Emma Louth is a PhD Candidate at the University of Guelph, studying the effects of developmental ethanol exposure on attention behaviour and attentional networks in the brain. She completed her BScH in May 2013 in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guelph, and began graduate school in September of 2013. She is expecting to complete her PhD by the end of 2017. Following her PhD, Louth hopes to continue on to postdoctoral research in the field of neuroscience. Her current work uses an animal model to assess the effects of developmental ethanol exposure on neurons within the prefrontal cortex. She uses a technique called electrophysiology to analyze nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function, AMPA receptor function, and basic electrophysiological properties of neurons within the prefrontal cortex. The end goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying attention deficits associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and in the long-term to identify novel therapeutic targets.