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# UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research

Advancing Research on Stress and Health

## Posts

- [News](https://www.uclastresslab.org/news/)
- [Dr. Slavich Leads Major Efforts on Belonging, Health, & Resilience](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-leads-major-efforts-on-belonging-health-resilience/)
- [Dr. Slavich Awarded $3 Million Grant to Study Toxic Stress & Health](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-awarded-3-million-grant-to-study-toxic-stress-health/)
- [Dr. Slavich to Help Lead $41.5 Million Effort to Address Childhood Adversity & Toxic Stress](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-to-help-lead-41-5-million-effort-to-address-childhood-adversity-toxic-stress/)
- [Dr. Slavich Named Co-chair of National Task Force on Stress Measurement in Primary Care](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-named-co-chair-of-national-task-force-on-stress-measurement-in-primary-care/) - Dr. Slavich has been named Co-Char of a national task force focused on assessing stress in primary care -- the first such task force of its kind.
- [Dr. Slavich Publishes New Article on Precision Health in Nature Medicine](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-publishes-new-article-on-precision-health-in-nature-medicine/) - Dr. Slavich has published a new article on precision health in Nature Medicine
- [Dr. Slavich and 19 Leading Scientists Describe Health-Damaging Effects of Inflammation in New Nature Medicine Article](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-and-19-leading-scientists-describe-health-damaging-effects-of-inflammation-in-new-nature-medicine-article/) - Dr. Slavich and 19 leading scientists from around the world describe the health-damaging effects of inflammation in a new Nature Medicine article
- [Dr. Slavich Publishes New Meta-analysis on Psychotherapy & Immune System Function in JAMA Psychiatry](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-publishes-new-meta-analysis-on-psychotherapy-immune-system-function-in-jama-psychiatry/) - Dr. Slavich has published a new meta-analysis on psychotherapy and immune system function in JAMA Psychiatry.
- [Dr. Slavich to Direct New International Interdisciplinary Grant Program](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-to-direct-new-international-interdisciplinary-grant-program/)
- [Dr. Slavich Receives 2017 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-receives-2017-award-for-outstanding-contributions-to-health-psychology/)
- [Dr. Slavich Organizes Unique Scientific Meeting on Human Health](https://www.uclastresslab.org/george-slavich-scientific-meeting-on-human-health/)
- [Dr. Slavich Featured in New Documentary on Depression and the Immune System](https://www.uclastresslab.org/dr-slavich-featured-in-new-documentary-on-depression-and-the-immune-system/)
- [A New Vaccine for Preventing Stress? Slavich Discusses the Topic with NPR](https://www.uclastresslab.org/stress-vaccine-for-depression-ptsd-slavich-npr/)
- [New Review Suggests Meditation May Influence Immune System Activity](https://www.uclastresslab.org/new-review-meditation-may-influence-immune-system/)
- [Slavich Wins Three Early Career Investigator Awards](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-three-early-career-awards/)
- [Slavich wins Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-theodore-h-blau-early-career-award-for-distinguished-professional-contributions-to-clinical-psychology/) - George Slavich wins prestigious Society of Clinical Psychology award for distinguished professional contributions to clinical psychology.
- [Slavich wins WPA Early Career Research Award](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-wpa-early-career-research-award/) - George Slavich wins prestigious Early Career Research Award from the Western Psychological Association.
- [Slavich wins Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-neal-e-miller-new-investigator-award/) - George Slavich wins prestigious Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
- [Slavich wins Enrico E. Jones Early Career Award](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-enrico-e-jones-early-career-award/) - George Slavich wins prestigious Enrico E. Jones Early Career Award from the Western Psychological Association.
- [Study Identifies Neural Bases of Inflammatory Responses to Social Stress](https://www.uclastresslab.org/neural-bases-of-inflammatory-responses-to-stress/) - New UCLA Stress Lab study published in PNAS is the first to identify neural processes underlying inflammatory responses to social stress.
- [Slavich wins Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Graduate Students](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-wins-raymond-d-fowler-award/) - George Slavich wins award for outstanding contributions to the professional development of graduate students from the American Psychological Association.
- [Slavich & Zimbardo Define Transformational Teaching](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-zimbardo-transformational-teaching/) - This article describes exciting new research on how teachers can transform students’ attitudes and skills to dramatically improve learning outcomes.
- [Slavich & Cole Reveal How Social Experiences Affect Our Genes and Health](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-cole-human-social-genomics/) - New UCLA Stress Lab article on human social genomics reveals how adverse social experiences affect our genes and health.
- [Lifetime Stress Exposure Predicts Persistent Fatigue in Breast Cancer](https://www.uclastresslab.org/lifetime-stress-fatigue-breast-cancer/) - New UCLA Stress Lab study published in Clinical Psychological Science is the first to show that stress is associated with persistent fatigue in breast cancer.
- [Slavich & Irwin Propose a Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-irwin-social-signal-transduction-theory-of-depression/) - A new multi-level theory that describes neural, physiologic, molecular, and genomic mechanisms linking stress and inflammation with depression.
- [Slavich Identifies Inflammation as Leading Cause of Death in U.S.](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slavich-inflammation-leading-cause-of-death/) - Dr. George Slavich identifies inflammation as the leading cause of disease in the U.S.
- [Immune Response May Link Social Rejection to Later Health Outcomes](https://www.uclastresslab.org/immune-response-social-rejection-health/) - New UCLA Stress Lab study is the first to show that molecular inflammation may link experiences of social rejection with poor health in adolescence.
- [Flipped Keynote: Depression from a Socialneuroimmunologic Perspective](https://www.uclastresslab.org/flipped-keynote-depression-from-a-socialneuroimmunologic-perspective-george-slavich/) - A Flipped Keynote Address, titled "Depression from a Socialneuroimmunologic Perspective," by Dr. George Slavich, Ph.D.
- [Study Finds Early Adversity, Prior Depression Sensitize People to Stress](https://www.uclastresslab.org/early-adversity-prior-depression-sensitize-people-to-stress/) - New UCLA Stress Lab study shows that exposure to early life stress and past experiences with depression sensitize people to subsequent stress.

## Pages

- [Welcome!](https://www.uclastresslab.org/) - The UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, directed by Dr. George M. Slavich, Ph.D., conducts cutting-edge research on stress and health.
- [Welcome!](https://www.uclastresslab.org/) - The UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, directed by Dr. George M. Slavich, Ph.D., conducts cutting-edge research on stress and health.
- [Welcome!](https://www.uclastresslab.org/) - The UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, directed by Dr. George M. Slavich, Ph.D., conducts cutting-edge research on stress and health.
- [Publications](https://www.uclastresslab.org/publications/)
- [People](https://www.uclastresslab.org/people/)
- [Stress and Adversity Inventory (STRAIN)](https://www.uclastresslab.org/projects/strain-stress-and-adversity-inventory/) - Stress and Adversity Inventory (STRAIN) Advancing Research on Stress and Health
- [Director, George M. Slavich, PhD](https://www.uclastresslab.org/people/george-m-slavich-ph-d/) - George M. Slavich, Ph.D., Founding Director of the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research.
- [Collaborate](https://www.uclastresslab.org/collaborate/)
- [Join](https://www.uclastresslab.org/join/)
- [Projects](https://www.uclastresslab.org/projects/)
- [Contact](https://www.uclastresslab.org/contact/)
- [COVID-19 Pandemic, Stress, & Mental Health Resources](https://www.uclastresslab.org/covid-19-pandemic-stress-mental-health-resources/)
- [Global Stress & Mental Health Network](https://www.uclastresslab.org/stress-mental-health-network/)
- [Social Safety Theory](https://www.uclastresslab.org/social-safety-theory/)
- [Social Science for Social Change](https://www.uclastresslab.org/social-science-for-social-change/)
- [BRUIN Stress Resilience Network](https://www.uclastresslab.org/bruin-stress-resilience-network/)
- [Giving to the UCLA Stress Lab](https://www.uclastresslab.org/give/)
- [UCLA Stress Lab | Brazil](https://www.uclastresslab.org/brazil/) - Official website for the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research | Brazil
- [Products](https://www.uclastresslab.org/products/)
- [Job Postings](https://www.uclastresslab.org/ucla-post-doc-psychoneuroimmunology-depression-research/) - We're hiring! Apply for a UCLA Post-doc in Psychoneuroimmunology & Depression Research today!
- [Current Openings](https://www.uclastresslab.org/post-doc-in-psychology-psychoneuroimmunology/)
- [Depression from a Socialneuroimmunologic Perspective](https://www.uclastresslab.org/george-slavich-unc-keynote-2014/) - George Slavich's recent flipped keynote address, titled "Depression from a Socialneuroimmunologic Perspective."
- [Society for Research in Psychopathology 2014](https://www.uclastresslab.org/srp2014/)
- [UCLA Autobiographical Memory Study](https://www.uclastresslab.org/memorystudy/)
- [Out of Mind, Out of Sight: Unexpected Scene Elements Frequently Go Unnoticed Until Primed](https://www.uclastresslab.org/publications/out-of-mind-out-of-sight-unexpected-scene-elements-frequently-go-unnoticed-until-primed/) - A suicide in New York, but no one notices. How the complexity of the human visual system prevents us from seeing some of life's most shocking, but rare, events.
- [Receive Updates from the UCLA Stress Lab!](https://www.uclastresslab.org/receive/)
- [](https://www.uclastresslab.org/publications/human-social-genomics/) - The Emerging Field of Human Social Genomics by George M. Slavich and Steven W. Cole
- [](https://www.uclastresslab.org/publications/transformational-teaching/) - Transformational Teaching: Theoretical Underpinnings, Basic Principles, and Core Methods by George M. Slavich and Philip G. Zimbardo
- [Cost of cuts: Austerity's toxic genetic legacy](https://www.uclastresslab.org/austeritys_toxic_genetic_legacy/)
- [Compendium of Articles on Human Social Genomics](https://www.uclastresslab.org/human-social-genomics/)

## Slider

- [Slavich wins Three Early Career Awards](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/slavich-wins-three-early-career-awards/)
- [Social Stress and Lifespan Health](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/social-stress-and-health/)
- [Transformational Teaching](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/transformational-teaching/)
- [Life Stress and Cancer](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/stress-and-cancer/)
- [Multilevel Research on Depression](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/multilevel-research-on-depression/)
- [Social Science for Social Change](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/social-science-for-social-change/)
- [UCLA: A Great Place to Work!](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/ucla-a-beautiful-place-to-work/)
- [Human Social Genomics](https://www.uclastresslab.org/slider/human-social-genomics/)

## Categories

- [News](https://www.uclastresslab.org/category/news/)