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http://www.aaas.org//programs/centers/pe/abelson/2008.shtml
![[ILLUSTRATION] Artistic collage](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/background_art.jpg "[ILLUSTRATION] Artistic collage")
24 October 2008
New insights into human stress may promise advances in treating and coping with anxiety related disorders, trauma caused by war or natural disasters, and addiction—or even for combating the effects of aging. Stressful situations trigger "fight-or-flight" mechanisms among vertebrates, based on ancient evolutionary adaptations. Building on earlier theoretical work, today's researchers are revealing how genetic, developmental, psychological, environmental, and social factors may affect individual stress-response mechanisms. Cutting-edge investigations, showcased in this seminar, are helping to explain how stress affects the brain, the immune system, cellular aging, behavior, and many other aspects of human health.
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Alan I. Leshner [Photos by Michael Colella, Colellaphoto.com]](/images/leshner_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Alan I. Leshner [Photos by Michael Colella, Colellaphoto.com]")
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS, and Executive Publisher of the journal Science
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Robert Sapolsky](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/sapolsky_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Robert Sapolsky")
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University
Stress-Related Disorders and Society
Questions & Answers: Robert Sapolsky
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Richard I. Morimoto](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/morimoto_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Richard I. Morimoto")
Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology and Director, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research
Protein Misfolding and Neurodegenerative Disorders
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Firdaus Dhabhar](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/dhabhar_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Firdaus Dhabhar")
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Immunology Program; Director of Research, Center on Stress & Health, Stanford University
A Hassle a Day May Keep The Doctor Away: Short-Term Stress and the Augmentation of Immune Function
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Darlene Francis](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/francis_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Darlene Francis")
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Psychology and Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Genetics and the Stress Connection
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Richard I. Morimoto, Firdaus Dhabhar and Darlene Francis](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/qa1.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Darlene Francis")
Questions & Answers: Richard I. Morimoto, Firdaus Dhabhar, and Darlene Francis
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Martha J. Farah](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/farah_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Martha J. Farah")
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Stress, Poverty, and Brain Development
![[PHOTOGRAPH] David M. Diamond](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/diamond_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] David M. Diamond")
Research Career Scientist, Medical Research Division, Tampa Veterans Hospital; Director, Center for Preclinical and Clinical Research on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; and Professor of Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida
From the African Savannas to the Bench and into the Clinic: A Translational Approach to the Study and Treatment of Emotional Trauma
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Markus Heilig](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/heilig_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Markus Heilig")
Chief, Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Stress, Addiction, and Relapse Behaviors
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Martha J. Farah, David M. Diamond and Markus Heilig](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/qa2.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Martha J. Farah, David M. Diamond and Markus Heilig")
Questions & Answers: Martha J. Farah, David M. Diamond, and Markus Heilig
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Joseph LeDoux](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/ledoux_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Joseph LeDoux")
University Professor and Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, Center for Neural Science, New York University
Fearful Brains in an Anxious World
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Bruce P. Dohrenwend](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/dohrenwen_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Bruce P. Dohrenwend")
Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and Foundations’ Fund for Research in Psychiatry Professor, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
The Stressor Criterion in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Some Background, Issues, Evidence, and Implications
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Steven E. Hyman](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/hyman_120x162.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Steven E. Hyman")
Provost and Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard University
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Joseph LeDoux, Bruce P. Dohrenwend and Steven E. Hyman](/programs/centers/pe/abelson/content_2008/qa3.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Joseph LeDoux, Bruce P. Dohrenwend and Steven E. Hyman")
Questions & Answers: Joseph LeDoux, Bruce P. Dohrenwend, and Steven E. Hyman
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS, and Executive Publisher of the journal Science
"New Horizons in Polar Science" [30 October 2007]
"Microbes, Minerals, and the Environment" [26 October 2006]
"New Directions in Health:" The Global Burden of Chronic Disease [8 December 2005]
AAAS thanks the Abelson Advancing Science Seminar Series Advisory Committee whose support was critical in developing the 2007 program. Members included colleagues and family members of Dr. Abelson who helped preserve his vision.
John Abelson
Ellen Abelson Cherniavsky
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cherniavsky
Neva Cherniavsky
Stephen P.A. Fodor
Claire Fraser-Liggett
Maxine Frank Singer
