CIRCA: Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity
Advancing integrative research on childhood adversity and resilience across the lifespan
Cores and Infrastructure
CIRCA’s shared cores are the engine of the Center—providing integrated support for recruitment, engagement, longitudinal data collection, biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and qualitative measurement, and integrative analysis. This infrastructure adds value to every CIRCA project and pilot, allowing investigators to move from ideas to executable, fundable science.
Collaborate With Us
CIRCA is designed as a collaborative research hub. We partner with investigators, laboratories, and programs to support high-quality, interdisciplinary research on childhood adversity across biological, behavioral, and psychosocial domains.
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Collaboration with CIRCA may involve access to shared infrastructure, methodological expertise, pilot funding pathways, or existing data and biospecimen resources. We encourage early engagement to identify the most appropriate form of support and collaboration. ​​​
People
​​CIRCA is powered by a collaborative community of investigators, core directors, trainees, and staff with expertise spanning biological, behavioral, and psychosocial research. Together, our teams lead interdisciplinary studies, secure competitive funding, publish in high-impact journals, and train the next generation of researchers across the institution and state.
Our Science
CIRCA’s research integrates biology, behavior, and psychosocial context to understand how adversity “gets under the skin” and where opportunities for protection and repair may exist.
Our investigators use cross-sectional and longitudinal human studies, molecular and biological measurement, and integrative analytics to move beyond snapshots toward a dynamic understanding of risk and resilience.