Parker Holman

Parker Holman, MSEd, PhD is a Laboratory Supervisor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock University, with a focus on neurobehavioural development and prenatal alcohol exposure research.

• PhD in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia
• MSEd in Secondary Science Education from Lehman College, City University of New York

His research spans:

• Neurobehavioural Development in adolescent rodents exposed to prenatal alcohol or early-life adversity
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their impact on social behavior and neurochemistry
• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease through neuroimmune and gut-brain axis studies
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in neuroanatomy education using augmented reality

Recent publications highlight:

• Translational studies on prenatal alcohol exposure and social behavior neurocircuitry (2021-2025)
• Neuroimmune dysregulation in developmental contexts (2023-2025)
• Innovative educational methods like HoloLens-based neuroanatomy teaching (2014-2018)
• Cross-disciplinary work bridging neuroscience, immunology, and medical education

He has over 15 years of anatomical instruction experience and co-developed open-access neuroanatomy resources at www.neuroanatomy.ca.