Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Facilities
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Major Equipment
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Kelly, Sandra Jean
Professor
My research focuses on the effect of alcohol exposure during development on the central nervous system. Kelly's research utilizes an animal model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which involves exposure of rats to alcohol during a period equivalent to all three trimesters in humans.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- Psychology
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- neuroscience, social behavior, alcohol, addiction, amygdala, cortical processing, epigenetics, behavior,
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Biomedical Sciences, Social Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- Neurobiology of social behavior, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Neurobiology of addiction and motivation
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/1983 - 07/1985 | McGill University | Montreal, PQ, Canada | Ph.D. | Experimental Psychology/Neuroscience |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 08/1988 | Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina | |
| 2023 | Vice Provost (ends term 2023) | University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Award | Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Awards | University of South Carolina |
| 2004 | Award | Russell Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences | University of South Carolina |
| 2006 | Award | Distinguished Undergraduate Mentor Award | |
| 2008 | Award | Carolina Trustee Professorship Award | University of South Carolina |
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Facilities
- Laboratory
- Laboratory Space in Barnwell 135 with behavioral testing equipment and equipment for quantitative neuroanatomy
- Animal
- Rats, Peromyscus
- Clinical
- No
- Other
- Lab space to conduct an undergraduate lab and also conduct brain assays at the School of Medicine
Major Equipment
- (Not Shared) MCID Neuroanatomy System
- (Shared) Neurolucida System
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