# International Collaboration to Develop Scalable Methods for Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Due to Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2021 · $327,323

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Early identification of children who are affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol, i.e., who have Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD), is essential to initiating early intervention. Early interventions can take advantage
of neuroplasticity in young children and thus can improve outcomes for a child with FASD. However, current
methods of testing young children for neurodevelopmental impairments are limited in their effectiveness and
costly to administer. As a result, many children are not recognized as having FASD and years of appropriate
and beneficial intervention or treatment are missed. Given the high prevalence of FASD in areas of the world
where the disorder has been studied, earlier and more accurate recognition of children with FASD is of high
public health importance. Building on the existing Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(CIFASD) longitudinal cohort study in Ukraine, we will fill this critical gap by testing three novel, technology-
based and scalable methods that can identify impairments in brain functioning in young children. These novel
measures can lead to earlier, rapid, more accurate, and cost-efficient detection of neurodevelopmental disorders
due to prenatal alcohol. Furthermore, the scalable methods being tested have global

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201417
- **Project number:** 5R01AA026579-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** CHRISTINA CHAMBERS
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $327,323
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201417

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201417, International Collaboration to Develop Scalable Methods for Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Due to Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (5R01AA026579-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201417. Licensed CC0.

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