Understanding and Treating Externalizing Disorders The Effects of Genetics and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

<p>would not be writing this now if it weren't for the gentle nudging of Ken Warren and</p><p>Faye Calhoun encouraging me to finish what I started almost 30 years ago. Faye - Charley had</p><p>to take away some paint cans and brushes...someone else will have to paint the Sistine Chapel</p><p>but the dang door is finally painted! Thank you for seeing my potential and for encouraging me</p><p>and keeping after me all these years. And if not for TK Li I would never have been engaged in</p><p>helping people with prenatal alcohol exposure. He and Tatiana organized a meeting of a few key</p><p>fetal alcohol syndrome investigators at Indiana back in 2002. TK had to encourage some of</p><p>them to share their data ahead of time to demonstrate the power of pooling data and the</p><p>Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) was born. Then despite</p><p>Tatiana's objections to TK that she knew nothing about 3D cameras the next thing I knew I was</p><p>taking 3D images of kids as part of CIFASD meeting them in person interacting with them and</p><p>seeing their struggles. The desire to help these kids was born and I hope to be able to continue</p><p>with this work for many years to come. TK has been a mentor to me for the small things as well</p><p>(what do all those digits in your p-value really tell you?). He always asked me questions as</p><p>though I was an acclaimed statistician and talked to me in the same way that he talked to a</p><p>Department Chair or the University President. He is a perfect example of someone who gave</p><p>respect but also commanded it by simple virtue of his words and actions.</p><p>There have been many people who sacrificed their time and resources to help me grow</p><p>academically. I especially thank you David Kareken for welcoming me into your lab as one of</p><p>your own. You undertook the responsibility to personally teach me about imaging methods data</p><p>processing data analyses respecting participants and being a thorough researcher overall.</p><p>Despite Mario's help and enthusiasm I didn't have the passion for that area of research (I</p><p>apologize) and while I miss the daily shots of hilarious Davidisms I'm glad I still get to enjoy</p><p>them once in a while through the ARC. There are many other people who given their time to help</p><p>me both personally and academically - Sean O'Connor Marty Plawecki Ben Boukai Arpana</p><p>Agrawal Danielle Dick Jessica Salvatore... You have helped define me academically in addition</p><p>to improving me as a person. I'm extremely grateful to you for caring about me.</p>