| Please register now to join us for the free virtual lecture, From the Mouths of Babes: What Can Research on Babies, Moms, Stress, and Substance Use Tell Us About Resilience? by Laura Stroud, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, to be held on Tuesday, December 13, at 2 p.m. ET. Dr. Stroud will discuss the persistent effects of stress and adversity experienced in early development on physiology, the brain, and health across the lifespan. Drawing on her own research, she will explain what studies have shown about the intergenerational transmission of maternal experiences and behaviors, particularly substance use, to fetuses and babies; the importance of understanding and intervening during sensitive periods; and the need for understanding the broader exposome, including social and structural impacts. She will also address the critical need to build resilience and mitigate health inequities at the structural and community levels. Dr. Strouds talk is the 2022 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies. This lecture series is presented by NCCIH and supported by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health with a generous gift from Bernard and Barbro Osher. | 
