Dr. Wozniak discusses the value of the CIFASD initiative in building collaborations and his latest research on brain stimulation as an intervention for children and adolescents, MRI as a diagnostic tool, and the role of white matter in FASD. 
 
Dr. Wozniak has been a leading researcher on FASD for over 20 years and has for many years been deeply involved in CIFASD (the Collaborative Initiative on FASD), which is a project of NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) that is designed to bring researchers from different specialties who work on FASD together to work in collaboration.

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Proof Alliance is featured on MPR News on their radio program Minnesota Now with Nina Moini. 

“A Minnesota-based organization called Proof Alliance is working around the country to raise awareness of FASDs and support people who are impacted by them.”

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Writing about the White Paper, Emma Baldwin, FASD United Development Associate, states that, “This paper is simultaneously more than I could have imagined, and exactly what I imagined.

The part that I couldn’t have even dreamt of was the breadth of knowledge and experience people would bring to this project. What I did imagine, and will speak to, is the intention, inspiration, and structure of the event.”

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This feature article is authored by Rachel Sayko Adams at Boston University School of Public Health, a key partner of FASD United on our project through the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as Sharon Reif at Brandeis University Institute of Behavioral Health.

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“The results support choline as a neurodevelopmental intervention for improvement of memory in young children exposed to alcohol prenatally. Specifically, the use of choline bitartrate as a supplement in the range of 260 to 500 mg per day in children between 2.5 and 5.9 years of age is supported.”
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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This blog from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation discusses how “social workers are uniquely positioned to put prevention into practice by screening all clients, including pregnant people, for alcohol and other substance use.”
RELATED: NASW Blog: Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Routine

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