Have you ever wondered why your family functions the way it does? Or why certain behaviors are accepted while others are frowned upon? Perhaps there’s a double standard, where some actions are allowed ...

Can parents genetically transmit trauma to their offspring? That question was explored at a recent day-long conference on “Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma and Resilience” at the University of ...

There is a lot being written these days on post-traumatic growth (PTG) and resilience. As a trauma therapist and scholar on trauma responses, I follow these with Google alerts and at least once a week ...

Researchers have put ample effort into identifying genes that help explain why cancer or heart disease run in some families. But scientists still don’t know if some genes can explain why the children ...

When Quan Chau ’21 first expressed interest in travelling to Vietnam to explore his paternal roots, his parents adamantly opposed. His father, after all, had fled the Vietnamese coast amidst Communist ...

If you would like to purchase tickets for the Friday night conversation with Joy DeGruy & Denise Boston, click here. How does the trauma of slavery continue to impact African Americans today? Examine ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3- Good health and wellbeing. Trauma is often understood as an individual psychological event, yet its roots and repercussions are ...

Trauma surrounds us. Perhaps you recall the abduction in April 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. Or Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children. Or the ...