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A young woman provides a DNA sample via cheek swab. She was among a cohort of Syrian adolescents forcibly displaced by conflict to participate in a study on the effects of genetic and resilience on the mental health recovery. (Photo courtesy of the research team.)
July 19, 2019
A new study demonstrates the influence of genetic factors and resilience — the resources and capacities for overcoming adversity — on changes in levels of psychosocial stress...
April 17, 2019
The Colloquium on Social Justice, Solidarity, and Forced Migration took place on March 7. It was funded by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund, and jointly...
October 8, 2018
The Colloquium on Forced Migration and Humanitarian Policy (October 4, 2018) was held to specifically focus on migration issues in Europe. Three distinguished speakers – Sara...
Researcher surveys a young Syrian girl
November 13, 2017
Publication Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12) Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) Over 5 million people have been forced to flee the six-year-old conflict...
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October 2, 2017
Publication Link to full details on the project. A new study demonstrates that an eight-week humanitarian intervention can improve the mental health and psychosocial...