Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow
Brown University
Rumford, Rhode Island
I am a Stress Trauma and Resilience (STAR) NIH T32 postdoctoral fellow and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. As a clinician and a researcher with postdoctoral training in the biological and behavioral effects of early life adversity, I am acutely aware of the gap between what is known about the health and mental health implications of childhood adversity and available targets for assessment, prevention, and treatment early in life. My long-term goal is to build a clinical research program focused on improving health outcomes for children and adolescents with adversity and trauma. As a resident, I was selected for a position in the NIMH-funded R25 Research Training Program. I developed research investigating the biological embedding of stress and trauma exposure in adult and pediatric samples with childhood maltreatment. I have continued to build on this work as a clinical child and adolescent psychiatry fellow and a postdoctoral fellow. My primary interest is the role of early environments in mental health and development, including effects on cellular energy processes, accelerated aging, inflammation, and neuroendocrine factors. During residency, fellowship, and postdoctoral training, my work has focused on epigenetic, inflammatory, and mitochondrial alterations in the context of environmental factors such as prenatal diet, childhood parental loss, and maltreatment. I plan to continue my clinical and research work as an attending psychiatrist and faculty member and to build a clinical research program serving children and families with trauma and mental health concerns.
WEBB FELLOW: Childhood Adversity, Accelerated GrimAge, and Associated Health Consequences
Friday, November 10, 2023
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST
