Faculty Profile

Tess Lefmann
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Email: tlefmann@olemiss.edu

Key Words: Epigenetics, Infant Brain Development, Neuroscience, Prenatal Stress, Social Work

Research Description: Dr. Lefmann's areas of research include the physiology of stress during pregnancy, infant brain development, and epigenetics.

Honors Theses:

Kelly, Kathryn Grace (2022) The Long-Term Health and Developmental Impacts of Children Born at Low Birth Weight (full text)

Chance, Amy (2020) Mississippi Immigration Raids: Implications for Social Workers (full text)

Sullivan, Grace Marie (2017) A Qualitative Process Evaluation of a Meal Service Program. (full text)