Recent Accomplishments

SELECT GRANTS

Miller, M. (PI): Early Identification of ADHD: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study. 2022-2023 UC Davis Behavioral Health Center for Excellence Pilot Award, Amount: $50,000. 

Choe, D.E. (PI): Healthy Offspring, Mothers, and Emotions Project. COVID-19 Research Accelerator Funding Track (CRAFT) 2.0 Program. UC Davis Provost’s Office. Submitted November 2022 (funded $40,000 from December 22, 2022 to December 22, 2023). 

Hernández, M. (PI):Promoting mental health resilience and mitigating covid-19 stressors in middle school.” UC Davis-HMS partnership for promoting mental health resilience in middle school - sponsored by the University of California, Davis, Public Scholarship and Engagement Research. https://www.air.org/covid-19-and-equity-education-community-researchers#promoting

Hagerman, R. (PI): “A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of metformin in individuals with fragile X syndrome. Azrieli Foundation. 

Prado, E. (PI): "Investigation of a new sequential multiple hit model to examine risk and resilience in a prospective longitudinal cohort of children in Ghana.” R03 research grant. Co-investigators: Haiying Yuan, Paul Hastings, and Amanda Guyer at University of California, Davis, and Seth Adu-Afarwuah at the University of Ghana.

Schweitzer, J. (PI): “Can fidgeting lead to enhanced attention and emotional regulation in adult ADHD?” National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health.

Swartz, J.R. (PI): “Risk and protective factors associated with the development of depression and allostatic load in young adults of Mexican origin.” R01 research grant, National Institute of Mental Health.

Huo, M. (PI): “Empathy, Support Exchanges, and Well-being in Older Couples Coping with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease.” National Institute on Aging funded R21 research grant.

Sparapani, N (PI). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Exploration ($1,699,998) Examining How Teacher-Student Interactions within Mathematics and Literacy Instructional Contexts Relate to the Developmental and Academic Outcomes of Early Elementary Students with Autism; Grant #R324A210288 Grant Duration: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2025. IES Exploratory Project: https://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/21awards.asp.

Solomon, M. (PI), Guyer, A.E. “Neural and Behavioral Predictors of Cognitive Dvelopment and Internalizing Problems in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” R01 grant award of $3,872.709. National Institute of Mental Health.

Swartz, J.R. (PI): “Brazilian-American Initiative on Neuroimaging for Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (BRAIN-IDEA)”. R21 Research grant. National Institutes of Health.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS 

Abbeduto, L., del Hoyo Soriano, L., Berry-Kravis. E., Sterling, A., Edgin4, J.O., Abdelnur, N., Drayton, A., Hoffmann, A., Hamilton, D., Harvey, D.J., & Thurman, A.J. (2023). Expressive language sampling and outcome measures for treatment trials in fragile X and Down syndromes: Composite scores and psychometric properties. Scientific Reports, 13, 9267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36087-3

del Hoyo Soriano, L., Villarreal, J., & Abbeduto, L. (2023). Parental survey on Spanish-English bilingualism in neurotypical development and neurodevelopmental disabilities in the United States. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-023-00325-6

Stahmer, A.C., Suhrheinrich, J., Rieth, S.R., Roesch, Scott, Vejnoska, S., Chan, J., Nahmias, A., & Wang, T. (2023). A Waitlist Randomized Implementation Trial of Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching for Students with Autism. Focus on autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 38(1), 32–44. https://doi.org/10.1177/10883576221133486

Boyer, C. J., Ugarte, E., Buhler-Wassmann, A. C., & Hibel, L. C. (2022). Latina mothers navigating COVID-19: Within- and between-family stress processes over time. Family Relations. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12748

Ugarte, E., & Hastings, P. D. (2023). Assessing unpredictability in caregiver-child relationships: Insights from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Development & Psychopathology, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000305

Choe, D. E., Deer, L. K., & Hastings, P. D. (2023). Latent class analysis of maternal depression from pregnancy through early childhood: Differences in children’s executive functions. Developmental Psychology, 59(8), 1452-1463. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001540

Choe, D. E., Olwert, M. R., & Golden, A. B. (2023). Cognitive and psychophysiological predictors of inductive and physical discipline among parents of preschool-aged children. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001140

Snyder, A.L., Bonus, J.A., & Cingel, D.P. (2023). Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media. Journal of Children and Media, 17(1), 154-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2173856

Cingel, D. P., Snyder, A. L., & Vigil, S. L. (2023). Minding children’s media morals: Parents’ moral foundation salience differentially relates to attitudes and motivations toward children’s educational media. Mass Communication and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2226645 

Huo, M., Kim, K., & Haghighat, M. D. (2023). Changes in self-perceptions of aging among Black and White older adults: The role of volunteering. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(5), 830–840. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad007 

Huo, M., & Kim, K. (2022). Volunteering dynamics and life satisfaction: Self-perceptions of aging as a buffer. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences77(2), 321–331. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab104

Falbe, J., Grummon, A. H., & Krieger, J. W. (2022). Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and population health outcomes. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(2), 129–131. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5051

Gee, K. (2022). Household Food Insecurity Associated with Decline in Attentional Focus of Young Children with Disabilities, UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research (CPIR) Policy Brief: https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/post/household-food-insecurity-associated-decline-attentional-focus-young-children-disabilities

Hernández, M. M., Taylor, Z. E., & Jones, B. L. (2022). Fostering academic competence in Latinx youth: The role of cultural values and parenting behaviors. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221095054

Partington, L. C., Mashash, M., & Hastings, P. D. (2022). Family thriving during covid-19 and the benefits for children’s well-Being. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879195

Beard, S. J., Hastings, P. D., Ferrer, E., Robins, R. W., & Guyer, A. E. (2022). Neural response to social exclusion moderates the link between adolescent anxiety symptoms and substance use. Biological Psychiatry, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging7(2), 180–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.06.00

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Li, J. (2023). Parenting stress and food Monitoring: Relationship quality as moderator [poster]. Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Snyder, A.L. (2023). Mobile media use for emotion regulation in the family context during early childhood [poster]. Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Sigal, M. (2023). Actual and perceived paternal behaviors related to Latino adolescents’ academics [poster]. Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.   

Vang, T. (2023). When the school embraces ethnic diversity, all students belong: A structural model [poster]. Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. 

Olwert, M.R. (2023) A latent profile analysis of body image and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adolescent males [poster]. Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. 

Frazier, M.R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between ventral striatum activity and depression and anhedonia symptoms in a Brazilian cohort of adolescents [poster]. Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 

Cordero, A. L. (2023). Longitudinal associations between amygdala-prefrontal cortex connectivity and depression symptoms in Brazilian adolescents [poster]. Society for Biological Psychiatry, San Diego, California.

Haghighat, M. D. (2022). When love hurts: Ambivalent ties influence the link between functional limitations and well-being. Paper presented at annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN. 

Sigal, M. (2022). “I found a way to love myself”: Relationships, self-care, and accomplishments during COVID-19 [poster]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY.  

AWARDS

Elisa Ugarte: Provost’s Dissertation Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (2022-2023) 

Madeline Olwert: Jastro Shields Graduate Student Research Award (2023)

Misha Haghighat: Gerontological Society of America BSS Student Travel Award (2022)

Andrea Cordero: Learning, Memory, and Plasticity (LaMP) T32 training grant

Ryan Hodge: Graduate Advisor to the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Chancellor (GSADC, 2022-2023)

Maciel Hernández: Hellman Fellowship (2022)

Randi Hagerman: Hibbard E Williams Lifetime Achievement Award from UC Davis School of Medicine (2022)

Kevin Gee: Outstanding Faculty Award from the UC Davis chapter of the Asian Pacific American UC-Systemwide Alliance (APASA, 2022)