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Adjunct rank detailsHanna Stevens, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Biography
Hanna Stevens joined the faculty of the Child Study Center in 2010. She is currently directing a program of research on model systems of early brain development. She is particularly interested in the impact of prenatal genetic and environmental factors on childhood behavioral problems and how early events in brain development relate to the onset of major mental illness, such as depression and schizophrenia, in adolescence and adulthood. The long term goals of her research program are to better understand the etiologies of child and adult mental illnesses and to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers affected by mood and anxiety disorders.
Dr. Stevens is also the associate training director of the Child Study Center's innovative psychiatry residency program. The Solnit Integrated Program provides psychiatrists-in-training with the opportunity to integrate general, child and research psychiatry across all stages of their career and will be a major pathway by which the next generation of academic leaders in child psychiatry are developed. See link below
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Appointments
Child Study Center
Assistant Professor AdjunctPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Child Study Center
- Discovery to Cure Internship
- Program in Neurodevelopment and Regeneration
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Psychiatry Residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
- Yale School of Medicine (2010)
- MD
- University of Illinois (2004)
- PhD
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Neuroscience (2003)
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Overview
Prenatal stress and forebrain development
Growth factors and prenatal stress
Role of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 in forebrain functioning
Growth factors and prenatal stress
Role of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 in forebrain functioning
Medical Research Interests
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Child Psychiatry; Neurobiology
Public Health Interests
Child/Adolescent Health
ORCID
0000-0002-3906-0786
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Hanna Stevens's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Hanna Stevens's research output by year.
Flora Vaccarino, MD
Andrés S Martin, MD, PhD, MPH
Anna Szekely, MD
James Leckman, MD, PhD
Michael Bloch, MD, MS
Michael Schwartz, PhD
25Publications
469Citations
Publications
2026
Psychiatric risk implications from behavioral and neural effects of adolescent exposure to environmental insecticides: a systematic review of rodent studies
Chen M, Hing B, Taylor R, Stevens H. Psychiatric risk implications from behavioral and neural effects of adolescent exposure to environmental insecticides: a systematic review of rodent studies. Biological Psychiatry 2026, s0006-3223(26)01275-8. PMID: 42142799, PMCID: PMC13216887, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAltmetricComparative Analysis of Prenatal Stress Models: Placental and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Mice
Dukle M, Fairbairn F, Maurer S, Grueter M, Baig A, Telles R, Stevens H. Comparative Analysis of Prenatal Stress Models: Placental and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Mice. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2026, 99: 127-141. PMID: 41918509, PMCID: PMC13023424, DOI: 10.59249/mhfp3728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeveloping Physician-Scientists Through Integrated Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical and Research Training Programs
Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Brown L, Martin A, Muhle R, Jacob S, Drury S, Bloch M, Grice D, Rogers C, Stevens H, Stroeh O, Szatmari P. Developing Physician-Scientists Through Integrated Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical and Research Training Programs. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2026 PMID: 41881301, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2026.03.013.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetricDisruption of DNA Repair as an Emerging Epigenetic Mechanism Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kelvington B, Kim J, Banerjee S, Stevens H, Chow K, Abel T. Disruption of DNA Repair as an Emerging Epigenetic Mechanism Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports 2026, 28: 33. PMID: 42217058, PMCID: PMC13222229, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-026-01684-2.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2025
Sex Specific Threshold Effects of Prenatal Stress on Striatal Microglia and Relevant Behaviors in Mice
Maurer S, Evans M, Dukle M, Kundu S, Dennis J, Ellerbroek R, Anema S, Roshko V, Stevens H. Sex Specific Threshold Effects of Prenatal Stress on Striatal Microglia and Relevant Behaviors in Mice. Archives Of Medical Research 2025, 57: 103364. PMID: 41422719, PMCID: PMC12928236, DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2025.103364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsReflections on the NIEHS Virtual Consortium funding mechanism (ViCTER) and what it has taught us about the future of transdisciplinary science
Veiga-Lopez A, Stevens H, Rand M, Tjalkens R, Henn B, Marsit C, Bernstein A, Bonner M, Hoffmann H, Meliker J. Reflections on the NIEHS Virtual Consortium funding mechanism (ViCTER) and what it has taught us about the future of transdisciplinary science. Toxicology 2025, 518: 154283. PMID: 40972998, PMCID: PMC12713344, DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2025.154283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsPlacental Igf1 overexpression sex-specifically impacts mouse placenta structure, altering offspring striatal development and behavior
Carver A, Fairbairn F, Taylor R, Boggarapu S, Kamau N, Gajmer A, Stevens H. Placental Igf1 overexpression sex-specifically impacts mouse placenta structure, altering offspring striatal development and behavior. Experimental Neurology 2025, 394: 115453. PMID: 40907731, PMCID: PMC12752707, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsParental preconceptual α-cypermethrin exposure alters embryonic brain transcriptomics in mice: Implications for autism spectrum disorder and stress vulnerability
Hing B, Taylor R, Eliasen S, Stevens H. Parental preconceptual α-cypermethrin exposure alters embryonic brain transcriptomics in mice: Implications for autism spectrum disorder and stress vulnerability. NeuroToxicology 2025, 110: 181-196. PMID: 40744256, PMCID: PMC12501635, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2025.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsEffect of Maternal Dietary DHA and Prenatal Stress Mouse Model on Autistic-like Behaviors, Lipid Peroxidation Activity, and GABA Expression in Offspring Pups
Woo T, Ahmed N, Appenteng M, King C, Li R, Fritsche K, Sun G, Cui J, Will M, Maurer S, Stevens H, Beversdorf D, Greenlief C. Effect of Maternal Dietary DHA and Prenatal Stress Mouse Model on Autistic-like Behaviors, Lipid Peroxidation Activity, and GABA Expression in Offspring Pups. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2025, 26: 6730. PMID: 40724979, PMCID: PMC12295858, DOI: 10.3390/ijms26146730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderBehavior, AnimalDietary SupplementsDisease Models, AnimalDocosahexaenoic AcidsFemalegamma-Aminobutyric AcidLipid PeroxidationMaleMiceMice, KnockoutPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSocial BehaviorStress, PsychologicalMaternal α-cypermethrin and permethrin exert differential effects on fetal growth, placental morphology, and fetal neurodevelopment in mice
Elser B, Hing B, Eliasen S, Afrifa M, Meurice N, Rimi F, Chimenti M, Schulz L, Dailey M, Gibson-Corley K, Stevens H. Maternal α-cypermethrin and permethrin exert differential effects on fetal growth, placental morphology, and fetal neurodevelopment in mice. Toxicological Sciences 2025, 207: 91-108. PMID: 40517329, PMCID: PMC12448229, DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaf079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
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Activities
activity Solnit Integrated Residency Program
CommitteesMemberDetailsSteering Committeeactivity Yale Child Study Center
07/01/2011 - PresentCommitteesMemberDetailsPublic Affairs Committeeactivity Department of Psychiatry
07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010CommitteesRepresentativeDetailsGraduate Education Committee
Honors
honor Young Investigator Memorial Travel Award
12/04/2009National AwardAmerican College of NeuropsychopharmocologyDetailsUnited Stateshonor Robinson-Cunningham Award
10/29/2009National AwardAmerican Academy Child & Adolescent PsychiatryDetailsUnited Stateshonor Seymour Lustman Resident Research Award
06/12/2009Yale School of Medicine AwardDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of MedicineDetailsUnited Stateshonor Young Investigator Award
05/10/2009International AwardNARSADDetailsUnited Stateshonor Fellow
11/15/2007National AwardGroup for the Advancement of PsychiatryDetailsUnited States
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