2016 Young investigator grant program: Basic research-Anxiety

hopes to define how childhood adversity affects memory development and may lead to chronic anxiety. Her team will examine whether memory formation in the hippocampus region differs among youths who have experienced hardship, such as international adoptees; whether those differences alter the storage of long-term memories; and whether these memory impairments predict anxiety. By exposing the neurodevelopmental pathways that lead to anxiety, Dr. Callahan hopes to identify new targets for treating and preventing anxiety disorders among youth.