National Public Radio Interview Show on FAS
 

Monday, November 10, 2003

Guest host: Susan Page

Topic: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome


Listen in RealAudio http://www.wamu.org/ram/2003/r1031110.ram


Recent research suggests new levels of risk for children exposed to alcohol before birth. A panel joins guest host Susan Page to discuss the most recent findings.

Dr. Claire Coles, director, Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute and professor of psychiatry and behavior sciences at Emory University
Dr. Sandra Jacobson, professor, Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Dr. Kenneth Warren, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

* National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome http://www.nofas.org/main/index2.htm


A tape of this 52 minute broadcast is available at http://www.wamu.org/cassettes.html

Ken Warren has been with NIAAA since it first began supporting FAS research. Claire Coles is one of the few psychiatrists who actually  is interested in, and knows a lot, about FAS. She was one of the panel that produced the Institute of Medicine study on FAS that defined "Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder" (ARND). Sandra Jacobson has been conducting research on FAS for a long time.
 

 


 

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