Biological Burden of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Children
About
In this ACEs Aware Science and Innovation Speaker Series webinar, Dr. Rosemarie de la Rosa will present on the paper, “Biological Burden of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children”. Dr. De la Rosa will discuss the relationship between ACEs and related life events and allostatic load, known as “wear and tear” from chronic stress, in a pediatric population.
Learning Objectives
- Describe associations between adversities and stress-related biomarkers that represent cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory, and neurologic system function in a high-burdened community.
- Discuss the relationship between ACEs and related life events (measured using the PEARLS tool) with allostatic load during early and middle childhood.
- Explore how a higher allostatic load is associated with behavioral, mental, and physical health outcomes in a pediatric population.
Professional Credit
- This activity provides the following types of credit: AMA, AAPA, APA, ANCC, ASWB, ABIM-MOC, ABP-MOC.
- 1.0 credits are available.
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Featuring
Rosemarie de la Rosa, PhD, MPH
Rosemarie de la Rosa, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. She is an environmental toxicologist and molecular epidemiologist, with specific expertise on investigating the influence of chemical exposures and social determinants of health on stress response pathways using biospecimens collected from human epidemiology studies. Her primary research goal is to understand how the social environment and context during childhood “gets under the skin” and influences susceptibility to the toxic effects of environmental pollutants over the life course. Current research projects include examining the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), resilience, and biomarkers of toxic stress. She also has projects evaluating the joint effect of childhood adversity and air pollution on health outcomes and stress-related biomarkers among children from communities that have been historically excluded from biomedical research.