Child Development and the Ecology of Risk:  Stress, Environmental Toxicants, and the Developing Brain

Burke, Mary G.

Thursday, October 25, 2012: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Chair:

Mary G. Burke, M.D.

13.1

Environmental Exposures in Early Life: Windows of Risk and Opportunity
Mark Miller, M.D., M.P.H. University of California San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units, Oakland, CA

13.2

The Life-Cycle Model of Stress, Allostatic Load and Environmental Toxins
Robert Paul Juster, M.S. Integrated Program in Neuroscience, Centre for Studies on Human Stress, McGill University, Montreal, QC

13.3

Flame Retardant Chemicals and Thyroid Function in Pregnancy: Developmental Implications
Ami Zota, M.S., Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA

13.4

The Environmental Riskscape: How Disparities in Toxic Exposures and Adversity Contribute Biologically to Disparities in Child Mental Health Outcomes
Rachel Morello Frosch, M.P.H., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Sponsored by the AACAP Health Promotion and Prevention Committee

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