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Ludmila Bakhireva Receives Grant for Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Research

Dr. Ludmila Bakhireva, assistant professor at the College of Pharmacy, was awarded a grant from the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF) for the project “Traditional and Novel Biomarkers in Identification of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.” Increasing evidence indicates that the majority of children adversely affected by fetal alcohol exposure do not present with birth defects.  In the absence of physical features, accurate information about maternal drinking is required to confirm a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and to consider earlier interventions. Neither maternal self-report nor traditional ethanol biomarkers are sensitive enough to detect moderate drinking in pregnancy. Bakhireva’s project will validate the use of direct ethanol metabolites in identification of moderate alcohol consumption among pregnant women.