Decoding Disparities - Childhood Adversity, Race, and Biological Mechanisms of Risk

The Decoding Disparities Lecture Series is sponsored by The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Brown School of Public Health to examine health inequity and to outline steps toward a more equitable and just health care system.

Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
Co-Director, STAR Initiative: Stress, Trauma, and Resilience
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School
Directory, Laboratory for Clinical and Translational Neuroscience at Butler Hospital

Dr. Tyrka’s research program is focused on the biological mechanisms of risk resulting from early stress and trauma in maltreated children and adults with a history of childhood adversity. She has made important contributions to understanding the metabolic, genetic, and epigenetic mechanisms of risk.

The series is supported by The Paul Levinger Professorship Pro Tem in the Economics of Health Care. This lecture was established in 1987 to honor the memory of Paul Levinger by a gift from his wife, Ruth N. Levinger, on behalf of the Levinger family. The Levingers’ daughter and son-in-law, Bette Levinger Cohen and John M. Cohen ’59, MD were instrumental in Mrs. Levinger’s decision to make this gift.

November 16, 2020
Brown University