Publications
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Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research." Nat. Rev. Neurosci.. 11.9 (2010): 651-9.
"The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis." Disasters. 33.1 (2009): 132-51.
"The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis." Disasters. 33 (2009): 132-51.
"Saving lives, preserving livelihoods: understanding risk, decision-making and child health in a food crisis." Soc Sci Med. 68.4 (2009): 758-65.
"Self-Regulation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Challenges and Future Directions." Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 22.1 (2019): 104-117.
"Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children." Science. 312 (2006): 1900-2.
"Social Policy: Targeting programs effectively." Nature human behaviour. 1 (2017).
"The science of early life toxic stress for pediatric practice and advocacy." Pediatrics. 131.2 (2013): 319-27.
"Stigma building blocks: how instruction and experience teach children about rejection by outgroups." Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 38.3 (2012): 357-69.
"Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 65 (2016): 35-43.
"Steps toward peace and violence prevention across generations: The potential of Early Child Development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 5-12.
"Steps Toward Peace and Violence Prevention Across Generations: The Potential of Early Child Development in the Context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018.159 (2018): 5-12.
"The significance of childhood competence and problems for adult success in work: a developmental cascade analysis." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.3 (2010): 679-94.
"The state of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s most vulnerable children. ECPC panel session summary report. G20 Civil Society (C20) Virtual Summit — C20 Saudi Arabia 2020. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2021.
Socio-economic status is associated with epigenetic differences in the pSoBid cohort." Int J Epidemiol. 41.1 (2012): 151-60.
"State of the world's fathers 2021: Structural solutions to achieve equality in care work. MenCare, 2021.
Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children's telomere length." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 111.16 (2014): 5944-9.
"Supporting the youngest refugees and their families. Moving Minds Alliance, 2019.
Social Science–Based Pathways to Reduce Social Inequality in Youth Outcomes and Opportunities at Scale." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7 (2021): 237802312110202.
"A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
School Bullying: Changing the Problem by Changing the School." School Psychology Review. 32.3 (2003).
"Social stressors, mental health, and physiological stress in an urban elite of young Afghans in Kabul." Am. J. Hum. Biol.. 20.6 (2008): 627-41.
"Sense of coherence and its association with exposure to traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." J Trauma Stress. 23 (2010): 313-21.
"Strategic Documentation of Violence against Healthcare: Towards a Methodology for Accountability." World Health Popul. 16 (2016): 31-7.
"Socio-emotional Programme Promotes Positive Behaviour in Preschoolers." Child Care in Practice. 15.4 (2009): 261-278.
"Systematic review: The exploration of the role of parenting and early learning programs in promoting positive development and peace building. New Haven, CT US: Yale Child Study Center, 2014.
Sector‐wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2020.172 (2020): 103-123.
"The signature of maternal rearing in the methylome in rhesus macaque prefrontal cortex and T cells." J. Neurosci.. 32.44 (2012): 15626-42.
"Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare-Referred Couples." Family Relations. 68.1 (2019): 51-67.
"Sustainable Development and Health: From Global to Local Agenda." Sustainable Development: An Appraisal of the Gulf Region. Ed. P. Sillitoe. New York: Berghahn Books, 2014. 391-415.
South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development., 2012.
Stress, Resilience, and the Role of Science: Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Boston, MA: Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2020.
Significant benefits, the High/Scope Perry Pre-School Study through age 27." Child welfare: Major themes in health and social welfare. Vol. IV. New York: Routledge, 2005. 9-29.
Science: Parenting. Vol. 345. Science , 345.6198. ScienceMag, 2014.
A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
Sexual Offenses Among Children in the North of Jordan: An Exploratory Study." J Child Sex Abus. 24.5 (2015): 538-54.
"School Bullying: Insights and Perspectives. Routledge, 1994.
Shaken baby syndrome and a triple-dose strategy for its prevention." J Trauma. 71.6 (2011): 1801-7.
"Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study." PLOS ONE. 14.4 (2019): e0213995.
" South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development., 2012.
The state of the world's children 2019: Growing well in a changing world children, food and nutrition. New York City: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2019.
The state of the world’s children: Adolescence – An age of opportunity. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2011.
Starting early to build stronger and more peaceful societies (Eng). New York : UNICEF, 2015.
The state of the world’s children 2006: excluded and invisible. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2006.
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020. New York City: United Nations, 2020.
Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education.. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Paper for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2007., 2007.
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