What are the financial and social implications for individuals living with SCD from adolescence transitioning into adult care? What impact does this transition have on the caregiver and family as a whole?

What are the most effective trans-disciplinary and multi-level strategies for accelerating psychosocial care with sickle cell disease and how psychosocial factors impact families?

Depression and CHD will become the 2 leading causes of disability in the next decade. Chronic as well as traumatic stress increases CVD risk by about 50%. Although we understand that there are connections between psychosocial stress, affective disorders, and CVD, we do not understand the vast array of brain areas that impact the CV system and the mechanisms connecting them. Neuroscience has made great leaps in understanding... more »