Adversity and Resilience Research Conference: Hosted by CIRCA
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October, 2019
Session 1: Biobehavioral Models of Adversity and Resilience
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
Epigenetic and Behavioral Consequences of Stress and Adversity

Tania Roth, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Delaware
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
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
Session 2: Effects of Adverse and Protective Environments
Leveraging Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) to Promote Intergenerational Resilience in Diverse Families

Angela Narayan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Denver
Young Hispanic Children and Their Families: Protective Influences During Early Childhood and Challenges to Healthy Development

Julia Mendez Smith, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Chancellor’s Fellow for Campus Climate
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Examining Outcomes in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Lorraine McKelvey, PhD
Research Faculty
Family and Preventive Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Discussant

Mike Stout, PhD
Associate Professor and Family and Consumer Science Extension Specialist
George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Family and Community Policy
Oklahoma State University
"Self Healing Communities" Presentation
Session 3: Applying Knowledge to Build Resilient Systems
Adversity & Resilience in American Indian and Alaska Native Community and Cultural Contexts

Michelle Sarche, PhD
Associate Professor
Community and Behavioral Health
University of Colorado School of Public Health
Moving from Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis: A Three-Level Prevention Framework for Trauma Healing and Building Resiliency

Shanta Rishi Dube, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
Georgia State University
CDC’s Legacy for Children™ Model Comes of Age: What we have learned about promoting resilience from 18 years of implementing a public health parenting intervention

Lara Robinson, PhD, MPH
Health Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diagnosing Resilience: A Multisystemic Model for Positive Human Development in Contexts of Adversity

Michael Ungar, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Child, Family, and Community Resilience
Scientific Director, Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition
Dalhousie University
Discussant

Hiram Fitzgerald, PhD
University Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Associate Provost Emeritus for University Outreach and Engagement
Closing Session: Charting our Course
World Café

Leslie Hamilton
Change Facilitator & Principle
FutureScape, Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand
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