Join the Brain Biology Program and Broad Trauma Initiative for a special seminar featuring PTSD genetics researchers from across the country.
This Brain Biology Program Meeting and Broad Trauma Initiative Special Seminar is hosted by Dr. Karestan Koenen.
Biological Mechanisms of PTSD: Integrating Genomic, Epigenomic, and Immune Perspectives
Thursday, June 25, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Yellowstone Conference Room
Stanley Building
75 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA
This is an in person event only.
Speakers
Caroline Nievergelt, PhD
Professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego
“Fulfilling the Promise of GWAS: Large-Scale Genomic Discovery in PTSD”
Alicia Smith, PhD
Professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine
“Trauma, Immunity, and the Epigenome: Biological Mechanisms Underlying PTSD”
Monica Uddin, PhD,
Professor of Global, Environmental, and Genomic Health Sciences at the University of South Florida
"Biologic mechanisms linking genocide exposure to PTSD in Rwanda”
Questions? Email meschtru@broadinstitute.org.
