Speaker
Alexis Brieant
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont
Biography
Dr. Brieant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Vermont. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology at Virginia Tech and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. She directs the Family, Environment, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment (FERN) Lab. Her research examines how and why stress and adversity affect brain development and mental health during childhood and adolescence. She integrates perspectives from developmental science, clinical psychology, and neuroscience to better understand the factors that exacerbate risk or promote resilience for youth, and aims to leverage scientific knowledge to mitigate disparities in mental health.