# News **Below you can find announcements about happenings in our lab, including: awards and fellowships received by lab members, news pieces and podcasts that feature our research, announcements of new lab members who join us and farewells to those moving on, and more!** [### Lab Director Katie McLaughlin is not accepting graduate students for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle ](/news/we-are-currently-not-accepting-graduate-students) August 17, 2024 Thank you for your interest in the Stress and Development Lab! description [### SDLab finds that more generous state-level social safety nets help to reduce the negative consequences of poverty on brain development and mental health in U.S. children ](/news/sd-lab-research-finds-more-generous-state-level-social-safety-nets-help-reduce-negative) May 06, 2023 SD Lab research finds that more generous state-level social safety nets help to reduce the negative consequences of poverty on brain development and mental health in U.S. children. In a paper recently accepted at Nature Communications, Stress and... description [### SD Lab research shows early-life deprivation related to institutional rearing in childhood face lasting changes in trajectories of brain development into adolescence ](/news/stress-and-development-lab-research-demonstrates-children-who-experience-early-life) October 11, 2022 In a recent paper published in Science Advances, Stress and Development Lab research demonstrates that children who experience early-life deprivation related to institutional rearing experience lasting changes in trajectories of brain development into... ![sd lab logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5291/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sdlab/files/sdlab_branches_logo.png?itok=W2EN_4JA) [### SD Lab post-doc Maya Rosen begins a new position as Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Smith College ](/news/sd-lab-post-doc-maya-rosen-begins-new-position-assistant-professor-neuroscience-smith) September 02, 2022 Congratulations to Maya Rosen who began a new position as Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Smith College!! Your students are lucky to have you Maya! Maya and Alex also welcomed the arrival of their daughter Frankie this year! So much to celebrate... ![image_6.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum5291/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sdlab/files/image_6.png?itok=3FHzEbHp) [### Post-Doc David Weissman awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIMH ](/news/post-doc-david-weissman-awarded-k99r00-pathway-independence-award-nimh) March 21, 2022 David Weissman, post-doctoral fellow in the Stress and Development Lab, has received the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. His project is entitled “Emotional Awareness: An integrative neural mechanism... ![david photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5291/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sdlab/files/davidw_0.jpg?itok=ihFacsAB) [### Post-Doc Alexandra Rodman awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIMH ](/news/post-doc-alexandra-rodman-awarded-k99r00-pathway-independence-award-nimh) March 21, 2022 Alexandra Rodman, a postdoc in the Stress and Development Lab, has received the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. Her project is entitled “Behavioral and Neurocognitive Mechanisms linking Peer... ![Alex Rodman Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5291/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sdlab/files/alexrodman_copy_0.jpg?itok=zKQK8ggw) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [7](?page=6 "Go to page 7") - [8](?page=7 "Go to page 8") - [9](?page=8 "Go to page 9") - [ Last page 13 ](?page=12 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page") [ More News arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)