News & Updates

Did you know that ACEs and PACEs Awareness Day is officially observed in Oklahoma each year on April 7th? Learn about this special day and join us in raising awareness about the importance of positive and protective experiences in helping children, families, and communities thrive! In this video, Drs. Jennifer Hays-Grudo and Amanda Morris share the origins of ACEs and PACEs Awareness Day and reflect on what PACEs mean to them.

June 2025 Congratulations to our incredible students on their important contribution to protective experiences in diverse communities and...

June 2024 Members of our PACEs Lab attended ISSBD in Lisbon, Portugal. We presented two posters and one workshop with our international...

April 2024 Members of our PACEs lab attended SRA and presented two posters on PACEs. Click below to view them!

March 2024 PACEs Lab members attended the Oklahoma State University's 2024 Bridging the Gap Conference, which focused on NEAR Science...

November 2023 For any parents (or soon-to-be parents) that have wondered what they can do to raise a resilient, stable, and healthy child...

December 2023 During our PACEs retreat, our whole lab gathered to discuss our research goals for the future, our accomplishments...

December 2023 We celebrated our lab's ongoing research on ACEs and PACEs with a puppy party, where all of our lab members (and their...

October 2023 Our team had the pleasure of participating in a symposium titled “Positive Child and Adult Experiences as Resilience...