✨ New review paper in Developmental Psychobiology led by graduate student Kim-Chi Pham! We review literature investigating adverse effects of air pollution on neurocognitive development and health disparities in its impact. 🧠🏭 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… 1/n

Congrats to two of our PhD students on their presentations! Great work!

Just found out I received the 2023 APA Div 37 Early Career Award for Research on Child Maltreatment. Very grateful after many years (almost 15, how is that possible!?) of blood (maybe?), sweat (yes), tears (definitely)…and tendonitis (LOL, but true).

Lab honors student Anna Rini had a great poster presentation at the University of Denver Undergraduate Research Showcase today, making DU Psychology and The Sokol-Hessner Lab at DU proud! Go Anna! 👩‍🔬📊💪🎉

SOOO excited to share a terrific new paper by our fabulous postdoc Dr. LillyBelle Deer and RAs Chen Su natalie thwaites overviewing the literature on prenatal stress physiology and CVD risk. DU SEED Research Institute DU Psychology

We have immediate therapy openings at our Center for Child and Family Psychology. Please reach out to 303-871-3306 for more info, or fill out the clinic contact form at the link below. redcap.du.edu/surveys/?s=APW…

We love seeing graduate + undergrad students and faculty + staff come out for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience/DCN Research Night! Learn more about our ugrad Cog Neuro concentration here: liberalarts.du.edu/academics-admi…. And check out the DCN concentration in our grad programs!

Shannon Powers examines the effects of substance exposure on parenting neural mechanisms using multiple modalities at University of Denver. In her current work, she examines how prenatal cannabis exposure affects parenting interactions after pregnancy by using MRI. College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences DU Psychology

Check out this new article from Dr. Pilyoung Kim - How an ‘Active Coping Style’ Helps New Mothers Deal With Stresses of Parenthood
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Welcome to our newest cohort of graduate students! Our 9 new students arrived on campus this week and are taking part in a weeklong orientation. We are so excited to have you at DU!

Check out this amazing infographic of Melissa Nevarez-Brewster (she/her/ella)’s latest findings on ACEs, BCEs, and prenatal sleep quality! And of course be sure to check out the full paper too 😉

My first graduate school baby is out! In a sample of 164 pregnant individuals, we find that adverse and benevolent childhood experiences predict sleep quality during pregnancy, controlling for SES and current stressful life events. 🧵doi.org/10.1007/s42844…

Check out the important work my colleague and friend Kathryn R Fox is doing to reduce suicide risk for teens: liberalarts.du.edu/news-events/al…

Excited to be hosting this year's PsychinOut 🧠 Application Workshop Series! We have 3 sessions planned for July 20, July 27, and Aug 3 at 6pm ET, led and moderated by my amazing PO friends. Link to RSVP: bit.ly/3yQcd1P

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First first-author publication is available online! Using longitudinal data from Add Health, we found that adult and teacher support interacted with parental support during adolescence to predict depressive symptoms & romantic quality 14 years later.

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Learn more about the fantastic work our SEED Research Center does in this awesome new article! du.edu/news/dus-seed-…

New paper alert! Grad student Laura River, Prof Angela Narayan + their collaborators looked at narrative coherence about romantic partners during pregnancy. Check out what they discovered about links to childhood maltreatment & PTSD: rdcu.be/cMCJM #psychologymatters

Current graduate student Kenzie Maher (MA '22) and alum Hannah Friedman (BA '20) connected at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual Convention this past week. We love seeing our students in action!