Shelly's professional focus is the impact of early life adversity on child behavior, learning, and development. (caffa.org)
I completed my MA thesis on the association between early life adversity and developing stress physiology in free - ranging juvenile rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. (people.nyuprimatology.com)
Exposure to early life adversity increases anxiety and depressive behaviours in rodents, which endures well into adulthood. (psychlopaedia.org)