The Kellner Center for Neurogenomics, Behavior, and Society will host the third Lunchtime Lab on Monday, April 28, focusing on the topics of trauma and resilience with lightning talks from Joe Cohen, Clarissa Richardson, Paul Bonthuis.
The Lunchtime Lab series aims to explore the connections between genes, brain, behavior, and mental health with attention to the social context. Each session will feature lightning talks from researchers across a range of disciplines, showcasing insights into both animal and human models. The goal is to spark interdisciplinary connections, ignite new research ideas, and pave the way for future seed funding opportunities in Fall 2025. Lunch will be provided.
Kellner Center Lunchtime Lab Series: Trauma and Resilience
April 28 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm
School of Social Work, Room 2015 | 1010 W. Nevada St., Urbana
Speakers
Joe Cohen | associate professor, psychology
Dr. Cohen’s research focuses on how and why certain children and adolescents go on to develop internalizing symptoms, examining the prospective interplay between cognitive, interpersonal, and physiological vulnerability factors and the onset and maintenance of depression.
Clarissa Richardson | assistant professor, psychology, University of Illinois Springfield
Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on perfectionism, stress, trauma and coping as well as community-based interventions to improve mental health knowledge and access.
Paul Bonthuis | assistant professor, comparative biosciences
Dr. Bonthuis’ research is focused on epigenetic regulation of gene expression patterns in the brain and their effects on social behaviors and psychiatric diseases.
CSBS, in partnership with the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the School of Social Work, created the Kellner Center to bring together a breadth of fields from genomic biology to neuroscience to social and behavioral science to social work. The Center synthesizes cutting-edge collaborative research across these areas to advance our knowledge of the complex processes by which genes, behavior, and society shape individuals.