Assaf Oshri

I am part of the Georgia Center for Developmental Science. I am interested in children's and youth's well-being and resilience. In my research program, I focus on understanding youth development using multi-methods (observation, surveys, neuroimaging-fMRI, stress physiology) and multi-level research (e.g., individual cognition, personality, family, peer, and neighborhood environments). Specifically, our team conducts research that elucidates the multi-level mechanisms that underlie the link between early-life stress in childhood (e.g., child maltreatment, poverty, cultural stress) and adolescent behavioral risk (e.g., substance use, sexual risk behavior) and resilience. I hope that the knowledge generated by my research will inform intervention and prevention programs, as well as promote resilience among children and adolescents at risk. Theory and level of analyses that inform my research: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Hormesis, Developmental Psychopathology, Evolutionary-Developmental Perspectives, Developmental Psychobiology, On Twitter: @YDIatUGA

*Zhang, L., House, E., Geier, C., & Oshri, A. (2025). Latent default mode network connectivity patterns: Associations with sleep health and adolescent psychopathology. Brain and Behavior. Oshri, A., Reck, A. J., Carter, S. E., Uddin, L. Q., Geier, C. F., Beach, S. R., ... & Sweet, L. H. (2024). Racial discrimination and risk for internalizing and externalizing symptoms among Black youths. JAMA network open, 7(6), e2416491-e2416491. Oshri, A., Howard, C.J., Zhang, L., Reck, A., Cui, Z., Liu, S., Duprey, E., Evans, A.I., Azarmehr, R. and Geier, C.F. (2024). Strengthening through adversity: The hormesis model in developmental psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, Online view Oshri, A. (2022). The Hormesis Model for Building Resilience Through Adversity: Attention to Mechanism,