Despite advanced health care, the rate of preterm birth in the U.S. remains high, and often occurs in otherwise healthy women who have no clear risk factors.
At Feb. 10’s Café Scientifique, Mary Coussons-Read, executive vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, and professor, Department of Psychology, will discuss new research investigating how stress in pregnancy affects the outcome of human pregnancy by altering maternal inflammatory and endocrine activity, and how these changes may ultimately impact behavioral and immunological development and health in offspring.
The presentation, entitled “The Psychoneuroimmunology of Pregnancy: Implications for Birth and Human Development,” will start at 6:30 p.m. at Clyde’s in the University Center.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tom Huber, professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, [email protected].
Café Scientifique is an informal gathering of scholars and science aficionados who are passionate about debate and friendly discussion with peers. The event is free and open to the public.
The UCCS Department of Public Safety will provide complementary parking for the event in lots 3 and 4.
Funding for Café Scientifique is provided by UCCS Auxiliary Services.
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