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he Personal Relationships, Interpersonal Stress, and Mindfulness (PRISM) lab studies the development of stress regulation and dysregulation within families from a biopsychosocial perspective that involves attention to the brain and peripheral physiology, as well as individual and dyadic behavior. Our ultimate goal is to understand links in the chain by which stress-related mental disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety) are transmitted across generations, and to guide early screening and intervention to prevent such transmission.
Our Principal Investigator is Heidemarie Laurent.
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We are conducting a longitudinal study of mother-infant stress regulation: the Women and Infants' Stress and Health (WISH) Study. The project focuses on maternal stress and wellbeing during the perinatal period as predictors of the development of infants' physiological--i.e., HPA axis, autonomic, inflammatory--and behavioral responsiveness to interpersonal stress. This study is funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH) through the Related People
Patricia Cintora
Postdoctoral Research Associate
ECHO Diversity Supplement Scholar
Megan Finnegan
Advisors -- Wendy Heller & Karen Rudolph