Dr. Elisabeth Conradt

Biography

Elisabeth D. Conradt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and an affiliate at the Center for Child and Family Policy. As a clinical developmental psychologist, her mission is to promote mental health in infants and early childhood. Her research focuses on understanding the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems and how prenatal exposures impact neurodevelopment and mental health outcomes in early childhood. Conradt's studies explore critical topics such as emotion dysregulation, prenatal substance exposure, and the combination of environmental exposures on neurodevelopment. She has received significant funding from various institutions, including the National Institutes of Health, and has been awarded an F32 postdoctoral fellowship to examine early life stress and its biological embedding. Her work has gained attention in several media outlets, and she has received multiple early career research awards. Prior to Duke, she held positions at the University of Utah, where she was also involved in developmental psychology and psychiatry.

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