The annual meeting of the FASD Study Group occurs on the Saturday prior to the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism.
The 2019 meeting will be held in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, June 22.
FASDSG Annual Meeting
June 22, 2019
Minneapolis, MN
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Northstar A

Theme: Computational Approaches to Studying Behavioral Control and Individual Change
FASDSG Program (pdf)
​List of FASD-related symposia during RSA (pdf)
RSA Program

MEETING FORMS AND REGISTRATION
Meeting registration through the RSA website
Click here

FASt Data/Travel and Merit Award Form
Deadline was March 12, 2019

Rosett Award Nominations
​Information available here; Deadline was March 22, 2019

The FASDSG is hosting a happy hour on Monday, June 24th from 6:45 to 7:45 pm in the Lake Minnetonka Room (4th floor). Come network with other FASDSG members and enjoy a free drink! All are welcome and trainees are strongly encouraged to attend! 

​Keynote Speakers

Dr. David Redish, Ph.D., University of Minnesota 
Professor of Neuroscience, Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Title: How We Make Decisions and How Those Decisions Go Wrong

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​Dr. Kevin J. Grimm, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Professor of Psychology
Title: ​Machine Learning Approaches to Studying Individual Changes

New Officer Election

Election of a new FASDSG officer will take place at the annual meeting. The new officer will serve as Secretary for one year, and then serve one year terms as Treasurer, Vice-President, and President over the following three years.

Candidates for the 2019 election: 
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​Jonathan L. Brigman, Ph.D.: Dr. Brigman received his Ph.D. in Psychology from George Washington University in 2006. Subsequently, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Laboratory of Genomic and Behavioral Neuroscience in the NIAAA Intramural Program in 2011 before joining the Department of Neurosciences at the University of New Mexico, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor.
Dr. Brigman is internationally renowned for his leadership in developing highly innovative murine behavioral assays of learning, memory, and executive function that increase translational potential by allowing more direct comparisons between clinical and preclinical data. He has also led the drive to integrate these preclinical assays with in vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological recordings to elucidate the organization of neuronal firing and plasticity in the brain, gaining insight into how disorganization of these mechanisms underlie behavioral impairments seen clinically, as well as in preclinical models.
Dr. Brigman is rapidly becoming a widely respected investigator within the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) research community, utilizing his knowledge and technical expertise to examine the mechanisms that underlie the behavioral consequences of FASD. Since his arrival at UNM, Dr. Brigman has provided some of the first data using mouse voluntary drinking models to show long-lasting impairments in executive control in mice prenatally exposed to moderate levels of ethanol. Further, he has demonstrated how these executive control deficits are associated with functional impairments in the interactions between cerebro-cortical and striatal neurons. Specifically, PAE offspring show normal leaning but significantly increased perseveration when tested on reversal of visual stimuli. Importantly, these behavioral changes are accompanied by aberrant increases in the number of trial-responsive cortical and striatal neurons and reduced coordination of oscillatory signalling during key phases of reversal learning in which firing rates increase to "drive-flexible" behavior in control animals. His current project seeks to rescue these functional and behavioral deficits by using precise stimulation of cortical projection neurons optogenetically during the early reversal phase. In addition, his laboratory has recently begun to incorporate more clinically relevant recording approaches, such as dura-resting EEG, to examine the effects of developmental alcohol exposure on attention and cognitive control, both common features of FASD that negatively impact quality of life.

Networking Lunch @ The News Room. 990 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 55402

FUTURE MEETINGS

June 20, 2020. New Orleans, LA
June 19, 2021. San Antonio, TX

PAST MEETINGS

2018 : San Diego, CA. Program (pdf) 
2017 : Denver, CO. Program (pdf)
2016 : New Orleans, LA. Program (pdf)
2015 : San Antonio, TX. Program (pdf)