Dr. Rachel Yehuda

Director, Traumatic Stress Studies Division, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Yehuda is a leading researcher in the field of trauma and its intergenerational effects, focusing on how exposure to trauma can alter gene expression.

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The Inheritance of Trauma: Can Pain Really Be Passed Down Through Generations — or Is Epigenetics Being Oversold?

Can the trauma your grandparents lived through actually rewire your biology — or has epigenetics become a buzzword stretched far beyond what the science supports? Dr. Rachel Yehuda and Dr. Bruce Perry debate whether pain truly gets passed down through generations, or whether environment and upbringing tell most of the story.

Jun 23, 2026