Café Scientifique at UCCS to explore the causes preterm births in America

Despite advanced health care, the rate of preterm birth in the U.S. remains high, and often occurs in otherwise healthy women who have no clear risk factors.

At Feb. 10’s Café Scientifique, Mary Coussons-Read, executive vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, and professor, Department of Psychology, will discuss new research investigating how stress in pregnancy affects the outcome of human pregnancy by altering maternal inflammatory and endocrine activity, and how these changes may ultimately impact behavioral and immunological development and health in children.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tom Huber, professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, thuber@uccs.edu.