106 - Season 2 Premiere - The Leading Expert - A Conversation with Dr. Kenneth Jones

FASD Hope is a podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over nineteen years of lived experience.

 

Welcome to the Season 2 Premiere Episode!  FASD Hope is honored to feature Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones. Dr. Kenneth Jones is the Chief of the Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology at the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD, Medical Director of the MotherToBaby California Pregnancy Health Information Line and Co-Director of the Center for Better Beginnings. He is a pediatrician by training, specializing in the identification and treatment of birth defects. He is actively involved in research, teaching, clinical work, university and public service. Dr. Jones is considered the leading expert of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), one of the diagnoses under the FASD umbrella. Dr. Jones was one of two doctors at the University of Washington, who first identified Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the United States in 1973.

Dr. Jones' research has focused on the evaluation and diagnosis of birth defects, identifying the mechanisms of normal and abnormal fetal development and the recognition of new environmental agents that cause birth defects. His work on the recognition of new human teratogens is primarily focused through MotherToBaby California, a counseling and research program funded in part by the state of California and monies received from the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) as a part of a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Jones has authored over 400 publications in scientific journals as well as several books and he is the author of the textbook titled "Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation."

This is an episode that the listener can glean SO MUCH INFORMATION!  Among the many topics discussed in this information-filled episode include: Dr. Jones' career, stigma, his work, goals for 2022 and answering listeners' questions.

 

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Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones -

https://www.rchsd.org/doctors/kenneth-lyons-jones-md/

https://betterbeginnings.org/who-we-are/leadership/

https://betterbeginnings.org/who-we-are/leadership/dr-kenneth-lyons-jones-md/

https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/pediatrics/Divisions/dysmorphology/about/Pages/Dysmorphology_Teratology_Division_Members.aspx

https://pediatrics.med.ubc.ca/2018/03/20/a-retrospective-look-at-43-years-of-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-fasd-how-did-we-get-here-from-where-we-started/

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