Victor G. Carrion
Professor and Vice-Chair, Stanford University
Biography
Dr. Carrion is the John A. Turner, M.D. Endowed Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program. He is in the faculty at both Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. His multidisciplinary research on the behavioral, academic, emotional, and biological late effects of experiencing trauma has led to the development and implementation of effective new interventions for treating children who experience traumatic stress. Using Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as an anchor, Dr. Carrion is investigating, through longitudinal studies, the effects of stress on developmental physiology and brain development and function.
Abstract
Abstract : Neuroscience-informed interventions for youth with history of traumatic stress