Adversity and Resilience Research Conference: Hosted by CIRCA

October, 2019

Session 1: Biobehavioral Models of Adversity and Resilience

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The Ability of Early Environmental Enrichment to Decrease

Drug-Taking Behavior in Adulthood

Mary Cain, PhD

Professor

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Kansas State University

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Epigenetic and Behavioral Consequences of Stress and Adversity

Tania Roth, PhD

Associate Professor and Chair

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

University of Delaware

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Resilience and Human Development: A Multi-Level Evolutionary Transdisciplinary Perspective & the Case for Hormesis

Assaf Oshri, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Science

Director, The Youth Development Institute (YDI)

The University of Georgia

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Discussant

Kent Teague, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean for Research

George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Community Medicine Research

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine

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Session 2: Effects of Adverse and Protective Environments

"Self Healing Communities" Presentation

Session 3: Applying Knowledge to Build Resilient Systems

Closing Session: Charting our Course