Biography:

Hannah Apsley is a Beckman-Brown Postdoctoral Fellow in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. She received her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State in May 2025.

Her research interests center around the dynamic mother-child dyad in the context of maternal substance use and recovery. She aims to develop interventions and technologies that simultaneously 1) foster positive developmental outcomes for children affected by maternal substance use, as well as 2) promote long-term health and recovery for mothers with a history of substance use.