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Anti-inflammatory Intervention and Neurobehavioral Outcome in Neonatal Ischemia (2011 - Present)

Investigator:  Steven Threlkeld, Rhode Island College
Collaborator/Mentor
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 Barbara Stonestreet, Women & Infants Hospital

Abstract:  Neonatal cerebral oxygen deprivation and reduced blood flow (hypoxia/ischemia (HI) respectively) can result from umbilical cord occlusion, prolonged labor or preterm birth producing an inflammatory response and neuronal cell death contributing to poor cognitive outcome and learning disabilities later in life. Given limitations of longitudinally monitoring cognitive outcomes in humans following perinatal brain injury, rodent models continue to be utilized to assess potential long-term benefits of translational experimental treatment strategies. More

Faculty Development Projects

Effects of Autonomy-Relatedness and Stress Response on Adolescent Risk Behavior (2012 - Present)

Investigator:  Emily Cook, Rhode Island College
Mentor
:
 Laura Stroud, Brown University 

Abstract:  Risk behavior including delinquent behavior, and substance use, is a major health concern and costly to society.  Risk behavior during adolescence places youth at increased risk for concurrent problems and sets the stage for adverse mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood (e.g., higher risk of psychological disorders, mortality, sexually transmitted diseases). More

Student Training Projects

A Novel Animal Model of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) (2012 - Present)

Investigator:  Christopher Bloom, Providence College
Mentor
:
 Matthew Nock, Harvard University 

Abstract:  Self-injury has become a phenomenon of great interest for many clinicians and researchers.  Traditionally, the field has distinguished between those self-harming behaviors occurring among individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities (i.e., self-injurious behavior; SIB), and those occurring in normative populations (i.e., non-suicidal self-injury; NSSI). More

The Cognitive Representation of Pretense (2012 - Present)

Investigator:  Jennifer Van Reet, Providence College
Mentor
:
 David Marc Sobel, Brown University

Abstract: Four Experiments are proposed to test theories of how the human mind represents pretend actions, as well as how these representations develop from the preschool period to early adulthood.  The goal of this research is the creation of a new, data-driven model of pretense representation. More

Student Training Pilot Projects

Assessing Comprehension in Young Children (2012 - Present)

Investigator:  Beverly Goldfield, Rhode Island College 

Abstract:  Language comprehension is an important index of developmental status.  Because children younger than 2-3 years of age have limited attention and a minimal behavioral repertoire, comprehension assessment depends on parent report. More

The Effects of Perceiver Motivation and Visual Attention Training on Reduction of Cross Race Facial Recognition Bias (2012 - Present)

Investigator:  Thomas Malloy, Rhode Island College

Abstract: A basic finding in social psychology is that people have superior recognition memory for the faces of members of the racial group they belong to (i.e., the in-group) compared to faces of members of a racial group they do not belong to (i.e., the out-group). More

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Newsletter

RI-INBRE Newsletter Winter 2013

Grant Workshop PowerPoint Presentations & Handouts

Balancing Teaching and Research at PUIs


Components of a Successful AREA (R15) Grant


NSF-RUI Program: Strategies and Tips for Success


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Important Dates & Announcements

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RI-INBRE News


NIH Public Access Policy


NIH R15 Submission Deadlines - June 25, October 25, & February 25

3/22/2013 - "Revealing Nonobvious Features in Noncoding Human DNA - Insights for Evolution, Gene Expression and Disease" by Laura Elnitski, Ph.D., National Human Genome Institute, National Institutes of Health


8/14/2013-8/16/2013 - 5th Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE


4th Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI


RI Inbre Research Fellows

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