Publications
Editorial Commentary: Resilience in child development--interconnected pathways to wellbeing." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.4 (2013): 333-6.
"Experiences of Fathers of Babies Admitted into a Neonatal Unit in a Tertiary Hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria." Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research (2019): 1-10.
"The Effects of Armed Conflict on Educational Attainment and Inequality. Washington, DC: Education Policy and Data Center, FHI 360, 2016.
Effects of home visits by paraprofessionals and by nurses: age 4 follow-up results of a randomized trial." Pediatrics. 114.6 (2004): 1560-8.
"Evidentiary foundations of nurse-family partnership,. Nurse-Family Partnership., 2011.
"Early-Life Adversity and Physical and Emotional Health Across the Lifespan: A Neuroimmune Network Hypothesis." Biological psychiatry. 80 (2016): 23-32.
"Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. Eds. B. T. Bowman, M. S. Donovan, and M. S. Burns. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.
Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial." The Lancet Global Health. 5.10 (2017): e1004-e1016.
"Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees." Scientific Reports. 15.1 (2025).
"The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems." Journal of family violence. 25 (2010): 53-63.
"ECD and early learning for children in crisis and conflict. Moving Minds Alliance, 2018.
Efficacy of a home-visiting intervention aimed at improving maternal sensitivity, child attachment, and behavioral outcomes for maltreated children: a randomized control trial." Dev. Psychopathol.. 23.1 (2011): 195-210.
"Early interventions to prevent mental disorders--learning lessons from the field of psychosis." Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 33 Suppl 2 (2011): s125-8.
"Epigenetic reprogramming in mammals." Hum. Mol. Genet.. 14 Spec No 1 (2005): R47-58.
"Early Childhood Matters 2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
The Effects of a Reading-Based Intervention on Emotion Processing in Children Who Have Suffered Early Adversity and War Related Trauma." Frontiers in Psychology. 12 (2021).
"Epigenetics and the biological definition of gene x environment interactions." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 41-79.
"Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse." Nat. Neurosci.. 12.3 (2009): 342-8.
"Emergent growth patterns of early education self-control problems among children from underresourced American families." Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 48 (2019): 1-13.
"Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling." PLoS medicine. 14 (2017): e1002233.
"Effects of early experience on female behavioural and reproductive development in rhesus macaques." Proc. Biol. Sci.. 272.1569 (2005): 1243-8.
"Early experience affects the intergenerational transmission of infant abuse in rhesus monkeys." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 102.27 (2005): 9726-9.
"Early maternal rejection affects the development of monoaminergic systems and adult abusive parenting in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)." Behav. Neurosci.. 120.5 (2006): 1017-24.
"The effectiveness of early head start for 3-year-old children and their parents: lessons for policy and programs." Dev Psychol. 41.6 (2005): 885-901.
"Emergency Child Care: Issues to Consider. Early Childhood Workforce Initiative, 2020.
Editorial: Developmental neuroscience comes of age." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 52 (2011): 333-8.
"Editorial: a global perspective on child and adolescent mental health." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 49 (2008): 221-5.
"Evaluation Report of the Better Parenting Project: National multisectoral collaboration on behalf of young children. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2007.
Early childhood development-global action is overdue." Lancet. 378 (2011): 1277-8.
"Evaluation report of the Father-Support Program. Istanbul, Turkey: Mother-Child Education Foundation Publications, 2004.
Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 103.27 (2006): 10155-62.
"Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AProc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103 (2006): 10155-10162.
"Ending violence in childhood. Global report 2017. New Delhi, India: Know Violence in Childhood, 2017.
Early Childhood Services for Young Refugee Children: Cross-Country Analysis. Moving Minds Alliance, 2020.
EARLY POSTPARTUM PARENTAL PREOCCUPATION AND POSITIVE PARENTING THOUGHTS: RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENT-INFANT INTERACTION." Infant Ment Health J. 34.2 (2013): 104-116.
"Early childhood development and psychosocial support in Syria." Forced Migration Review; Oxford.60 (2019): 8-10.
"Epigenetics: Significance of the gene-environment interface for brain development." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014. 65-77.
The early care and education teaching workforce at the fulcrum: An agenda for reform. New York, NY: Teacher's College Press, 2008.
Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness." American Journal of Public Health. 105.11 (2015): 2283-2290.
"Early childhood development: the global challenge." Lancet. 369 (2007): 8-9.
" "The Equalizing Power of Early Child Development: From the Commission on Social Determinants of Health to Action." Child Health Education. 1 (2007): 146-161.
"Early child development: A powerful equalizer. British Colmbia, Cananda: HELP Research Institute, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia, 2007.
The Effects of a Play-Based Preschool Learning Program in Rural Ghana. New Haven, CT US: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), 2018.
Early Caregiving Intervention Holds Promise for Long-term Improvements in Neural Function Following Adversity." Biological Psychiatry. 85.4 (2019): e15-e16.
"The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The Lancet. Public health. 2 (2017): e356-e366.
"Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults." Lancet (London, England). 371 (2008): 411-6.
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