Caroline G. Richter, Ph.D., and S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavior Neurobiology, have received the 2024-2025 McNulty Civitan Scientist Award, they will work closely with Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology.
This award is given on behalf of the McNulty Civitan Scientist Committee and the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) for neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental disorders. The purpose of the award is to fund interdisciplinary clinical or fundamental science research aimed at enhancing understanding of typical and atypical brain development, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disabilities and malformations, impaired cognitive development, or the effects of environmental toxins on brain development. The UAB Civitan International Research Center offers $100,000 through the McNulty Award for interdisciplinary research focused on neurodevelopmental disorders.
This team of investigators is studying sleep disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) with the intention to improve quality of life for them and for their families.
