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Appointments and affiliations
I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich (UZH, Switzerland), where I conduct research at the intersection of developmental, clinical, and health psychology. I am also associated with the «Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development», «The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course» (LIFE), and the «z-Proso International Research Network».
I am also affiliated with the «Center for Developmental Epidemiology» at Duke University Medical Center, USA, and hold an adjunct appointment in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH).
Curriculum vitae
I received my education at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (Germany), Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier (France), and The Pennsylvania State University, State College (USA). Upon receiving my PhD at Penn State, I was a «National Institute of Child Health and Human Development» (NICHD) post-doctoral fellow at the «Carolina Consortium on Human Development» at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Center for Developmental Epidemiology, Duke University Medical Center.
From 2008 to 2011, I was Assistant Professor of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro, working at the intersection of Developmental and Clinical Psychology. From 2012 to 2016, I was Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in the UNC-Chapel Hill Developmental Psychology program.
Research focus
- Intersection of mental and physical health in the early life course
- Development of depression and anxiety from childhood to young adulthood
- Integrating models of psychosocial (e.g., family dysfunction) and biological risk (e.g., inflammation)
- Sex differences in development
Publications
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Publications
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Disentangling the effects of self-control and the use of tobacco and cannabis on violence perpetration from childhood to early adulthood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(3):1063-1074.
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Words versus Strands: Reliability and Stability of Concordance Rates of Self-Reported and Hair-Analyzed Substance Use of Young Adults over Time. European Addiction Research, 31(1):60-74.
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Positive cognitive reappraisal flexibility is associated with lower levels of perceived stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 183:104653.
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No evidence for an association of testosterone and cortisol hair concentrations with social decision-making in a large cohort of young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19(1):1-8.
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The Role of Early Adolescence in Subsequent Risk and Resilience. Journal of Early Adolescence, 44(9):1097-1123.
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Early Adolescent Predictors of Young Adults’ Distress and Adaptive Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of Early Adolescence, 44(9):1250-1280.
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Substance Use–Related Alterations of Social Decision Making in a Longitudinal Cohort of Young Adults. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 9(10):1058-1065.
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The Influence of Different Dimensions of the Parent–Child Relationship in Childhood as Longitudinal Predictors of Substance Use in Late Adolescence. The Mediating Role of Self-Control. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22(5):3073-3090.
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Cannabis Use from Early Adolescence to the Mid-Twenties in Children of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Parents: Findings from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction:1-22.
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Higher paracetamol levels are associated with elevated glucocorticoid concentrations in hair: findings from a large cohort of young adults. Archives of Toxicology, 98(7):2261-2268.
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Imager - A mobile health mental imagery‐based ecological momentary intervention targeting reward sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16(2):576-596.
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Associations of actigraphy‐assessed sleep variables with adiposity and serum cardiometabolic outcomes in emerging adults. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(2):e14068.
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Intergenerational Effects of a Family Cash Transfer on the Home Environment. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(3):336-344.
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Self-concept in Adolescents with Physical-Mental Comorbidity. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13:1-20.
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Adult Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders, and Functional Outcomes of Children Resilient to Early Adversity. American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(12):906-913.
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Associations of psychoactive substances and steroid hormones in hair: Findings relevant to stress research from a large cohort of young adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 157:106369.
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Substance use in sexual minority youth: prevalence in an urban cohort. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(1):109.
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A Deadly Drop in Rankings: How the United States Was Left Behind in Global Life Expectancy Trends. American Journal of Public Health, 113(9):961-963.