Excited to report findings from our Care Project RCT in eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science showing that reducing maternal depression during pregnancy benefits birth outcome!
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Excited to share our new pub out in Psychoneuroendocrinology !! We found that higher initial levels of pregnancy-related anxiety and flatter declines of pregnancy-related anxiety over gestation were associated with lower neonatal hair cortisol (free until June 13).
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So excited to announce that I received a P.E.O. Scholar Award for my work at DU Psychology DU SEED Research Institute DOOM Lab! Very honored and grateful to be recognized by an organization that supports women in higher education. Special thank you to my local chapter DO for nominating me.

Come work with the brilliant Dr. Sheila E. Crowell on an innovative new study testing mother, partner, and infant sleep and risk for attention and behavior dysregulation in beautiful Eugene, Oregon!

🪩💃🏻 NEW PUBLICATION 💃🏻🪩

Nonlinear dynamics among risk factors for postpartum psychopathology + suicide.

This project means so much to me 💛

Will be presenting Association for Psychological Science #aps2024sf w/ Shayan Asadi Miguel Blacutt & Daniel P. Moriarity | @dpmoriarity.bsky.social this May!

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Overjoyed to announce I'll be starting as a TT Assistant Professor in the HDFS department at Auburn University this fall! It is an absolute dream come true!

Beyond grateful to my amazing mentors Liz Conradt and Nick Wagner, who have supported and guided me throughout this journey🙏🏻

Our new paper DU SEED Research Institute DUPsych led by the fantastic Natasha Bailey Natasha Bailey, with Curt Sandman and Laura Glynn, looks at the role of the understudied hormone DHEA in addition to cortisol during pregnancy.

Can we diagnose anhedonia in INFANTS? is infant anhedonia predictive of adolescent #mentalhealth ? see novel, easy, validated instrument sciencedirect.com/science/articl… from contecenter.uci.edu . kudos to Laura Glynn & team.

The brilliant Nathalie, M.A. is featured on the University of Denver College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences website today! Come read about the incredible work she’s doing in her PhD program! DU Psychology DU SEED Research Institute liberalarts.du.edu/news-events/al…

What a moment for women's health! nature.com/articles/s4159…

If this movement resonates, come join a growing community of neuroscientists dedicated to applying the best technology and methods available to advance women's brain health.💥 wbhi.ucsb.edu 💥

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Addressing the development of increasing or chronic #socialjetlag during adolescence can help prevent abnormal BMI in young adulthood. Practitioners should consider sex differences in treatment or consultation. ow.ly/EvZJ50Qqyfz #adolescents #obesity

Our new article of the maternal brain published in Nature Neuroscience. I feel so grateful to witness how the fascinating neuroscience of pregnancy is receiving more & more attention. This is to all the mothers in the world. You deserve to be listened & studied. We have your back 💙

One of my biggest milestones of 2023 - seeing this research evolve from an U.S. National Science Foundation GRFP proposal to my master’s thesis and now a published manuscript! Beyond excited to share this work with everyone - doi.org/10.1002/jts.23…

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Check out our new paper in Sleep Medicine exploring why parents give their child melatonin and what contributes to their decision:
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Our study linking prenatal sleep health and offspring neurodevelopment in the ECHO Child Health Research is out!
We found lots of interesting things, but most interesting of all that second trimester sleep may be most closely related to neurodevelopment in the next generation!

Shout out to Özlü Aran and Danielle Swales DU SEED Research Institute DU Psychology for leading a terrific collaborative effort with Riikka Korja and the FinnBrain Team as well as The UCI Conte Center team Natasha Bailey , Laura Glynn, Hal Stern, Tallie Z Baram

Are you a healthcare provider who works with perinatal populations? PLEASE complete this 2 min survey, especially you, #SleepPeeps . Please share widely!

Trabajas con pacientes perinatales?, por favor llena esta encuesta (toma 2 minutos)! Por favor comparte, queremos saber de ti!

Recruiting grad student (either clinical or neuroscience) to study obstetric racism and perinatal health disparities in Latine birthing people. marquette.edu/psychology/frl… Contact me for more info. Join us!!

✨ 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

New paper out! Effects of the mentrual cycle on the cortisol awakening response (CAR) smaller than expected. Check it out: authors.elsevier.com/c/1i7OU15hUdav…