1. Wazana A (2018). Dream-Big: Complex and novel approaches to studying developmental psychopathology
       a. Wazana A, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Szekely E, Greenwood C
          The Latent Environmental and Genetic InTeraction model
          (LEGIT): The next step in GxE interaction testing
       b. Szekely E, Neumann A, Sallis H, Pearson R, Tiemeier H, Evans J, Wazana A
          Does it matter for the offspring what stresses the mother during pregnancy?
          A longitudinal, multi-cohort study of antenatal maternal stress and early
          life offspring psychopathology
      c. King L, O’Donnell K, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Szekely E, Wazana A
          Resilience in the context of Cumulative Early Life Adversity
      d. Marshall C, Gordon Green C, King L, Szekely E, Wazana A
         Environmental and child characteristics as moderators of the relationship
         between prenatal depression and early child internalizing problems
 Book of Abstracts – Symposium
    2018 World Association for Infant Mental Health
    Rome, Italy (May 2018)

2. Wazana A (chair) Lahey B (discussant). (2017). DREAM BIG – An international multi-site collaboration modelling the complex prediction of psychopathology.
       a. Wazana A, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Szekely E, Greenwood C, Sassi R, Kennedy J, Meaney M
           GxE modelling with weighted genetic score and weighted environmental score
 Book of Abstracts – Symposium
   International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Biennial Scientific Meeting
   Amsterdam, Holland (July 2017)

Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Wazana A, Székely E, Kennedy JL, Meaney MJ, Greenwood C.M.T. and the MAVAN team (2019) Alternating optimization for G×E modelling with weighted genetic and environmental scores: Examples from the MAVAN study. Psychological Methods, 24(2), 196-216.

Unternaehrer E, Cost KT, Bouvette‐Turcot AA, Gaudreau H, Massicotte R, Dhir SK, Dass SAH, O’Donnell KJ, Gordon-Green C, Atkinson L, Levitan RD, Wazana A, Steiner M, Lydon JE, Clark R, Fleming AS and Meaney MJ on behalf of the MAVAN research team. (2019), Dissecting maternal care: Patterns of maternal parenting in a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31(9), e12784. 

Wazana, A. (2017). Les jeux ne sont pas faits à la naissance! Le furet. 87. 

Maunder R, Hunter J, Atkinson L, Steiner M, Gaudreau H, Wazana A, Fleming A, Moss E, Gaudreau H, Meaney M, Levitan R. (2017). An attachment-based model of the relationship between childhood adversity and somatization in children and adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(5), 506-513.

Gordon Green C, Babineau V, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Bouvette-Turcot A, Klaus Minde K, Sassi R, St-André M, Carrey N, Atkinson L, Kennedy JL, Lydon J, Gaudreau H, Levitan R, Meaney M, Wazana A. (2017). Prenatal maternal depression and child 5-HTTLPR and DRD4 genotype predict negative emotionality from 3 to 36 months. Development and Psychopathology, 29 (3), 901-917.

Levitan, R, Jansen P, Wendland B, Tiemeier H, Jaddoe V, Silveira P, Kennedy JL, Atkinson L, Fleming A, Sokolowski M, Gaudreau H, Steiner M, Dubé L, Hamilton J, Moss E, Wazana A, Meaney M. (2017). A DRD4 gene by maternal sensitivity interaction predicts risk for overweight or obesity in two independent cohorts of preschool children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(2),180-188. 

Graffi J, Moss E, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Moss G, Lecompte V, Pascuzzo K, Babineau V, Gordon-Green C, Mileva V, Sassi R, Steiner N, Kennedy JL, Gaudreau H, Levitan R, Meaney M and Wazana A for the MAVAN project. (2015). The Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene, Birth Weight, Maternal Depression, Maternal Attention, and the Prediction of Disorganized Attachment at 36 Months of Age: A Prospective Gene x Environment Analysis. Infant Behavior and Development, 50,64-77. 

Jonas W, Atkinson L, Meaney M, Wazana A, Steiner M and Fleming AS on behalf of the MAVAN research team. (2015). Breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity predict early infant temperament. A Prospective Cohort Study. Acta Pediatrica,104(7):678-86.

Wazana A, Moss E, Graffi J, Pascuzzo K, Tsabari G, Lecompte V, Babineau V, Gordon-Green C, Kennedy JL, Fleming A, Gaudreau H, Levitan R, Meaney M. (2015). The interplay of child birth weight, dopamine D4 receptor genes and early maternal care in the prediction of disorganized attachment at 36 months of age. Development and Psychopathology, 27(4 Pt 1),1145-61.

Bouvette-Turcot A-A, Fleming A, Wazana A, Sokolowski M, Gaudreau, Gonzalez A, Deslauriers J, Kennedy J, Steiner M and Meaney MJ on behalf of the MAVAN Research Team. (2015). Maternal childhood adversity and child temperament: An association moderated by child 5‐HTTLPR genotype. Genes Brain and Behaviour, 14(3), 229-37.

Babineau V, Gordon Green C, Bouvette-Turcot A, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Minde K, Sassi R, St-André M, Carrey N, Atkinson L, Kennedy JL, Lydon J, Gaudreau H, Levitan R, Meaney M, Wazana A. (2015). Prenatal Depression and 5-HTTLPR Interact to Predict Dysregulation from 3 to 36 months – A differential susceptibility model. Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry. 56(1), 21-29.

Graffi J, Moss E, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Tsabari G, Lecompte V, Pascuzzo K, Babineau V, Gordon-Green C, Mileva V, Minde K, Sassi R, St-André M, Carrey N, Steiner N, Kennedy JL, Gaudreau H, Levitan R, Meaney M and Wazana A for the MAVAN project. (2015). The Effects of Small Birth Weight for Gestational Age and Polymorphisms of the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene on Attachment Styles of Preschool Children. McGill Student Undergraduate Research Journal, 10, 30-36.

Wazana A, Moss E, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Graffi J, Tsabari G, Lecompte V, Pascuzzo K, Babineau V, Gordon-Green C, Mileva V, Atkinson L, Minde K, Bouvette-Turcot AA, Sassi R, St-André M, Carrey N, Matthews S, Sokolowski M, Lydon J, Gaudreau H, Steiner M, Kennedy JL, Fleming A, Levitan R, Meaney MJ. (2015). The interplay of child birth weight, dopamine D4 receptor genes and early maternal care in the prediction of disorganized attachment at 36 months of age. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1145-1161.

Jonas W, Atkinson L, Meaney M, Wazana A, Steiner M and Fleming AS on behalf of the MAVAN research team. (2015). Breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity predict early infant temperament. A Prospective Cohort Study. Acta Pediatrica, 104 (7), 678-686.

Bouvette-Turcot AA, Fleming A, Wazana A, Sokolowski M, Gaudreau, Gonzalez A, Deslauriers J, Kennedy J, Steiner M and Meaney MJ on behalf of the MAVAN Research Team. (2015). Maternal childhood adversity and child temperament: an association moderated by child 5-HTTLPR genotype. Genes, Brain and Behaviour, 14(3), 229-237.

O’Donnell KA, Gaudreau H, Mileva-Seitz V, Colalillo S, Bouvette-Turcot AA, Pennestri MH, Deslauriers J, O’Donnell K, Wendland B, Fleming A, Steiner M, Silveira PF, Lydon J, Wazana A, Minde K, Matthews SG, Atkinson L, Goldberg S, Moss E, Sokolowski M, Kennedy J, Levitan RD, and Meaney MJ on behalf of the MAVAN Research Team. (2014). Maternal Adversity vulnerability and neurodevelopment project. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 59(9):497-508.

Neuwald MF, Agranonik M, Portella AK, Fleming A, Wazana A, Steiner M, Levitan R, Meaney M, Silveira PP on behalf of the MAVAN* Study Team. (2014). Transgenerational effects of maternal care interact with fetal growth and influence attention skills at 18 months of age. Human Development, 90(5): 241-246. 

Levitan RD, Silveira P, Steiner M, Gaudreau H, Hamilton J, Kennedy JL, Davis C, Dube L, Gruber R, Fellows L, Matthews S, Meaney MJ. (2014). Sex differences in the association between impulsivity, dietary intake and/or overweight status in pre-school children. International Journal of Obesity, 39, 614–619.

Mileva-Seitz V, Kennedy JL, Steiner M, Meaney MJ, Atkinson L, Levitan R, Sokolowski MB, Fleming AS. (2013). Interaction between oxytocin (OXT) genotype and early experience predicts quality of mothering and postpartum mood. PLoS One, 18;8(4).

Bernier A, Beauchamp M, Bouvette-Turcot A-A, Carlson SM, Carrier J. (2013). Sleep and cognition in preschool years : Specific links to executive functioning. Child Development, 84(5):1542-53. 

Ooi C, Kennedy JL and Levitan RD. (2012). A putative model of overeating and obesity based on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF): Direct and indirect pathways. Behavioural Neuroscience, 126, 505-14.

Silveira PP, Agranonik M, Faras H, Portella AK, Meaney MJ, Levitan RD. (2012). Preliminary Evidence for an Impulsivity-Based Thrifty Eating Phenotype. Pediatric Research, 71, 293-8.

Mileva-Seitz V, Fleming AS, Meaney MJ, Mastroianni A, Sinnwell JP, Steiner M, Atkinson L, Levitan RD, Matthews SG, Kennedy JL, Sokolowski MB. (2012). Dopamine genes and mothering: receptors D1 and D2 are related to observed maternal behavior. Genes, Brain, & behavior, 11, 684-694.

Lord C, Steiner M, Soares C, Carew C, Hall G. (2012). Stress response in postpartum women with and without obsessive-compulsive symptoms: an fMRI study. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 37, 78-86.

Mileva-Seitz V, Kennedy J, Atkinson L, Steiner M, Levitan R, Matthews SG, Meaney MJ, Sokolowski MB, Fleming, AS. (2011). Serotonin transporter allelic variation in mothers predicts maternal sensitivity, behaviour, and attitudes toward 6-month-old infants. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 10, 325-333.

Mileva-Seitz V., Fleming A.S. (2011). How Mothers Are Born: A Psychobiological Analysis of Mothering. In: Booth A., McHale S., Landale N. (eds) Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes. National Symposium on Family Issues, 3-34. 

Lord C, Rieder A, Hall G, Soares CN, Steiner M. (2011). Piloting the perinatal obsessive- compulsive scale (POCS): development and validation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25,1079-1084.

Lord C, Hall G, Soares CN, Steiner M. (2011). Physiological stress response in postpartum women with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 133-138.

Belay H, Burton CL, Lovic V, Meaney MJ, Sokolowski M, Fleming AS. (2011). Early adversity and serotonin transporter genotype interact with hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor mRNA expression, corticosterone, and behavior in adult male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125, 150-60.

[1] Mining Early Life Risk and Resiliency Factors and Their Influences in Human Populations from PubMed: A Machine Learning Approach to Discover DOHaD Evidence

[2] Abdul-Hussein, A., Kareem, A., Tewari, S., Bergeron, J., Briollais, L., Challis, J. R. G., Davidge, S. T., Delrieux, C., Fortier, I., Goldowitz, D., Nepomnaschy, P., Wazana, A., & Connor, K. L. (2021). Early life risk and resiliency factors and their influences on developmental outcomes and disease pathways: a rapid evidence review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, 12(3), 357–372. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174420000689

Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Wazana A, Székely E, Kennedy JL, Meaney MJ, Greenwood C.M.T. and the MAVAN team (2019) Alternating optimization for G×E modelling with weighted genetic and environmental scores: Examples from the MAVAN study. Psychological Methods, 24(2), 196-216.

• [1] White, M., Lafaille-Magnan, M.E., Roche, C., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Wazana, A., & Connor, K.L. (2023). Developmental Origins, Differential Susceptibility, and Resilience in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. In Eisenstat, D.D., Goldowitz, D., Oberlander, T.F., & Yager, J.Y. (Eds.), Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics (pp. 731-749). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20792-1_45

  [2] Wazana, A., Székely, E., & Oberlander, T.F. (Eds.). (2021). Prenatal Stress and Child Development (1st ed.). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1

  [3] Oberlander, T.F., Székely, E., & Wazana, A. (2021). Pathways, Mechanisms and Interventions. In A. Wazana, E. Székely, & T.F. Oberlander (Eds.), Prenatal Stress and Child Development (pp. 3-12). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1_1

  [4] Rotem-Kohavi, N., Goodman, S.H., Wazana, A., & Oberlander, T.F. (2021). The Other Side of Prenatal Depression: Developmental Outcomes Associated with Antidepressant Medication Therapy. In Wazana, A., Székely, E., & Oberlander, T.F. (Eds.), Prenatal Stress and Child Development (pp. 565-593). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1_19

  [5] Wazana, A., Székely, E., & Oberlander, T.F. (2021). The Future That Lies Ahead. In A. Wazana, E. Székely, & T.F. Oberlander (Eds.), Prenatal Stress and Child Development (pp. 623-631). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1_21

  [6] Wazana, A. (2007). Residents and the Pharmaceutical Industry. In T. Foreman, L.J. Dickenstein, & A. Garakani (Eds.), A Resident’s Guide To Surviving Psychiatric Training (2nd ed., pp. 41-46). American Psychiatric Association. https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Residents-MedicalStudents/Residents/Residents_Guide_Psychiatric_Training.pdf

  [7] Wazana, A. (2007). Your Role as a Team Leader. In T. Foreman, L.J. Dickenstein, & A. Garakani (Eds.), A Resident’s Guide To Surviving Psychiatric Training (2nd ed., pp. 48-50). American Psychiatric Association. https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Residents-MedicalStudents/Residents/Residents_Guide_Psychiatric_Training.pdf

  [8] White, M., Lafaille-Magnan, M.E., Roche, C., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Wazana, A., & Connor, K.L. (2023). Developmental Origins, Differential Susceptibility, and Resilience in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. In Eisenstat, D.D., Goldowitz, D., Oberlander, T.F., & Yager, J.Y. (Eds.), Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics (pp. 731-749). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20792-1_45