"Understanding the stress of growing up for adolescents and what hormones have to do with it"
Elizabeth (Birdie) Shirtcliff, PhD
Research Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience
Editor in Chief, Psychoneuroendocrinology
University of Oregon
Objectives
This presentation is designed to help learners
- Discuss the development of the stress response in adolescence and its interaction with maturational milestones.
- Describe cutting edge methods for psychobiological research including novel biospecimens and stressors
- Discuss how puberty impacts the psychoneuroendocrine stress response
This talk is sponsored by the Orr Lecture Fund. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This educational activity received no commercial support.