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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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The worst and the best: new insights into risk and resilience in young adults from the COVID-19 pandemic. Adversity and resilience science, 4(3):291-305.
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Positive Prospective Mental Imagery Characteristics in Young Adults and Their Associations with Depressive Symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47(4):695-706.
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An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research. Discover Social Science and Health, 3(1):14.
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When Substance Use Is Underreported: Comparing Self-Reports and Hair Toxicology in an Urban Cohort of Young Adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(7):791-804.
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Self-, other-, and dual-harm during adolescence: a prospective-longitudinal study of childhood risk factors and early adult correlates. Psychological Medicine, 53(9):3995-4003.
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Adult criminal outcomes of juvenile justice involvement. Psychological Medicine, 53(8):3711-3718.
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Parental supervision positively impacts children’s economic prospects two decades later: A prospective longitudinal study. PLoS ONE, 18 (5)(e0286218):1-12.
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Longitudinal associations between specific types of emotional reactivity and psychological, physical health, and school adjustment. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2):509-523.
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Defining despair: Assessing the multidimensionality of despair and its association with suicidality and substance use in early to middle adulthood. Social Science & Medicine, 320:115764.
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Physiologic and Behavioral Correlates of Energy Intake in Emerging Adulthood: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the RIGHT Track Health Study. Journal of Nutrition, 153(1):88-95.
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Developmental Trajectories of Self-, Other-, and Dual-Harm across Adolescence: The Role of Relationships with Peers and Teachers. Psychopathology, 56(1-2):138-147.
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Childhood loneliness as a specific risk factor for adult psychiatric disorders. Psychological Medicine, 53(1):227-235.
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Suicidal ideation and self-injury in LGB youth: a longitudinal study from urban Switzerland. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16:21.
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Early adversities accelerate epigenetic aging into adulthood: a 10‐year, within‐subject analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(11):1308-1315.
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Associations of different hormonal contraceptive methods with hair concentrations of cortisol, cortisone, and testosterone in young women. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 12:100161.
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Parental perception of mental health needs in young children. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27(4):328-334.
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Long-term Outcomes of Childhood Family Income Supplements on Adult Functioning. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(10):1020-1026.
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Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescents’ Unhealthy Behavior: A 15-year Longitudinal Study. Pediatrics, 150(4):e2022056562.
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Do “Real World” Childhood Mental Health Services Reduce Risk for Adult Psychiatric Disorders?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(8):1041-1049.e7.
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Prevalence and Correlates of Physical-mental Multimorbidity in Outpatient Children From a Pediatric Hospital in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 67(8):626-637.