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Faculty
Fonda Davis Eyler, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
College
Mary Washington College and University of Virginia
Graduate Education
California State University at San Jose, CA
University of Florida
Number of years at UF as Faculty
28
Research Interests
- Effects of Cocaine on neonates
Active Research Projects/Grants
- R01DA005854 NIH/NIDA
Project CARE (Cocaine Abuse in the Rural Environment) (PI)
03/01/02 – 02/28/08
Aims: To identify the effect of prenatal cocaine exposure on exposed offspring making the transition from elementary school to the middle school years. - R01DA005854-10S1 NIH/NIDA
Project CARE Neuroimaging (Administrative Supplement) (PI)
09/25/00 – 02/28/08
Aims: To evaluate a subset of the current cohort to using structural and diffusion tensor MRI. - State of Florida Department of Health Children's Medical Services (PI)
Early Steps Program Contract (renewed yearly since 1988)
07/01/07 – 06/30/08
Aims: To provide assessments, referrals, interventions, and service coordination to children ages 0-3 years with developmental disabilities or medical conditions that place them at highest risk of disabilities. - T32HD007524 NIH/NICHD (Core Training Faculty, PI: S. Boggs)
Training in Treatment Outcome Research with Children
05/01/04 – 04/03/08
Aims: To support and mentor pre-and post-doctoral fellows in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in their research projects on treatment outcomes in pediatric populations. - K01DA016720 NIH/NIDA (Consultant, PI: V. Accornero, University of Miami)
Drug Involvement of Prenatally Exposed Children
09/01/03 – 06/30/08
Aims: Mentored award to investigate prenatal drug exposure as a risk factor for earlier onset and more rapid progression through stages of drug involvement (e.g., opportunity, first use, regular use, and dependence).
Publications over the last five years:
- Behnke M, Eyler FD, Garvan CW, Wobie K, Hou W: Cocaine exposure and developmental outcome from birth to six months. Neurotoxicol Teratol 24: 283-295, 2002
- Wobie K, Eyler FD, Garvan CW, Hou W, Behnke M: Prenatal cocaine exposure: An examination of mother/infant separation during the first year of life. J Drug Issues 34:77-94, 2004
- Hou W, Wang Z, Garvan CW, Behnke M, Eyler FD, Wu R: A generalized model for detecting genetic determinants underlying longtitudinal traits with unequally spaced measurements and time-dependent correlated errors. Biostatistics 6:420-433, 2005
- Eyler, FD, Behnke M, Garvan CW, Wobie K, Tebbett I: Relative ability of biologic specimens and interviews to detect prenatal cocaine use. Neurotoxicol Teratol 27:677-687, 2005
- Behnke M, Eyler FD, Warner TD, Garvan CW, Hou W, Wobie K: Outcome from a prospective, longitudinal study of prenatal cocaine use: Preschool development at three years of age. J Pediatr Psychol 31:1-9, 2006
- Behnke M, Eyler FD, Blackband SJ, Garvan CW, Leonard CM, Schmalfuss IM, Warner, TD, Padgett KR: Neuroimaging in prenatally cocaine-exposed children. Neurotoxicol Teratol (In press)
- Warner TD, Behnke M, Eyler FD, Garvan CW, Hou W, Wobie K: Predicting caregiver-reported behavior problems in cocaine- exposed children at 3 years. J Behav Dev Pediatr 27:83-92, 2006
- Hou W, Garvan CW, Littell RC, Behnke M, Eyler FD, Wu R: A framework to monitor environment-induced major genes for developmental trajectories: Implication for a prenatal cocaine exposure study. Stat Med 25:4020-4035, 2006
- Warner TD, Behnke M, Eyler FD, Padgett K, Leonard C, Hou W, Garvan CW, Schmalfuss IM, Blackband SJ. Diffusion tensor imaging of frontal white matter and executive functioning in cocaine-exposed children. Pediatrics 2006;118;2014-2024
