Article archive / October 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 10. Source pages: 9.
Tulane’s Dr. Gray Awarded Prestigious Young Investigator Grant from BBR Foundation
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation has awarded Tulane’s Dr. Sarah Gray the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for her research Parasympathetic and Behavioral Synchrony and Child Emotion Dysregulation Following Trauma.
Gray, an assistant professor of psychology at Tulane, explained to Tulane News that she and her research team will focus on “children’s ability to regulate their emotions and behavior.
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation notes that The Young Investigator Grant supports the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research.
A NARSAD grant is one of the highest distinctions in the field of mental health research. Fewer than 200 researchers receive the prestigious award during the year, noted the Foundation.
Gray and her team will have up to $70,000 over two years to study children who have been exposed to violence or other traumatic events, reported Barri Bronston, Tulane News. Gray’s team includes collaborators in the Tulane Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
“Studies show that children under 5 years old are exposed to these events at rates that are actually higher than older children,” Gray told Bronston. “And we know that many children who are exposed to these events show lingering effects for long periods of time.”
Gray said that she and her team will be examining how biology, behavior and the environment work together. “We’re hoping that when we understand the mechanisms that underlie regulation difficulties among children exposed to trauma, we can better support parents to support children,” she told Bronston.
Dr. Sarah Gray will be presenting with Dr. Courtenay Harding, “Defining Resilience, understanding bio-markers and how to use them, and promoting resilience” and “What is Resilience?” at the 2016 National Dialogues on Behavioral Health (NDBH) annual conference in New Orleans to be held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel from October 23 through 26.
Dr. Sarah Gray at recent presentation. She has been awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant.
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