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Stress Neurobiology Program

Stress Neurobiology Program

The mission of the Stress Neurobiology Research Program is to further the understanding of the neural basis of individual differences in response to stressful experiences.

Eisch Laboratory

Eisch Lab

Investigating limbic circuitry, mental function, and new neurons of the postnatal brain (Lab LMNoP).

What Role Does the Brain’s Hypothalamus Region Play in IBD?

Published on
Nov 28, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
What Role Does the Brain’s Hypothalamus Region Play in IBD?
A new study provides genomics data to support the association between inflammatory bowel disease, stress, and depression.

Supporting Parent-infant Connections: Q&A With Amy Jo Lisanti, PhD, RN

Published on
Nov 10, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
Amy Jo Listani
Amy Jo Lisanti, PhD, RN, supports pediatric cardiovascular nurses in enhancing the role of parents during their infant’s hospitalization.

COVID Concerns, Vaccine, Safe Schools, Solid Tumors, Sepsis, Asthma

Published on
Aug 28, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
In the News
This week, we feature findings on the pandemic’s impact on mental health and asthma visits, a new high-risk tumor treatment, and more.

New Approaches Needed to Reduce Stress in Parents of Babies With Cardiac Defects

Published on
Aug 20, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
Telemedicine
A telehealth intervention designed to help parents and newborns after neonatal surgery did not alleviate parental stress.

Take a Break and Breathe

Published on
Aug 7, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
Jill Lim
Science writer, Jill Lim, brings her passion for yoga to her colleagues at CHOP Research Institute.

Exercise Your Resilience Muscle: Research Tool Surveys Mental Health During COVID-19

Published on
Apr 9, 2020
in Cornerstone Blog
COVID Resilience
Dr. Ran Barzilay is researching the effects of resilience on mental health and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seema Bhatnagar, PhD
Seema Bhatnagar

Dr. Bhatnagar's research aims to further the understanding of the neural basis of individual differences in response to stressful experiences. This includes identifying neural substrates that produce resiliency or vulnerability to the effects of stress and determining treatments to mitigate vulnerability and to promote resiliency through both preclinical and translational studies.

E-mail:
bhatnagars [at] chop.edu
Amy Jo Lisanti, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAHA
Photo of Amy Jo Lisanti

Dr. Lisanti's research focuses on understanding the influence of individualized family-centered developmental care (IFDC) on infants with congenital heart disease and their families. She is investigating the biobehavioral mechanisms that influence parent stress and mental health symptoms, with the ultimate goal of discovering biological and psychosocial links between parent mental health and child developmental outcomes.

E-mail:
lisanti [at] chop.edu