Memory is in the blood and bone

Amy Bombay is an assistant professor of psychiatry doing research on heightened predisposition to psychological distress among Indigenous population of Canada as well as other places around the world.  Similarly to other studies in this field, Bambay’s research...

For generations to come

Sometimes a small action amidst immensely difficult circumstances creates a huge impact for generations to come.  In a concentration camp in Nazi Germany an act of kindness could save a life.Watch Francine Christophe, a holocaust survivor, share her remarkable story...

A complete family…

Katy and Justin Patten had four children, but only two survived. They asked a photographer to create a complete family photo capturing their late children at the age they would have been at the time of the shot. The result is a deeply touching image of their family...

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in action

 This video documents new research findings on ways that genes of children of Holocaust survivors mirror the epigenetic stress imprints of their parents, despite the fact that they had no direct experience of the stress. This brings to light further scientific...

On epigenetic inheritance

Here is a recent media review of ongoing research into epigenetic inheritance.  The emerging scientific findings continue to demonstrate how environmental impact on genes carries trauma and stress from one generation to the next.Helen Thomson ‘Study of Holocaust...

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