How can research initiatives make meaningful contributions to real-world practice and real-time policy? This talk draws on the evaluation of a humanitarian program to alleviate toxic stress, boost resilience, and promote social inclusion among Syrian refugees and Jordanian youth. It also refers, more broadly, to community-level interventions that help promote family wellbeing, peace, and intergenerational change. I discuss the types of added-value pursued during inter sectoral collaborations, exemplifying ways to sustain creative and inclusive partnerships.

Dr. Panter-Brick is a Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs at Yale University. She is a medical anthropologist working primarily in humanitarian settings. She leads research initiatives to develop effective partnerships between scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society actors. Her work with Syrian refugees is an example of biocultural research evaluating the extent to which mental health and psychosocial interventions improve lives in war-affected communities.  At Yale, Panter-Brick directs programs on Global Health and Conflict, Resilience, and Health.  She is President of the Human Biology Association, and Senior Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Social Science and Medicine.

"Fathers Matter for Peace, Equity, and Social Inclusion" and "Measuring the psychosocial, biological, and cognitive signatures of profound stress in humanitarian settings: impacts, challenges, and strategies in the field"  

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