News

"The Azrieli Accelerator professorship program at the University of Calgary breaks down barriers and makes it easier to forge important connections between departments and faculties, says the program’s inaugural recruit.

​

“It’s so exciting that UCalgary is creating easy ways for researchers to connect across disciplines,” says Dr. Tamara Bodnar, PhD. “In academia, it’s easy to become siloed in your own department or faculty.”

​

Bodnar joined the Faculty of Science this year as an assistant professor and the first recruit of the Azrieli Accelerator professorship program. Coming from the University of British Columbia, her work focuses on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a neurodevelopmental condition that can occur because of prenatal alcohol exposure. She investigates the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on the gut-brain-immune system throughout life." - Helen Dunlop