Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Expertise on Development and Disabilities

Substance Abuse

Brain damage in chronic alcoholics and in fetal alcohol syndrome
Charles K. Singleton, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology

Diagnosis and treatment of alcoholic organic mental disorders
Peter R. Martin, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Director of Division of Addiction Medicine

Hallucinogens and the neurotransmitter, serotonin
Elaine Sanders-Bush, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry

Prenatal exposure to substances of abuse and effects on brain development
Gregg Stanwood, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Prenatal exposure to substances of abuse and effects of cognitive functioning in infancy and early childhood
Julia Noland, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology