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Sponsored by The Ewald W. Busse, MD, ScD Lectureship Endowment Fund

Dr. Dias is a South Asian-American Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Pediatrics at the USC Keck School of Medicine and directs a research laboratory at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Dr. Dias and his team study how legacies of stress echo across generations. From their discoveries, they aim to inform therapeutic and policy interventions to mitigate multi-generational legacies of stress. A recipient of a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Award from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Dr. Dias is a Fellow in CIFAR's Child & Brain Development Program. Committed to educating and mentoring the next generations of scientists, Dr. Dias has been awarded an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship in partnership with one of his graduate students, mentors high-schoolers through the CHLA High School Summer Internship Program, and was awarded the 2025 student nominated and selected Bosco S Tjan Mentoring Award by the USC Neuroscience Graduate Program. Sought after as a thought leader and gifted science communicator, among other engagements, Dr. Dias has spoken about legacies of trauma on stage (TEDx), radio (NPR) and TV (Your Fantastic Mind - PBS). Complementing his research, Dr. Dias is deeply invested in knowledge mobilization. He taught Neuroscience to Tibetan Buddhist monastics through the Emory Tibet Science Initiative (2012-2019) and consults on the N.E.A.R. (Neurobiology, Epigenetics, Adversity, Resilience) education curriculum for FamilyWise Services - a Minnesota-based organization that aims to strengthen families by promoting wellbeing of children. See for more information.