Alex Lussier
@alussier.bsky.social
Instructor in Psychiatry @ Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Epigenetics, childhood adversity, FASD, mental health, and resilience
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Epigenetics, childhood adversity, FASD, mental health, and resilience
He/him; il/lui
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Amazing work @brookemckenna.bsky.social! So thankful to have been involved.
The #social #epigenetics field has seen major accomplishments, yet we continue to face challenges that limit our understanding of #brain #health. Our ✨new paper✨ discusses these challenges & offers four areas of #innovation to propel this research forward:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Strengthening Rigor and Reproducibility in Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of Social Exposures and Brain-Based Health Outcomes - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Studies examining the effects of social factors on the epigenome have proliferated over the last two decades. Social epigenetics research to date has broadly demonstrated that social...
link.springer.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Amazing work @brookemckenna.bsky.social! So thankful to have been involved.
🚨New paper out in Nature Mental Health from my work with @erindunnscd.bsky.social at #MassGeneral! We found that childhood adversity leads to #epigenetic changes that can increase OR reduce risk for depression. Let me explain... 🧵(1/6)
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
December 2, 2024 at 8:11 PM
🚨New paper out in Nature Mental Health from my work with @erindunnscd.bsky.social at #MassGeneral! We found that childhood adversity leads to #epigenetic changes that can increase OR reduce risk for depression. Let me explain... 🧵(1/6)
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...