Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health

This Center is the result of a National Institute of Mental Health and Office of Research on Women’s Health grant to study mood disorders across the female lifespan. Jointly awarded to Dr. C. Neill Epperson and Dr. Tracy Bale, this grant hopes to improve our understanding of how diseases, and affective disorders in specific, affect men and women differently. Together, Drs. Epperson and Bale hope to shed light on the gender differences in common mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety and somatic complaints.

Read the full article in the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the Center Announcement

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Dad's Stress Can Affect Offspring Brain Development
Dr. Tracy Bale, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine and Director, Neuroscience Center at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Veterinary Medicine, was interviewed regarding a research study which found that stress on males can produce long-term changes to sperm that reprogram the offspring HPA stress axis regulation.
Read the full interview and article here

Drs. Epperson and Bale Highlighted in the Penn Almanac
Dr. Epperson and Dr. Tracy Bale were honored on the front page of the University of Pennsylvania Almanac for receiving the NIH grant to study sex and gender differences.
Click here to see the article in the Almanac