We use ideas and methods from psychoneuroimmunology to advance the science of stress, health, and human resilience (PI: @GeorgeSlavich)

Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2013
BREAKING NEWS! We're thrilled to announce receipt of $41.5 million from @CA_OSG to reduce the impact of childhood #adversity & #toxicstress on human #health & opportunity! Thanks to the incredible leadership of @DrBurkeHarris @GavinNewsom & team. Info at: uclahealth.org/news/ucla-and…
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One of our most important articles to date on🌟social safety🌟is now published in JAMA Psychiatry! ❤️Childhood Maternal Warmth, Social Safety Schemas, and Adolescent Mental & Physical Health❤️ See: uclastresslab.org/pubs/Alley… @UCLAHealthNews @UCLASemel @UCLAHealth @JenSiebelNewsom
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Now online, our new article "Adverse childhood experiences, #inflammation, & #depression: Evidence of sex- and stressor specific effects in a nationally representative longitudinal sample of U.S. adolescents" See cambridge.org/core/journals/… @acestoohigh @AcesMatter @UCLAHealthNews
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Stoked to say that starting fall 2025 I will be pursuing my PhD in Social Psychology at @UofR w Dr. Jeremy Jamieson! I'm excited to continue studying how stress impacts performance and to develop methods to improve acute stress responses and well being. #PhDJourney #Research
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Now published, our 5th (!) article of 2025, where we show that #ACEs are patterned by #disability status in 398,486 adults in the U.S. Article at: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Many people experience "holiday blues." But if these feelings persist after holiday season is over, it may be a sign of a more serious issue such as Seasonal Affective Disorder or depression. It's important to seek professional help for treatment options. #MentalHealthAwareness
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Now published, our new article on how lifetime #stress exposure predicts #suicide in #autism. See: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… @UCLAHealthNews @UCLASemel @dgsomucla
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Now published, the protocol paper for our massive #multiomics-based precision medicine study on #stress, #health & #resilience. Read the article at: tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/… @UCLAHealth @UCLASemel @dgsomucla @UCLAHealthNews @SnyderShot @atulbutte @StanfordMed @UCSFMedicine
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Our new article on #brain #health is now out, with the incredible @HarrisAEyre and an amazing team of international scientists! Read the article at: academic.oup.com/braincomms/… @UCLAHealth @UCLAnewsroom @UCLASemelFriend @UCLASemel
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Check out our new study led by @laurant_lydia of the @AvramHolmes lab!
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Incredible new research on the #Neuroscience of #stress by lab director @GeorgeSlavich and team!
Shared and unique lifetime stressor characteristics and brain networks predict adolescent anxiety and depression biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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Out now, our new article linking peer #victimization, #inflammation, and #depression in #adolescence! Check it out at: uclastresslab.org/pubs/Loren… @UCLAnewsroom @UCLASemelFriend @UCLAHealth @UCLAHealth @UCLASemel
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Thanks to everyone who joined us this am @srp_science. Chaired by @VeraJVine who also gave a talk, with @ParvezNeha, Lori Scott (@PittPsychiatry) and Lindsay Dickey (@MEDVanderbilt). Big thanks to @ChristineChaPhD for serving as discussant. Inspirational work - thank you all!
Fantastic talk by @ParvezNeha from @QuERBYLAB at #SRP2024 (@srp_science). Great to learn about analyzing dyad data and facial affect w/in suicidal ideation context!
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T-minus 24 hours until our #SRP2024 symposium on #PrecisionMedicine approaches to #psychotherapy! Can’t wait to discuss these amazing talks. Join us tomorrow! @dp_moriarity @PsychdOnScience
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Helpful 2024 @AnnualReviews on what's going on when moms are exposed to early-life and pregnancy stress, and how that exposure might impact child health doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devp…
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Great to see so many friends at #SRP2024! Wow, what a great day of talks! ❤️💪 Haven’t said hi yet? Can’t wait to see you!
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Important research from @DrMichelleAChen & co-authors highlighted neighborhood belonging as a moderator in the association between socioeconomic disadvantage & adolescent inflammation. Share widely & read more at this open access link: journals.lww.com/psychosomat…
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Now published, our new landmark paper on how #stress affects #mood and #suicidal ideation across the #menstrual cycle, with my incredible collaborators @eisenlohr_moul, @grantsshields, and team.❤️ Online at: lnkd.in/gjhcNVds @UCLAnewsroom @UCLASemelFriend @UCLAHealthNews
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Proud of my student @Anisha__Nagpal’s first paper— on lifetime stress as a correlate of perimenstrual affective symptoms and suicidal ideation! A step toward understanding how environment and biology intersect to create female psychiatric risk. #pmdd
Now published, our new landmark paper on how #stress affects #mood and #suicidal ideation across the #menstrual cycle, with my incredible collaborators @eisenlohr_moul, @grantsshields, and team.❤️ Online at: lnkd.in/gjhcNVds @UCLAnewsroom @UCLASemelFriend @UCLAHealthNews
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