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Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, receives the Rising Star Award from the IMHRO One Mind Institute

September 02, 2015

The IMHRO One Mind Institute Rising Star Awards aim to identify and fund critical and cutting-edge research on the neural underpinnings of mental disorders. Dr. Katie A. McLaughlin will be examining Neural Mechanisms of Stress Vulnerability in Youth...

Stress and Development Lab research highlights pervasive exposure to trauma among US children and adolescents

December 02, 2015

Stress and Development Lab research has shown that more than 60% of children and adolescents in the United States will experience a traumatic event, such as being the victim of violence or a life-threatening accident or injury, by the time they reach...

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, wins the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association

February 22, 2016

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, wins the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to...

Victoria Chambers, honor student in the Stress and Development Lab, is honored for her research and clinical work with children who have experienced trauma

March 02, 2016

Victoria Chambers, honors student in the Stress and Development Lab, is honored for her research and clinical work with children who have experienced trauma. Read the story here: "Taking on Childhood Trauma".

Maya Rosen, post-doc in the Stress and Development Lab, receives a National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Child Health and Development

November 07, 2016

Maya Rosen, a postdoc in the Stress and Development Lab, has been awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her project is entitled “Long-Term Memory-Guided Attention: Development...

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, edits a special issue on Mechanisms Linking Early-Life Adversity with Physical Health

November 08, 2016

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, was the Guest Editor of a special issue of Psychosomatic Medicine on Mechanisms Linking Early-Life Adversity with Physical Health along with Nicole Bush and Richard Lane. In the last 2 decades, a veritable explosion of...

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, discusses the findings from a recent lab paper demonstrating the importance of sensitivity to reward as a protective factor for adolescents who have experienced maltreatment

February 27, 2017

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, discusses the findings from a recent lab paper demonstrating the importance of sensitivity to reward as a protective factor for adolescents who have experienced maltreatment. The paper was led by Meg Dennison, a post...

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, speaks about the neuroscience of trauma and adversity to journalists at the Dart Center at the Columbia Journalism School participating in the reporting institute on Early Experience and the Developing Brain

March 10, 2017

Katie A. McLaughlin, Lab Director, speaks about the neuroscience of trauma and adversity to journalists at the Dart Center at the Columbia Journalism School participating in the reporting institute on Early Experience and the Developing Brain. Journalists...

Stress and Development Lab research is featured as a Science Brief by the American Psychological Association

April 21, 2017

Stress and Development Lab Research is featured as a Science Brief by the American Psychological Association. Read more about the Long Shadow of Childhood Adversity, as discussed by Dr. Katie A. McLaughlin, Director of the Stress and Development Lab, here...

Natalie Colich, post-doc in the Stress and Development Lab, receives a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health!

May 12, 2017

Natalie was awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health that will begin in fall 2017 when she joins the lab. The project is entitled “Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms linking Childhood Adversity with Adolescent...

Stress and Development Lab research cited by Sheryl Sandberg in the New York Times

May 18, 2017

Sheryl Sandberg writes about how to build resilience in children after a loss in the New York Times. She cites Stress and Development Lab research in the article! Click on the link for “harm and deprivation” to read more.

Katie A. Mclaughlin, Lab Director, gives the 12th annual Edwards Lecture for the UW Department of Psychology

May 31, 2017

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...