Speaker: Deanna Barch from Washington University in St. Louis
Friday, March 8, 2024
11:30 - 12:45 PM
Location: Workshop (1116) 100 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Title: The Enduring Relationship of Early Life Social Disadvantage to Brain Development and Risk for Mental Health Conditions
Abstract: This talk will present results from a line of developmental research examining the relationship of early childhood poverty and early adversity to the development of the structure and functional connectivity of the human brain. Further, this talk will evaluate the relative contributions of neighborhood versus the individual family, how such relationships evolve over the course of development, the mediating role of parenting, and their relationships to depression and cognitive function both early in life and at the transition to adulthood, and ways in which public policy could help mitigate the impact of poverty on child development. Many of the findings in humans parallel more experimental research in animal models, and highlight the critical need to address childhood poverty as a means to enhance adaptive outcomes across the lifespan.
Clinical Colloquium: Professor Deanna Barch, Washington University