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    DNA methylation may explain how childhood adversity shapes depression risk

    PsyPost | June 2025

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    DNA methylation mediates the link between childhood adversity and depression, study suggests

    MedicalXpress | January 2025

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  • Child sitting in an empty stair while hugging a brown teddy bear

    DNA methylation patterns biologically link childhood hardship to depression

    Inside Precision Medicine | December 2024

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  • Child sitting on an adult's shoulders while both people are looking towards the sunrise

    How childhood adversity could shape mental health and resilience in adulthood

    Mass General News | December 2024

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  • Child with pigtails smiling while holding a missing baby tooth

    Using baby teeth to understand childhood adversity and risk for psychiatric illness

    MGH Psychiatry News | January 2024

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  • Close up of a child smiling

    Baby teeth reveal hidden health secrets

    KNX News On Demand | March 2023

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    Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health?

    The Guardian | February 2023

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  • Dr. Erin Dunn as the Tooth Fairy

    Showcasing Science from the dunn lab: The MGRI Image Awards

    Said & Dunn | January 2023

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  • Child with a big smiling holding one of his baby teeth

    Scientists studying whether baby teeth can show clues of early stresses

    Wink News | January 2023

  • Erin Dunn on a Curious Neuron podcast poster

    Podcast feature: can a child’s teeth predict their mental health?

    Curious Neuron | May 2022

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  • Smiling toddler with some missing teeth

    How Baby Teeth Could Help Predict Mental Disorders

    Discover Magazine | April 2022

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  • 3 girls jumping rope together outside

    The tooth fairy is calling: Boston researchers seeking baby teeth for health study

    The Boston Globe | March 2022

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  • White cartoon teeth standing in rows with a purple carpet underneath

    The secret lives of baby teeth

    Vox | January 2022

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  • Tooth diagram

    Association of Maternal Stress and Social Support with Growth Marks in Children’s Teeth

    JAMA Network Open | November 2021

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  • X-ray of a mouth of teeth

    Had a bad day? Check your teeth

    Pulsar Podcast | October 2020

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  • Two teeth sitting in a hand

    What teeth can tell us

    WCVB Chronicle | June 2020

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  • Close up of a baby's mouth with two bottom teeth

    BABY TEETH MAY SIGNAL RISK OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

    Mass General Hospital | January 2020

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  • Child at the dentist with their mouth open

    New Study Looks to Find Signs of Trauma in Teeth

    WGBH All Things Considered | December 2019

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    Study says Kids’ Teeth may reveal past Trauma, Predict Problems

    The Boston Globe | December 2019

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  • Screen shot of the article with a baby's open mouth showing two baby teeth

    The Secrets in Teeth

    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Proto Magazine     | October 2019

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