Research

IDHP Research Summaries

Guide to Navigating this Research Archive

Here you will find research articles published by IDHP researchers that are related to our primary scientific foci: the interconnected mental health of children and their caregivers, the intergenerational impact of stressful experiences on mental and physical health, and interventions and other buffers that support family wellness. 

 

In the right sidebar, you can search this archive by research topic, as well as by research study (you can read about each study on the Current Projects page). Each archive entry has a simple summary, the full scientific abstract, and a link to the full article. Most of the articles in this research archive are available open access (i.e., you can access it without a subscription). If you are trying to access an article and aren't able to see the full version, please email us at [email protected], and we would be happy to assist. 

 


 

January 1, 2020
Biomarkers
Childhood adversity
This editorial comments on a recent study by Rasmussen & colleagues (2019), which assessed soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a potentially useful immune biomarker of early-life adversity. This discovery offers a foundation for precision medicine strategies in pediatrics to prevent longer-term impacts of stress on the body that confers a risk of disease across the life course. Large data sets, including this study of suPAR and beyond, will be crucial to the identification of novel markers with broad population relevance. However, to progress from markers to biologically informed treatments, we must elucidate for whom, under what circumstances, and by what mechanisms trauma leads to inflammation.