Episode 1.8: Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Social Inequality - Bruce and Craig McEwen

<p><span style= "background-color: #c0392b; color: #ffffff;"><strong> REVERBERATIONS OF INEQUALITY </strong></span> <em>Interviewer:</em> <em><strong>MARTHA FARAH.</strong></em> Combining the perspectives of neuroscience and sociology, brothers <strong>BRUCE MCEWEN</strong> (head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University) and <strong>CRAIG MCEWEN</strong> (Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College) explore the feedback loops between social inequalities and biological responses to chronic stress, which create potentially life-long consequences for health and life trajectories. In their discussion with Martha Farah (Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Society at Penn), the brothers describe how they chose to collaborate with each other late in their respective careers – and how their work has given them hope that interventions at all stages of life can either prevent or help repair the damage of early childhood adversity. <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <em>Sadly, Bruce McEwen passed away on January 3, 2020, due to complications from a stroke. His collaboration with his brother was one of the many accomplishments of his long career.</em></p>