New paper to share! Co-authored with Yara Mekawi, PhD and the GTP team, this study takes a strength-based lens to examine the buffering potential of active-coping strategies utilized by Black people in the face of racism to offset psychological symptom severity. #AcademicTwitter

I'm delighted to welcome Dr. Ceci Hinojosa Dr. Cecilia A. Hinojosa to the #gradytraumaproject family! She's a postdoctoral fellow who will be studying 🧠 circuit function underlying stress-related substance use and its modulation by estradiol. She's also a stellar human being.

So excited to announce that I have been awarded an NRSA F31 fellowship for my project, "The impact of exogenous estradiol on fear extinction in healthy young women and those with PTSD." Thank you Jennifer Stevens for all of your support and to all of our collaborators!

Excited to share new findings that have been a long time in the making! Brain-Based Biotypes of Psychiatric Vulnerability in the Acute Aftermath of Trauma | American Journal of Psychiatry ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

Female led team of research investigators at GradyHealth are discovering that PTSD levels for thousands of African American women are higher than for veterans of war. From the season premiere of @YourFantasticM1 on GPB. #GradyTraumaProject bit.ly/3CHWQbl

Really thankful for the opportunity to share our National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded research/work with jayewatson and the Emory School of Medicine team and our community. Also beyond thankful for our amazing participants, my colleagues and our entire team at the #gradytraumaproject.

On my way to my first in-person conference in grad school! So excited to finally be going in person! #ADAA2022

Well #SOBP2022, tres magnifique. See y'all next year!

Resilience- you either have it or you don't, right? We argue that's not the whole story. Human and preclin results suggest that resilient brains look different across individuals and over time. Brief thoughts with PhD student Alyssa Roeckner, PhD in Neuropsychopharmacology nature.com/articles/s4138…

Congratulations to Emory LGS graduate workers on a well-deserved 8% increase in stipend! It’s an exciting step forward in improving working conditions for graduate workers at Emory University. This is a clear demonstration of the collective power of graduate workers.

First empirical paper from my time at #gradytraumaproject! So excited to have this out!

Visit one of the most illuminating places in ATL for an evening of art and mental health in the aftermath of trauma - November 9, 7pm (in time to intersect with #ISTSS2022!) With the wonderful Briana N. Spivey, M.S. trapmusicmuseum.com to RSVP

Thank you so much! What a great way to end my first ACNP conference!

Writing retreat. 16 people, 3 days, one billion calories consumed, 16 papers initiated/revised/completed, new projects conceived, first performance from lab band #traumallamadrama, and celebrating everyone's skills in cooking, art, and other forms of life🤍🤍🤍🤍