#  Stress & Development Lab 

 



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> ## *The Stress and Development Lab examines how experiences of stress and adversity impact children’s development. We are particularly interested in understanding how experiences of stress contribute to risk for mental health problems in children and adolescents.*



 

##  Featured News! 

 



  [### 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 

 

   [###  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 

 

   [### 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 

 

   [###  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 

 

   [### 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 

 

   [### Lab Director, Katie A. McLaughlin, speaks with Audie Cornish on All Things Considered about child mental health and the return to in-person schooling

 ](/news/lab-director-katie-mclaughlin-speaks-audie-cornish-all-things-considered-about-child) September 08, 2021 

 

   [### Stress and Development Research Identifies Factors that May Promote Children's Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

 ](/news/stress-and-development-research-identifies-factors-may-promote-childrens-mental-health) August 23, 2021 

 

   [### Stress and Development Research Links Spanking to Changes in Children's Brain Function

 ](/news/stress-and-development-research-links-spanking-changes-childrens-brain-function) May 04, 2021 

 

   [### Post-Doc David Weissman awarded a Young Scientist Transition Award from the Harvard Brain Science Initiative

 ](/news/post-doc-david-weissman-awarded-young-scientist-transition-award-harvard-brain-science) February 24, 2021 

 

   [### Post-Doc Rachel Romeo awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NICHD

 ](/news/post-doc-rachel-romeo-awarded-k99r00-pathway-independent-award-nichd) February 24, 2021 

 

   [### Stress and Development Research Shows that Childhood Trauma Might Accelerate Biological Aging

 ](/news/stress-and-development-lab-research-shows-childhood-trauma-might-accelerate-biological) August 04, 2020 

 

   [### Research Associate Maya Rosen awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NICHD

 ](/news/research-associate-maya-rosen-awarded-k99r00-pathway-independence-award-nichd) April 15, 2020 

 

   [### Katie A. McLaughlin, lab director, wins a MERIT Award from the National Institute of Mental Health

 ](/news/katie-mclaughlin-lab-director-wins-merit-award-national-institute-mental-health) February 14, 2020 

 

   [### Director of NIMH highlights work from the Stress and Development Lab

 ](/news/director-nimh-highlights-work-stress-and-development-lab) March 11, 2020 

 

   [### SD Lab post-doc Rachel Romeo begins a new position as Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland in the College of Education

 ](/news/sd-lab-post-doc-rachel-romeo-begins-new-position-assistant-professor-university-maryland) January 01, 2022