Our approach to achieving this goal focuses on three objectives: (1) to develop a reliable, predictive panel of biomarkers (including both biological and bio-behavioral measures) that can identify children, youth, and parents showing evidence of toxic stress, and that can be collected in
pediatric primary care settings; (2) to conduct basic, animal and human
research on critical periods in development and individual differences in stress susceptibility, thereby
informing the timing and design of a suite of new interventions that address the roots of stress - related diseases early in the life cycle; and (3) to build a strong, community - based infrastructure through which scientists, practitioners, parents, and community leaders can apply new scientific insights and innovative measures to the development of more effective interventions in the first three postnatal years.
«Through our partnership with American Humane Association on Canines and Childhood Cancer, our goal is to advance the understanding and adoption of Animal Assisted Therapy in the treatment process, and to
inform the care of these wonderful animals, through groundbreaking, sound
research — while hopefully improving
pediatric cancer treatment for both children and their families.»