Full time
Harvard University
Boston, MA, USA
Job Summary: The mission of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (SPH) is to understand and intervene on the social determinants of health and health equity across the life-course. The broad goal of Dr. Denckla’s research program is to understand the impact of adversity on human potential and well-being, as well as the mechanisms that appear to be protective. She has a particular focus on bereavement across the lifespan, complemented by a broad program of research in trauma and adversity. Dr. Denckla uses her training in clinical psychology and epidemiology to investigate: 1) biopsychosocial associations with response to trauma and bereavement; 2) how genes influence risk for posttraumatic psychopathology; and 3) structural and cultural determinants of well-being and mental health in national and global cohorts. Dr. Christy A. Denckla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at...