The article describes research conducted by Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, on children's mental health following Hurricane Katrina.  Specifically, the results of the study showed that children affected by Hurricane Katrina had meaningful increases in clinically significant mental health problems after the storm that persisted for many children for years after the storm.  Children exposed to a high number of hurricane-related stressors - such as seeing someone get hurt or killed, having to evacuate their home, living in a shelter, and losing their home, pet, or meaningful...

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, speaks about the neuroscience of trauma and adversity to journalists at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism. The journalists were participating in the 2017 National Fellowship program at the Center for Health Journalism and will be undertaking ambitious investigative journalism projects on the topic of vulnerable children and families with support from the Fellowship program, which is run by Michelle Levandar.  

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Each year, the Psychology Department hosts the Edwards Lecture series for the community.  In 2017, the topic of these lectures was Improving Society through Brain Science.  The lectures cover 3 topics each year, including one talk from a UW Psychology Professor paired with one talk from an outside expert. Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, gave one of these lectures on the topic of Environmental Experience and Brain Development.  You can find a video recording of all six of the lectures...