The STAR Initiative has a focus on novel biomarkers that may be harnessed to identify early markers of risk, resilience, and disease, as well as research focused on the development and dissemination of novel, tailored, and effective prevention and intervention programs to address stress and trauma.
- Biomarkers, Social and Affective Predictors of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Adolescents
- Early Adversity and Cellular Aging in Mother Infant Dyads: Mitochondria, Telomeres, and Mental Health
- Electronic Cigarettes During Pregnancy: Impact on Fetal Development
- Enriching the Rhode Island Child Health Study
- Fetal Behavior, Brain & Stress Response: Ultrasound Markers of Maternal Smoking
- HPA & Neural Response to Peer Rejection: Biomarkers of Adolescent Depression Risk
- Maternal depression during pregnancy: Novel brain and behavioral markers of risk in the fetus
- Maternal Smoking: HPA and Epigenetic Pathways to Infant Neurobehavioral Deficits
- Prenatal Marijuana: Impact on Infant Neurobehavior, Stress, & Epigenetic Mechanisms
- Understanding the Interplay of Social Context and Physiology on Psychological Outcomes in Trauma-Exposed Adolescents