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September 9th is FASD Awareness Day (9th day of the 9th month, to represent 9 months of pregnancy). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is far more common than most people realize, affecting ~4% of Canadians. To celebrate FASD Awareness Day, our lab (in conjunction with Carly McMorris’ lab) hosted a mocktail making contest.

The assorted mocktails:

The winner:

We also attended CFAN’s FASD Breakfast on Sep. 9. We had tons of fun, and even discovered some hidden talents among the lab.

We spent two days in Canmore talking about projects, making plans, and enjoying the beautiful weather. We all made it to the top of Sulphur Mountain.

For 4 years now, 170 families have volunteered their time and enabled us to collect one of the largest sets of brain images of preschool-age children in the world. Thank you to all families and volunteers.

Dr. Catherine Lebel’s work on maternal depression and children’s brain structure was recently featured in different media outlets.

Science and law enforcement are rethinking what it means to be an adult featuring Dr. Catherine Lebel

Dr. Catherine Lebel among the top 40 under 40 for her contribution to the field of pediatric MRI. Lebel has transformed the MRI scanning experience for preschool-aged children at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, allowing her to collect one of the largest samples of brain MRI data from this group in the world. ​

Pre- and post-partum maternal depressive symptoms are related to children’s brain structure in preschool
Catherine Lebel, Matthew Walton, Nicole Letourneau, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Bonnie J. Kaplan, Deborah Dewey |Biological Psychiatry, Available online 15 December 2015, ISSN 0006-3223

Brain metabolite levels and language abilities in preschool children​
Catherine Lebel, Frank P. MacMaster, Deborah Dewey
Brain and Behavior, Available online 01 August 2016, ISSN 2162-3279

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We are pursuing partnerships with the Early Childhood Development community to enhance Community-University Partnerships in Research. Infographic about depression and brain structure, courtesy of the First 2000 Days Network!

The 2015 Knowledge Exchange Forum for Stakeholders on the Brain Basis of Language in Early Childhood was a success. To register or receive further information about the 2016 Stakeholders consultation on the Brain Basis of Language in Early Childhood, subscribe to our mailing list below.

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