Speaker
Professor Chad Shenk
Professor in the Departments of Human Development & Family Studies and Pediatrics at Penn State
Biography
Chad Shenk, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor in the Departments of Human Development & Family Studies and Pediatrics at Penn State. Dr. Shenk’s basic science research is centered on improving methods for causal estimation and target identification in prospective cohort studies of child trauma and adverse health across the lifespan. This work identifies biomarkers and etiological mechanisms of various health conditions in the child trauma population using a multiple timescales (real-time, longitudinal) and multiple levels of analysis (biological, behavioral, environmental) approach. His clinical trials research therefore centers on the optimization of behavioral interventions for child trauma by engaging identified targets and mechanisms more effectively. As Principal and Co-Investigator, Dr. Shenk has secured over $30 million in federal grant awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and other national funders. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 37 and 53) and a board-certified clinical psychologist actively seeing patients exposed to child trauma through Penn State’s Department of Pediatrics.