks
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and US Environmental Protection Agency
Thyroid Hormone Insufficiency Alters the Pattern of Expression of the Ca2+-Binding Proteins Calbindin and Parvalbumin in the Rat Neonatal Cortex
Elisabeth Larson
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Prenatal Choline Supplementation Improves Adolescent Spatial Memory in a 14-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial: Potential Implications for Neuro-Protection
Mia Trupiano
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Impact of Early-life Nicotine Exposure on Striatal GABA Interneurons and Motivated Behavior
2024 DNTS Conference Awards
Vishnupriya Alavala
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability to Gestational Ozone Exposure
Monica Carbajal
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Impulsive Behavior in Rats Perinatally Exposed to Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC)
Nick Cragoe
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Associations of Prenatal Maternal Psychosocial Stress and Depression with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in 7.5-Month-Old Infants in the ECHO.CA.IL Prospective Birth Cohorts
Mackenzie Feltner
University of Northern Kentucky, Highland Heights, KY
Dopamine and Serotonin Signaling Following Developmental Benzo[a]pyrene Exposure in Cyp1b1(-/-) Knockout and Wild Type Mice
2023 DNTS Conference Awards
Nella Delva
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Stress-Related Adaptations Following Loss of Dopamine D1 Receptors in Cerebral Cortical Interneurons
MaryAnn Hawks
Amber Parnell
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
E-cigarette aerosol exposure decreases GABA neuron migration in the embryonic brain
Yasmeena Thabet
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
An apparent increase in medial frontal cortical glutamatergic neurons following loss of the dopamine D2R in a GABAergic interneuron subpopulation
Ryne Thomas
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN
Prevalence of Periventricular Heterotopia within Adult Rats Following Developmental Exposure to Perchlorate and Dietary Iodine Deficiency
Mia Trupiano
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Selective deficits in frontal cortical parvalbumin containing GABA neurons following developmental nicotine exposure
2022 DNTS Conference Awards
Alexa Friedman
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes Following Deployment to the Gulf War
Jillian Winn
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Neurobehavioral Health of Children Living Near Coal Ash Storage Sites
2021 No awards (meeting cancelled)
2020 DNTS Conference Awards
Students received a certificate and we want to recognize and celebrate their accomplishments!
Jenna Sprowles
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Associations of prenatal phthalate exposure and neurobehavioral outcomes in 7.5-month-old infants
Andrew Hawkey
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Embryonic benzo[a]pyrene exposure causes persistent neurobehavioral effects in zebrafish
Elizabeth Enright
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Using Electroencephalography (EEG) in Human Infants as a Measure for Environmental Epidemiology and Developmental Neurotoxicology
Nick Paige
University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Impulsivity, Working Memory, and Dopamine Dynamics in Lphn3 Knockout Rats