Child Study Center News

A professorship has been established at Yale to honor and commemorate the contributions of the late Steven M. Southwick, MD, one of the world’s leading experts on psychological trauma and human resilience. The Director of the Women and Addictive Disorders Core within Women’s Health Research at Yale Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Steven M. Southwick Professor of Psychiatry.

Research found that mothers who used substances showed less brain activation in regions associated with affective empathy when exposed to images and sounds of happy and sad babies.

In this Perspectives piece in Psychiatric Times, YCSC Clinical Fellow Onyi Okeke discusses a new Black Youth Mental Health Case Conference series along with the powerful presentation she presented with the series organizer, Amanda Calhoun.

View the latest opportunities for talented individuals seeking to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training at the Yale Child Study Center.

The results of the Yale Child Study Center Spring 2024 round of awards for the department’s postgraduate travel award have been announced. The award offers $500 toward travel expenses for YCSC postgraduate associates attending national or international scientific conferences.

YCSC Assistant Professor Yann Poncin was interviewed for this segment on WTNH News 8.

Drawing inspiration from spring’s magical rebirth, the latest Yale Child Study Center “On Leadership” blog post focuses on moments of professional renewal and rejuvenation shared by a few members of the department.

A new survey finds that a large percentage of students don’t feel that they have an adult to turn to at school when they’re troubled. In this article, Dr ZJ Ng of the Education Collaboratory discusses value of emotional support for students.

Two recent studies finding very similar effects of pregnancy on biological aging are covered in this article, including recently published results from YCSC Assistant Professor Kieran O'Donnell and his team.