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	Promoting Resilient and Thriving Stress Responses presented by Dr. Christyn Dolbier April 24, 2009 Christyn Dolbier, Ph.D., winner of the second annual Lovett Distinguished Alumni Award, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 with an interdisciplinary degree in Health Education and Psychology, and went on to complete postdoctoral training in Health Psychology at the University of California at San Francisco. Her research interests focus on developing and evaluating interventions to protect against the negative effects of stressors and facilitate resilient stress responses, particularly in populations that have demonstrated detrimental health outcomes as a result of stress such as pregnant women. She also has expertise in assessing psychological and physiological stress responses, and identifying resilience factors that help protect against the negative effects of stressors and enable people to adapt favorably to stressors.	Dr. Dolbier (r.) with Dr. Steinhardt
	Dr. Young's Speech a Hit On Friday September 28 2007, Dr. Deborah Rohm Young spoke to a "standing room only" crowd on the topic Physical Activity Interventions for Adolescent Girls: Lessons Learned and Next Steps as part of the 2007 McCraw Lecture Series. Dr. Young, winner of the first Annual Dorothy Lovett Distinguished Alumni Award, fielded questions from a rapt audience until the very end of the allotted time and all present were pleased to have attended such an informative and interesting event.	Dr. Lovett and Dr. Young at the lecture