Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Seminar Series
The goal of this monthly series is to bring together members of the Yale community doing outstanding research related to stress, trauma and health across molecular to public health levels of analysis, and with prevention and treatment development and testing. Speakers at all levels of training are invited to share their recent findings and perspectives on stress-related research questions. We are committed to amplifying individuals from groups that are historically underrepresented in academic science. We aim to build a network of stress researchers that fosters interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration. Through the creation of this network, our long-term goal is to drive research and discovery that can reduce the toxic effects of stress and trauma and improve health and chronic disease outcomes.
Spring 2023 Calendar
| Date | Speaker Information | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 16, 2023 | Ralph DiLeone, PhD , Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience | Mechanisms of motivation for physical activity |
| March 16, 2023 | Ifat Levy, PhD Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, Department of Comparative Medicine | Individual differences in decision-making under uncertainty |
| April 20, 2023 | Al Kaye, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry | Neuromodulatory circuit mechanisms in threat prediction and MDMA |
| May 11, 2023 | Arielle Baskin-Sommers, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry | The violence we see: Understanding how exposure to community violence disrupts learning and implications for violent behavior |
| June 16, 2023 | Monica Ordway, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC Associate Professor, Yale School of Nursing | Sleep Health: An understudied buffer to toxic stress in early childhood |
Fall 2022 Calendar
| Date | Speaker Information | Title |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2022 | Gita Pathak, PhD ,Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Psychiatry | Polygenic score of posttraumatic stress disorder highlights association with cardiovascular and respiratory traits in electronic health records |
| September 22, 2022 | Brynn Sherman, PhD , Graduate Student, Department of Psychology | Acute stress modulates hippocampal learning subsystems |
| October 20, 2022 |
Or Duek, PhD and Nachshon Korem,PhD Postdoctoral Associates, Department of Psychiatry |
Fear conditioning: Pushing the envelope |
| November 17, 2022 | Tony Koleske, PhD , Ensign Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Neuroscience; Deputy Dean for Research (Basic Science) Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry | Using genetic variants to understand TRIO function in neurodevelopmental disorders |
| December 15, 2022 | Philip Corlett, PhD , Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry | Paranoia and distress during the COVID pandemic |
Spring 2022 Calendar
| Date | Speaker Information | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2022 | Carla Stover, PhD , Associate Professor Child Study Center | “Understanding early life adversity and the trajectory to parental use of family violence to develop interventions” |
| February 3, 2022 | Matthew Burg, PhD , Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Section of Cardiovascular Medicine | “Stress, Depression, and Chronic Disease: What Then Must We Do?” |
| March 3, 2022 |
Hilary Blumberg, PhD , John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience Department of Psychiatry Lejla Colic, PhD , Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Jena University Hospital |
“Childhood maltreatment: risk factor for developing bipolar disorder and gender differences in brain and clinical features” |
| April 7, 2022 | Dustin Scheinost, PhD , Associate Professor Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging | “Prenatal stress and the developing brain” |
| May 5, 2022 | Uri Berger, PhD , Postdoctoral Associate Child Study Center | “Failure to Launch guidance: Parent training for dependent, yet abled, young adults” |
| May 26, 2022 | Joan Monin, PhD , Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) Yale School of Public Health | “Interpersonal emotion regulation in late life relationships” |
Fall 2021 Calendar
| Date | Speaker Information | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2021 | Kim Smolderen PhD, MSc , Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine | Depression and Stress in Peripheral Artery Disease: Two Sides of the Same Coin? |
| October 7, 2021 | Sarah Lowe PhD , Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences) Yale School of Public Health | Risk and resilience in context: Socio-ecological and temporal factors shaping mental health after trauma |
| November 4, 2021 | Shannon Whirledge, PhD, MSc , Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences | Stress Signaling at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Friend or Foe? |
| Rescheduled | Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP , Associate Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry | TBA |
Spring 2021 Calendar
| Date | Speaker Information | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2021 |
Shivani Bhatt, MS
, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP), Yale University.,
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program |
Imaging the neural immune and stress systems in post-traumatic stress disorder |
| February 18, 2021 | Jutta Joorman, PhD , Professor of Psychology, Yale University, Department of Psychology | Stress, cognition, and emotion regulation in depression |
| March 18, 2021 | Elizabeth Goldfarb, PhD , Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry | Stress and multiple memory systems: Dynamic interactions and implications for psychopathology |
| April 15, 2021 | Anahita Bassir Nia, MD , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry | Endocannabinoid system in relation to opioid use, stress and trauma |
| May 13, 2021 | Dylan Gee, PhD , Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Department of Psychology | Leveraging the science of early life stress to promote mental health |
| June 10, 2021 | Amy Arnsten, PhD , Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Department of Neuroscience | The neurobiology of stress-induced prefrontal cortical dysfunction |