Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

*** Elliot Luby Endowed Lectureship***

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Blue Lecture Hall - Scott Hall

Speaker:

Joan L. Luby, MD

Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig

Professor of Psychiatry (Child)

Director and Founder

Early Emotional Development Program

Dept. of Psychiatry

Washington University School of Medicine

No Commercial Relationship

Topic:

"Effects of Prenatal Adversity on Brain Development and Conditions to Facilitate Thriving: Implications for Prevention" 

Objectives:

1.  Gain an appreciation of the effects of prenatal adversity on infant brain and behavioral development. 

2.  Consider the effects of early key environmental supports on the human infant's capacity for thriving. 

3.  Consider how prevention programs and changes in public policy might facilitate thriving in world populations of developing infants.