Dr. Barbara Clancy, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, received a $8,334 grant for Effects of Adverse Perinatal Experiences on Cortical Organization.
The grant is being funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources/Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks/UAMS.
According to Clancy, one of the best parts about this BRIN funding has been the overwhelming response of 10 current UCA undergraduate students who are participating throughout the summer.
?We have already worked many days and through several weekends during June ? and have several more weekends scheduled for July. These very dedicated students are doing everything from changing rat cages to behavior testing to preserving rat brains: Brian Bowden, Julie Carter, Heather Delahunt, Jason Fechter, James Hyde, Sonja Isabell, Shannon Palmer, Amanda Plummer, Kate Street and Jason Tulburt. We even have a former student participating ? one who graduated in May and has been accepted into a Ph.D. program at Michigan State but still comes in to help see this project through to completion: Debbie Soellner. John Frank, a graduate student who will finish his thesis in August, has also been working on this project,? Clancy said.
As medical advances enable the survival of more preterm human infants, concern is rising over the adverse effects of early repetitive pain. Data generated by this research will serve to strengthen contemporary opinions that a paradigm shift in clinical approaches to pain and anesthesia in human infants. In addition, Clancy expect that these studies will lead to proposals for internal and extramural funding in order to continue to encourage UCA students to participate in research experiences.
