Faculty Profile
Sara Stein, PhD
- Research Assistant Professor, Health Behavior Health Education
As a clinical scientist, I examine the transmission of the effects of trauma from
mother to child prenatally, postnatally, and when women are parenting young children.
My goal is to reduce these effects in families by improving interventions for trauma-exposed
women as they become parents. Ultimately, I seek to create
treatments that target intergenerational transmission and that are responsive to community needs. I center my
work in understanding how mothers are shaped by the social structures in which they are embedded. My research
is grounded in my clinical experience with structurally disadvantaged women with complex trauma histories. My
clinical work as a fully licensed clinical social worker integrates evidence-based approaches and translates research
into trauma-informed public scholarship and clinical tools for adults, children, and clinicians.
treatments that target intergenerational transmission and that are responsive to community needs. I center my
work in understanding how mothers are shaped by the social structures in which they are embedded. My research
is grounded in my clinical experience with structurally disadvantaged women with complex trauma histories. My
clinical work as a fully licensed clinical social worker integrates evidence-based approaches and translates research
into trauma-informed public scholarship and clinical tools for adults, children, and clinicians.
Areas of Expertise: Maternal Health, Women’s Health