BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:182@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T000000 DTSTAMP:20260318T112346Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/the-direct-and-intergen erational-consequences-of-adolescent-stress/ SUMMARY:The Direct and Intergenerational Consequences of Adolescent Stress DESCRIPTION:https://youtu.be/rN2YbySasZA\n\n \;\n\nSpeaker: Dr Tamara F ranklin\, Associate Professor\, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience\ , Dalhousie University\n\nDr. Tamara Franklin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University\, a nd she is the current Graduate Program Coordinator for her department. Her team’s research focuses on brain and behaviour\, with current investiga tions centred on how environmental stressors affect social function in mic e.\n\n \;\n\nTalk summary: Adolescent stress is a risk factor for many mental health disorders including anxiety disorders\, substance use disor ders\, and different forms of depression (e.g.\, major depressive disorder \, postpartum depression). Unfortunately\, perceived stress in adolescents is on the rise\, with a substantial number of youths expressing that they are experiencing severe levels of stress in their day-to-day lives. To in vestigate why and how adolescent psychological stress has persistent adver se effects on individuals\, we have been working with a predator stress mo del in mice. Male and female mice\, exposed to a predator daily during ado lescence\, show increased anxiety-like behavioural traits and abnormal soc ial function as adults\, paralleling some of the persistent negative impac ts of repeated stressors observed in humans. In addition\, we have found t hat female mice exposed to adolescent stress display postpartum depression -like behaviours as adults\; they provide less maternal care to their offs pring and exhibit reduced motivation in effortful tasks. This was associat ed with increased anxiety-like behaviours in their adult offspring demonst rating intergenerational consequences. The significance of these findings in the context of female mental health and intergenerational transmission will be discussed.\n\n \;\n\nAgenda:\n\n12-12:45 pm EDT: Speaker prese ntation\n\n12:45-1:00 pm EDT: Question and answer period\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2025/07/7.png CATEGORIES:Women’s Health Seminar Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR