Research Scientist
Field:
Expertise:
Child development, chronic stress, stress & resilience, cognition & behavior, animal-based research, lifespan research
Description:
My research focuses on early life factors that shape individual differences in development and health across the lifespan in both human and non-human primates. I examine how prenatal and postnatal factors influence an individual’s risk or resilience to chronic stress, and later neurological, cognitive, and behavioral development. We also study how early life environments affect multiple generations. My lab collaborates with and provides services to other investigators to measure chronic levels of stress-related hormones in hair and fingernails across species.