by Rachel GilgoffSummer MengelkochJorina ElbersKrista KotzArielle RadinIsha PasumarthiReanna MurthySayantani SindherNadine Burke HarrisGeorge M. Slavicha Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USAb Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USAc Trauma Recovery Program, HeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, CA, USAd Kotz Consulting, Moraga, CA, USAe Bruin Health Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, USAf ACE Resource Network, Laguna Hills, CA, USARachel Gilgoff, MD, is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, an advisor with the California Aces Aware Initiative, and a clinician at GetzWell Personalized Pediatrics clinic in San Francisco. As a board-certified general pediatrician, child abuse pediatrician, and integrative medicine specialist, Dr. Gilgoff is dedicated to conducting translational research and providing patient-centered, individualized, multidisciplinary clinical care to address health issues resulting from child abuse and toxic stress.Summer Mengelkoch, PhD, is a is a postdoctoral fellow in the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, within the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research investigates the biological mechanisms through which stress experienced across the lifespan impacts health and behavior, with a focus on understanding stress-related processes in women.Jorina Elbers, MD, MS, is a pediatric neurologist with expertise in treating chronic stress and trauma. She was recently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Stanford University and is currently the director for the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Her clinical research and practice have focused on nervous system dysregulation, and the evaluation and management of medical manifestations of trauma.Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH, is an advisor and content developer for ACEs Aware, a California initiative to address Adverse Childhood Experiences in primary care. Her expertise includes educating clinicians about the physical and mental health impacts early life adversity and toxic stress, and how to mitigate those impacts.Arielle Radin, PhD, is a health psychology researcher and the Co-Founder of Bruin Health, where she translates biopsychosocial research into intelligent technology systems with real-world clinical applications. Her work focuses on the integration of psychological and medical disciplines to create a holistic view of health.Isha Pasumarthi is currently completing a Master’s degree in Public Health at King’s College London, and is a research intern with the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University and the ACEs Aware Initiative at the UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network. Her research focuses on preventing, identifying, and treating stress and stress-related health impacts, particularly through the use of biomarkers.Reanna Murthy, MPH, is currently a Clinical Research Coordinator at Partnerships for Research in Child Health, within the Division of General Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her work with Stanford University’s Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research has furthered her interest in the field of adverse childhood events and how it relates to physical and mental health in adulthood, particularly among first-generation immigrants in the United States.Sayantani Sindher, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University and is the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allery and Asthma Research. She is the principal investigator of several clinical trials assessing prevention, diagnosis, and novel therapeutic strategies for atopic conditions including food allergy, atopic dermatitis, and asthma.Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, is a Senior Advisor to ACE Resource Network. She is a pediatrician specializing in treating the effects of stress and trauma in children’s developing brains and bodies, and has spent the past two decades translating research into best-practices for children and youth facing adversity. As California’s first Surgeon General, she led the implementation of the ACEs Aware initiative, which trained health care providers on best-practices for ACE screening and response with evidence-based, trauma-informed care.George M. Slavich, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and a Research Scientist at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, where he directs the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research. He is a leading authority in the conceptualization, assessment, and management of life stress; in psychological and biological mechanisms linking stress with mental and physical health; and in systems and policies for reducing stress-related health disparities and achieving greater health equity.

by Laura R. StroudNancy C. JaoL. G. WardSharon Y. LeeCarmen J. Marsita COBRE Center for Stress, Trauma, and Resilience*, Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USAb Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAc Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USAd Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USALaura R. Stroud, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and directs the COBRE Center for Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) at The Miriam Hospital. Her research focuses on biobehavioral mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of stress, trauma, and substance use.Nancy C. Jao, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Dr. Jao’s research investigates biopsychosocial and behavioral risk factors affecting health outcomes and disparities, particularly focusing on tobacco use and marginalized or vulnerable populations.L. G. Ward, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Center for Preventive and Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Ward’s research focuses on strategies to promote trauma-informed obstetric care.Sharon Y. Lee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on biobehavioral mechanisms linking psychological trauma and stress with increased risk for cardiovascular and other diseases.Carmen J. Marsit, PhD, is Rollins Distinguished Professor in the Ganagarosa Department of Environmental Health at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. He is a molecular epidemiologist whose research examines the mechanisms underlying the developmental origins of health and disease focusing on impacts to the placenta.

by Aderanti Ifeoluwa OniJohn Adesanya AbionaAdeboye Olusesan FafioluOyegunle Emmanuel Okea Animal Physiology Department, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeriab Animal Nutrition Department, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeriac Centre of Excellence in Avian Sciences, University of Lome, Lome, TogoAderanti Ifeoluwa Oni just finished her master’s from the Department of Animal Physiology at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta. Her research interest focuses on Nutritional Physiology, Growth and Environmental Physiology. She is working on starting her doctoral degree. She is presently a research assistant at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, where she had her first and second degrees. She has participated in several research studies involving broiler production and has five publications in reputable journals.Prof. John Adesanya Abiona has completed his PhD from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria and postdoctoral studies from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. He is a coordinator of the part-time Degree program in the Department of Animal Physiology at the same Institution. He had also served as a postgraduate coordinator for several years. Presently, he is also one of the coordinators of Timetable and examination matters at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He is also the national Secretary for a research network in Giant African Land Snails (NETGALs) in Nigeria (now Nigerian Malacological Society). He has published more than 86 papers in reputed journals. His area of expertise is Animal Reproductive Physiology/Immunology. He is the Deputy Dean of the College of Animal Science and Livestock Production at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.Prof. Adeboye Olusesan Fafiolu is the current Director of the World Bank Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment. His research interest revolves around evaluating feedstuffs and their improvement using innovative technologies. He had proposed and used exogenous enzymes, chelated minerals and other means for improved utilization of unconventional feedstuffs. In the course of his research efforts, he has attracted several donor funds, which were managed successfully. He competed for national and international donor funds and won several such funds. Dr Fafiolu has over one hundred and twenty (120) publications in print, both at local and internationally reputable outlets, with high impact. He participated in running many research teams as a principal or co-investigator. He is particularly motivated in judicious management of donor funds running into several billions of naira with great success.Dr. Oyegunle Emmanuel Oke is an Animal Environmental Physiologist with a thorough background in Animal Science. He earned his PhD in Animal Physiology in 2012. Before this, he had an Agric. in Animal Physiology and a B. Agric. in Animal Production and Health in 2010 and 2006, respectively. He has a vast research and teaching experience of over a decade. He recently won a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) grant, and he is a visiting scholar at the Freie University, Berlin, Germany. He was awarded a DAAD Scholarship as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa. Before this, he received a prestigious Postdoc Fellowship award at the World Bank Centre of Excellence in Poultry Sciences, University of Lomé, Lomé Togo. He has published in peer-reviewed journals (local and international) and participated in local and international conferences. Dr. Oke is the Deputy Programme Leader of Livestock Science and Sustainable Environment at the World Bank Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

by Tobias RüttgensBoris SuchanOliver T. WolfChristian J. Merza Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germanyb Department of Neuropsychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, GermanyTobias Rüttgens (M.Sc. Psychology, Maastricht University, 2019) is a PhD student at the Department of Cognitive Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum. His work focuses on the effects of stress on cognition, specifically memory formation.Boris Suchan (diploma in Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 1994; PhD, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 1999; habilitation, Ruhr University Bochum, 2006) is the head of the Clinical Neuropsychology unit and the Neuropsychological Therapy Centre at Ruhr University in Bochum. He is primarily interested in long-term memory and face/body processing.Oliver T. Wolf (diploma in Psychology, Trier University, 1995; PhD, Trier University, 1997; habilitation, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2001) is a full professor of Cognitive Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum. He investigates the influence of stress and stress hormones on cognition and emotion.Christian J. Merz (diploma in Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 2007; PhD, Ruhr University Bochum, 2011; habilitation, Ruhr University Bochum, 2017) is an associate professor of Cognitive Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum. His research program focuses on the influence of stress and sex hormones on (emotional) learning and memory processes.

by I. C. RavagliaV. JasodanandS. BhatnagarL. A. Grafea Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USAb Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USAc Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAI. C. Ravaglia was an undergraduate at Bryn Mawr College (graduated in May 2022), majoring in neuroscience. She worked in the lab of Laura Grafe to better understand the effects of stress on sleep. She is now a research technician at Northeastern University.V. Jasodanand was an undergraduate at Bryn Mawr College (graduated in May 2020), double majoring in Psychology and Philosophy. She worked in the lab of Laura Grafe to better understand the effects of stress on sleep. She is now a neuroscience graduate student at Boston University.S. Bhatnagar (BS McGill University, 1984; PhD McGill University, 1994) is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She studies individual differences in resilience and vulnerability to chronic stress.L. A. Grafe (B.S. University of Maryland, 2008; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2014) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bryn Mawr College and a behavioral neuroscientist. Her research program focuses on how stress affects the brain and behaviors relevant to mental health.

by Ning YangYue WangXiaoxiao LuoGaofeng Zhana Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Chinab Department of Anesthesiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Chinac Department of Anesthesiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Geriatric Anesthesia and Perioperative Brain Health, and Wuhan Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Anesthesia, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Chinad Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaNing Yang received an M.S. degree in Anesthesiology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2019, and a B.S. degree in Anesthesiology from Shanxi Medical College in 2016. Currently, he works as a resident physician in the Anesthesiology Department of Union Hospital in Wuhan, China. Her professional interests lie in the mechanism of stress-induced behavior.Yue Wang received a Ph.D. degree in Anesthesiology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2023, and a B.S. degree in clinical medicine from Zhengzhou University in 2018. Currently, she works as a resident physician at the Fujian Medical College in Fuzhou, China. Her professional interests lie in perioperative brain protection.Xiaoxiao Luo received a Ph.D. degree in Oncology, and a B.S. degree in clinical medicine from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Currently, she works as an attending physician in the oncology Department of Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China.Gaofeng Zhan received a Ph.D. degree in Anesthesiology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2021, and a B.S. degree in clinical medicine from Nanchang University in 2016. Currently, he works as an attending physician in the Anesthesiology Department of Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China. His professional interests lie in perioperative brain protection.

by Victoria F. KeetonThomas J. HoffmannKalisha Moneé GoodwinBree PowellSophia TupuolaSandra J. Weissa Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USAb Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAc Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Office of Research School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAd Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAVictoria F. Keeton is Assistant Professor of Research at the University of California, Davis School of Nursing. Her research focuses on stress as a physiologic contributor to metabolic disease and emotional dysregulation in children who experience social adversity.Thomas J. Hoffmann is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. His applied work in statistics and computer science encompasses a wide variety of genetic association studies related to human health.Kalisha Moneé Goodwin is an independent community research consultant focused on supporting birth equity and justice for women and birthing people of color.Bree Powell is an independent community research consultant focused on supporting birth equity and justice for women and birthing people of color.Sophia Tupuola is an independent community research consultant focused on supporting birth equity and justice for women and birthing people of color.Sandra J. Weiss is Professor and Robert C. and Delphine Wentland Eschbach Chair in Mental Health at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, and Director of the Weiss Stress and Depression lab. She investigates neuroendocrine and other physiologic vulnerabilities and interactions with adverse events during pregnancy and infancy.

by Yaxin FanYifen CuiRongxiang TangAmar SarkarPranjal MehtaYi-Yuan Tanga Dalian Blood Center, Dalian, Liaoning, Chinab Central Lab, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, Chinac Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USAd Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USAe Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, UKf College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USAYaxin Fan, PhD is a Professor and Associate Director of the Dalian Blood Center, China.Her research focuses on stress hormones and immune function.Yifen Cui, MS is a research staff at the Central lab, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, China. Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms of stress response.Rongxiang Tang, PhD is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, USA. Her research broadly focuses on health neuroscience, including understanding the mechanisms of stress.Amar Sarkar is a PhD student in the Department of Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is broadly interested in human health, development, and evolution.Pranjal Mehta, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology at University College London. He studies the neuroendocrine systems involved in social hierarchy, stress, and decision-making.Yi-Yuan Tang, PhD, is a Professor and Director of the Health Neuroscience Collaboratory at Arizona State University, USA. He studies the neuroscience of whole person health and behavior change over the lifespan. He developed the integrative body-mind training (IBMT).

by Stafford LightmanThomas UptonHenry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Translational Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKStafford Lightman is Professor of Medicine at the University of Bristol. He is a past president of the British Neuroscience Association, and a co-founder of Dynamic Therapeutics.Thomas Upton MBChB PhD is currently completing his first post-doctoral fellowship in Translational Health Sciences at University of Bristol Medical School, UK. He is a specialist in the use of ambulatory human microdialysis and its applications particularly in endocrinology and chronobiology.

by Vasiliki MichopoulosMariana RochaRebecca HinrichsSusie TurksonSamya DyerPaul HowellElizabeth C. HeatonJakayla HartAbigail PowersYara MekawiSierra CarterIghovwerha OfotokunTanja JovanovicGretchen N. Neigha Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GAb Emory National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GAc Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VAd Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KYe Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GAf Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GAg Grady Health System, Atlanta, GAh Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MIVasiliki Michopoulos, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a Core Scientist at the Emory National primate Research Center. Dr. Michopoulos is co-director of the Grady Trauma Project and co-director for the TL1 Program of the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (CTSA).Mariana Rocha is a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at Emory University specializing in the psychophysiological consequences of trauma exposure.Rebecca Hinrichs is the Program Director for the Grady Trauma Project and an expert in the psychophysiological consequences of trauma exposure.Susie Turkson is a M.D./Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at Virginia Commonwealth University specializing in the cognitive effects of HIV in older women.Samya Dyer, MPH, completed degrees in biology and psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a master’s in public health.Paul Howell, MS, is a Lab Technician at Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a master’s in biomedical engineering.Elizabeth C. Heaton completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Emory University specializing in the effects of stressors on brain health.Jakayla Hart completed her undergraduate studies at Emory University and her M.D. at Meharry Medical College.Abigail Powers, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a co-director of the Grady Trauma Project.Yara Mekawi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Louisville University and head of the Challenging Ongoing Legacies of Racism (COLOR) Lab.Sierra Carter, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University.Ighovwerha Ofotokun, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine at Emory University, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. He serves as the administrative PI of the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study in Atlanta, the Co-Director of the Georgia CTSA KL2 Program, the administrative PI and Co-Director of Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH).Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and the David and Patricia Barron Chair for PTSD Neurobiology at Wayne State University. She is the director of the Detroit Trauma Project.Gretchen N. Neigh, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology. Dr. Neigh is director of Translational Research for the VCU Institute of Women’s Health, co-director of research for BIRCWH, and co-director for the Clinical and Translational Sciences PhD Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.