Hi friends. Today we have a special data points episode featuring an interview with Dr. Daniel Keating,

professor of psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics. Dr. Keating has contributed a great deal of work

to research surrounding adolescent cognitive, behavioral, and brain development,

and neurodevelopmental outcomes of early adversity through large-scale longitudinal and neuroimaging

projects. He's also the author of Born Anxious, which explores the lifelong impact of early

adversity and was the winner of

the American Psychological Association 2019 Eleanor Maccabee Book Award.

Dr. Keating, if you don't mind, we typically start by having every guest introduce themselves

and share a bit about their background.

My background professionally is in the

discipline of psychology, particularly developmental psychology. I became interested early on in terms of

what makes people tick and how are people different from each other and what are the sources of

that. I have a PhD in Psychology from Johns Hopkins.

Since then, I've been on faculties at a number of places, including University of Minnesota,

University of Maryland, University of Toronto, and now at the University of Michigan, where

I'm a professor of psychology with appointments as well

in psychiatry and pediatrics. I also am a research professor at Michigan's Survey Research

Center, which is an internationally well-known place where you can look at large populations and do all

kinds of research. I've also written and participated in various research networks,

focusing on the impact of developmental adversity, particularly early life adversity. And I had a

book a few years ago that came out and covered a lot of that territory. My real interest is in

research and what are the social environmental factors in particular

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