President Joe Biden announced the first ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. The president has asked congress to invest $12 billion to create a fund for women’s health research at the National Institutes of Health. The NIH will devote $200 million for new research projects in women’s health starting in 2025. Learn more…Continue Reading White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research
Congratulations to Dr. Audrey Tyrka on her appointment as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School! Dr. Tyrka is co-director of the Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Center for Biomedical Research Excellence. She is an accomplished researcher on effects of early life adversity on mechanisms of risk for poor…Continue Reading New Chair of Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Our team presented a series of abstracts at this year’s Brown Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Mind Brain Research Day! Specifically, we presented preliminary results from the Mindfulness and Blood Pressure study showing that higher levels of baseline spirituality and sleep quality were associated with lower ambulatory blood pressure in a sample of participants…Continue Reading Mind Brain Research Day