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DREAM BIG

*López-Vicente, M., Szekely, E., Lafaille-Magnan, M., Morton, J. B., Oberlander, T. F., Greenwood, C. M. T., Muetzel, R. L., Tiemeier, H., Qiu, A., Wazana, A., & White, T. (2024). Examining the interaction between prenatal stress and polygenic risk for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on brain growth in childhood: Findings from the DREAM BIG Consortium. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(4), e22481. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22481  

Qiu, A., Shen, C., *López-Vicente, M., Szekely, E., Chong, Y-S., White, T., & Wazana, A. (2024). Maternal positive mental health during pregnancy impacts the hippocampus and functional brain networks in children. Nature Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00202-8 

Szekely, E., Laplante, D. P., Tiemeier, H., Evans, J., Pearson, R. M., Bekkhus, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Wazana, A. (2023). The DREAM BIG project as a model for harmonizing early measures of parental care and parent-child interactions across epidemiological cohorts. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2023.1206922 

*Neumann, A., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., *Szekely, E., *Sallis, H. M., O’Donnel, K., Greenwood, C. M. T., Levitan, R., Meaney, M. J., Wazana, A., Evans, J., & Tiemeier, H. (2021). Combined polygenic risk scores of different psychiatric traits predict general and specific psychopathology in childhood. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 63(6), 636–645. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13501

*Szekely, E., *Neumann, A., *Sallis, H., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Verhulst, F. C., Meaney, M. J., Pearson, R. M., Levitan, R. D., Kennedy, J. L., Lydon, J. E., Steiner, M., Greenwood, C. M. T., Tiemeier, H., Evans, J., & Wazana, A. (2021). Maternal Prenatal Mood, Pregnancy-Specific Worries, and Early Child Psychopathology: Findings From the DREAM BIG Consortium. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(1), 186–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.017

 *Szekely, E., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Atkinson, L., Levitan, R. D., Steiner, M., Lydon, J. E., Fleming, A. S., Kennedy, J. L., & Wazana, A. (2021). The Interplay Between Prenatal Adversity, Offspring Dopaminergic Genes, and Early Parenting on Toddler Attentional Function. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 15, 701971. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.701971

 *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Belsky, J., *Szekely, E., Widaman, K. F., Pluess, M., Greenwood, C., & Wazana, A.(2020). Distinguishing differential susceptibility, diathesis-stress, and vantage sensitivity: Beyond the single gene and environment model. Development and psychopathology, 32(1), 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001438

*Sallis, H., *Szekely, E., *Neumann, A., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., van IJzendoorn, M., Hillegers, M., Greenwood, C. M. T., Meaney, M. J., Steiner, M., Tiemeier, H., Wazana, A., Pearson, R. M., & Evans, J. (2019). General psychopathology, internalising and externalising in children and functional outcomes in late adolescence. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 60(11), 1183–1190. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13067

*Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Wazana, A., *Szekely, E., Steiner, M., Fleming, A. S., Kennedy, J. L., Meaney, M. J., & Greenwood, C. M. T. (2019). Alternating optimization for G × E modelling with weighted genetic and environmental scores: Examples from the MAVAN study. Psychological methods, 24(2), 196–216. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000175 dreambig

MAVAN

*Gordon Green, C., Szekely, E., *Babineau, V., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Minde, K., Sassi, R., Atkinson, L., Kennedy, J. L., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Gaudreau, H., Burack, J. A., Herba, C., Pennestri, M. H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M. J., Wazana, A., & MAVAN Research Team (2023). Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour. Development and psychopathology, 35(2), 604–618. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001747

*Babineau, V., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Szekely, E., *Green, C. G., Sassi, R., Gaudreau, H., Levitan, R. D., Lydon, J., Steiner, M., O’Donnell, K. J., Kennedy, J. L., Burack, J. A., & Wazana, A. (2023). Maternal prenatal depression is associated with dysregulation over the first five years of life moderated by child polygenic risk for comorbid psychiatric problems. Developmental psychobiology, 65(5), e22395. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22395

de Mendonça Filho, E. J., Frechette, A., Pokhvisneva, I., Arcego, D. M., Barth, B., Tejada, C. V., Sassi, R., Wazana, A., Atkinson, L., Meaney, M. J., & Silveira, P. P. (2022). Examining attachment, cortisol secretion, and cognitive neurodevelopment in preschoolers and its predictive value for telomere length at age seven. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 16, 954977. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.954977

Patrinos, D., Knoppers, B. M., Kleiderman, E., Rahbari, N., Laplante, D. P., & Wazana, A. (2022). Re-contact Following Withdrawal of Minors from Research. Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue Canadienne De bioéthique, 5(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.7202/1087202ar

Patrinos, D., Knoppers, B. M., Laplante, D. P., Rahbari, N., & Wazana, A. (2022). Sharing and Safeguarding Pediatric Data. Frontiers in genetics, 13, 872586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.872586

*King, L., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Laplante, D. P., *Szekely, E., Levitan, R., & Wazana, A. (2021). Measuring resilience in children: a review of recent literature and recommendations for future research. Current opinion in psychiatry, 34(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000663

Unternaehrer, E., Cost, K. T., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Gaudreau, H., Massicotte, R., Dhir, S. K., Hari Dass, S. A., O’Donnell, K. J., *Gordon-Green, C., Atkinson, L., Levitan, R. D., Wazana, A., Steiner, M., Lydon, J. E., Clark, R., Fleming, A. S., Meaney, M. J., & MAVAN Research Team (2019). Dissecting maternal care: Patterns of maternal parenting in a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31(9), e12784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12784

Jonas, W., Cost, K., Unternährer, E., Bisceglia, R., Mileva, V., Dundin, A., Gaudreau, H., Szatmari, P., Kennedy, J. L., Meaney, M. J., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Wazana, A., & Fleming, A. (2019). Physiological and psychological factors that are associated with breastfeeding in postpartum mothers: Some findings from the Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment study (MAVAN). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107(Supplement), 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.07.225

*Graffi, J., Moss, E., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Moss, G., Lecompte, V., Pascuzzo, K., *Babineau, V., *Gordon-Green, C., Mileva-Seitz, V. R., Minde, K., Sassi, R., Steiner, M., Kennedy, J. L., Gaudreau, H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M. J., Wazana, A., & MAVAN project (2018). 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×environment analysis. Infant Behavior & Development, 50, 64–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.11.004

*Green, C. G., *Babineau, V., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Minde, K., Sassi, R., St-André, M., Carrey, N., Atkinson, L., Kennedy, J. L., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Gaudreau, H., Burack, J. A., Levitan, R., Meaney, M. J., Wazana, A., & Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability, and Neurodevelopment Research Team (2017). Prenatal maternal depression and child serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) genotype predict negative emotionality from 3 to 36 months. Development and psychopathology, 29(3), 901–917. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000560

Maunder, R. G., Hunter, J. J., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Wazana, A., Fleming, A. S., Moss, E., Gaudreau, H., Meaney, M. J., & Levitan, R. D. (2017). An Attachment-Based Model of the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Somatization in Children and Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(5), 506–513. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000437

Levitan, R. D., Jansen, P., Wendland, B., Tiemeier, H., Jaddoe, V. W., Silveira, P. P., Kennedy, J. L., 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, and allied disciplines, 58(2), 180–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12646

Jonas, W., Bisceglia, R., Mileva, V., Dundin, A., Kennedy, J., Meaney, M., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Wazana, A., & Fleming, A. (2017). Breastfeeding – Some regulating factors and some consequences. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83(Supplement), 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.07.418

Levitan, R. D., Rivera, J., Silveira, P. P., Steiner, M., Gaudreau, H., Hamilton, J., Kennedy, J. L., Davis, C., Dube, L., Fellows, L., Wazana, A., Matthews, S., Meaney, M. J., & MAVAN Study Team (2015). Gender differences in the association between stop-signal reaction times, body mass indices and/or spontaneous food intake in pre-school children: An early model of compromised inhibitory control and obesity. International Journal of Obesity, 39(4), 614–619. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.207

*Babineau, V., *Green, C. G., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Bouvette-Turcot, A. A., Minde, K., Sassi, R., St-André, M., Carrey, N., Atkinson, L., Kennedy, J. L., Lydon, J., Steiner, M., Gaudreau, H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M., Wazana, A., & MAVAN project (2015). Prenatal depression and 5-HTTLPR interact to predict dysregulation from 3 to 36 months–a differential susceptibility model. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 56(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12246

*Graffi, J., Moss, E., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Moss, G., Lecompte, V., Pascuzzo, K., *Babineau, V., *Gordon-Green, C., Mileva-Seitz, V. R., Minde, K., Sassi, R., Carrey, N., Kennedy, J. L., Gaudreau, H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M., & Wazana, A. (2015). Preschool children without 7-repeat DRD4 gene more likely to develop disorganized attachment style. McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal, 10(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.26443/msurj.v10i1.120

Jonas, W., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Meaney, M. J., Wazana, A., Fleming, A. S., & MAVAN research team (2015). Breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity predict early infant temperament. Acta Paediatrica, 104(7), 678–686. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.12987

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 SLC6A4 genotype. Genes Brain and Behaviour, 14(3), 229-237.

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, 1145-1161.

Jonas W, Atkinson L, Meaney M, Wazana A, Steiner M and Fleming AS on behalf of the MAVAN research team (2015) Maternal Sensitivity mediates the association between Breastfeeding and Infant Temperament. A Prospective Cohort Study. Acta Pediatrica, 104 (7), 678-686.

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. 

Plamondon A, Akbari E, Atkinson L, Steiner M, Meaney M, Fleming AS, on behalf of the MAVAN research team. Spatial working memory and attention skills are predicted by maternal stress during pregnancy. Early Human Development 2015;91:23-29.

Levitan RD, Rivera J, Silveira PP, Steiner M, Gaudreau H, Hamilton J, Kennedy JL, Davis C, Dube L, Fellows L, Wazana A, Matthews S, and Meaney MJ, on behalf of the MAVAN Study Team. Gender differences in the association between stop-signal reaction times, body mass indices and/or spontaneous food intake in pre-school children: An early model of compromised inhibitory control and obesity. International Journal of Obesity 2015;39:1-6.

Agrati D, Browne D, Jonas W, Meaney M, Atkinson L, Steiner M, Fleming AS, on behalf on the MAVAN research team. Maternal anxiety from pregnancy to 2 years postpartum: transactional patterns of maternal early adversity and child temperament. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2015; [epub ahead of print]

Wendland B, Atkinson L, Steiner M, Fleming AS, Pencharz P, Moss E, Gaudreau H, Silveira PP, Arenovich T, Matthews SG, Meaney MJ, Levitan RD, on behalf of the MAVAN Study Team. Low maternal sensitivity at 6 months of age predicts higher BMI in 48 month old girls but not boys. Appetite 2014; 82:97-102.

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.

Escobar R, O’Donnell K, Colalillo S, Pawlby S, Steiner M, Meaney M, Levitan R, Silveira P. Better quality of mother-child interaction at 4 years of age decreases emotional overeating in IUGR girls. Appetite 2014;81:337-342.

Adedinsewo DA, Fleming AS, Steiner M, Meaney MJ, Girard AW on behalf of the MAVAN team. Maternal anxiety and breastfeeding: findings from the MAVAN (Maternal Adversity Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment) Study. Journal of Human Lactation 2014;30:102-109.

Neuwald, M. F., Agranonik, M., Portella, A. K., Fleming, A., Wazana, A., Steiner, M., Levitan, R. D., Meaney, M. J., Silveira, P. P., & MAVAN Study Team (2014). Transgenerational effects of maternal care interact with fetal growth and influence attention skills at 18 months of age. Early Human Development, 90(5), 241–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.01.015

Silveira PP, Portella AK, Kennedy JL, Gaudreau H, Davis C, Steiner M, Soares CN, Matthews SG, Dubé L, Loucks EB, Hamilton J, Meaney MJ, Levitan RD, on behalf of the MAVAN Study Team (2014) Association between the seven-repeat allele of the dopamine-4 receptor gene (DRD4) and spontaneous food intake in pre-school children. Appetite, 73,15-22.

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. 

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.

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. 

THRIVE

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

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

Tewari, S., Toledo Margalef, P., Kareem, A., Abdul-Hussein, A., White, M., Wazana, A., Davidge, S. T., Delrieux, C., & Connor, K. L. (2021). Mining Early Life Risk and Resiliency Factors and Their Influences in Human Populations from PubMed: A Machine Learning Approach to Discover DOHaD Evidence. Journal of personalized medicine, 11(11), 1064.

 

OUI Care

*Balvardi, S., Rahbari, N., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Rudy, L., Arnovitz, M., Laplante, D. P., *Brown, M., Habib, P., Zelkowitz, P., Guzder, J., & Wazana, A. D. (2022). Effectiveness and Predictors of Outcomes in a Psychiatric Day Treatment Program for Elementary-Age. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 67(4), 268–279. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437211000627 oui care

 

 

ERFUT

Greenfield, B., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., *Brown, M., Kandiyoti, A., Henry, M., Sasson, T., Ahmadi, S., Vivani, T., Harnden, B., de Castro, F., Tran, B., Boodaghians, L., Weiss, M., Atsaidis, Z., & Wazana, A. (2021). Frequent follow-up of suicidal youth assessed in the emergency room: Long-term trajectory and predictors of suicidality. Preventive medicine, 152(Pt 1), 106737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106737

 

 

Conferences and Presentations

Wang, X., Voyer, C., Ateba, F.F., Wazana, A, Laplante, D.P. (2024). COVID-related daily life changes and personal threats moderate the relationship between prenatal maternal adversity and youth mental health: The MAVAN longitudinal study. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal
 
Voyer, C., Wang, X., Ateba, F.F., Wazana, A, Laplante, D.P. (2024). Impact of Prenatal Stress on Youth Mental Health and Resilience Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal.
 
Shah, S., Laplante, D.P., Atkinson, L., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Szekely, E., Neumann, A., O’Donnell, K., Moss, H., Lecompte, V., Fleming, A., Wazana’ A. (2024). Gene, prenatal stress, and maternal sensitivity interactions in predicting attachment – MAVAN. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal.
 
Laplante, D.P., Szekely, E., Atkinson, L., Brunet, A., Dunkley, D., Fleming, A., Greenwood, C., Kennedy, J., Levitan, R., Lydon, J., Matthews, S., Meaney, M., Silvera, P.P., Sassi, R., Shea, A., Sokolowski, M., Wazana, A. (2024). Identifying pathways for the emergence of lifespan mental health functioning from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress: MAVAN/MAVAN-R cohort. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal.
 
King, L., Laplante, D.P., O’Donnell, K.A., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Szekely, W., O’Donnell, K., Kennedy, J.L., Sassi, R.B., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Meaney, M.J., Levitan, R., Atkinson, L., Wazana, A.D. (2024). Resilience in the face of an impossible task: the joint role of genetic susceptibility and early life adversity. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal.
 
Gordon Green, C., Babineau, V., Kim, S., Szekely, E., Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Bouvette-Turcot, A-M., Lafaille-Magnan, M-E., Sassi, R., Atkinson, L., Kennedy, J., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Gaudreau, H.,  Burack, J., Herba, C.H., Pennestri, M-H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M.J., Laplante, D.P., Hwang, H., Wazana, A. (2024). Prenatal maternal adversity, child genetic susceptibility, infant negative emotionality and dysregulation and childhood psychiatric symptoms and comorbidities. Life History Research Society Conference. Montreal.

 

Wazana, A. (2024, May 28-31). The DREAM BIG project as a model for harmonizing developmental models of child psychopathology across epidemiological cohorts [Symposium]. Life History Research Society Conference 2024, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Rahbari, N., Bolea, B., Sénéchal, M., & Wazana, A. (2022, August 27-31). Effects of Pre-and Postnatal Maternal Depression and Anxiety on Child’s Cognitive and Language Development: The Timing-Specific Outcomes [Poster session]. DOHaD World Congress 2022, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

Amini Gougeh, R., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., & Wazana, A. (2022, June 20). Mission possible: Novel workflow to predict childhood general psychopathology [Poster session]. 2022 Annual Research Day of the Douglas Research Centre and the McGill Department of Psychiatry, Montreal, QC, Canada.

 

Levitan, R., Wazana, A., *Gordon-Green, C., Wendland, B., Silveira, P., Gaudreau, H., Dubé, L., Steiner, M., Kennedy, J., &

Meaney, M. (2017). A Developmental Model of Atypical Depression Based on Dopamine and Serotonin System Gene Interaction with Pre- And Post-Natal Adversity [Supplemental material]. Biological Psychiatry, 81, S305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.819

*Graffi, J. T., Moss, E., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Moss, G., Lecompte, V., Pascuzzo, K., *Babineau, V., *Gordon-Green, C., Mileva-Seitz, V., Minde, K. K., Sassi, R. B., Carrey, N., Steiner, M., Kennedy, J. L., Gaudreau, H., Levitan, R., Meaney, M., & Wazana, A.

D. (2016). The dopamine D4 receptor gene, birth weight, early maternal care, maternal depression over the postnatal time period, and the prediction of disorganized attachment at 36-months of age: A prospective gene x environment analysis [Supplemental material]. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(10), S135-S136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.09.113

Wazana, A. (2014, October 20-25). Prenatal Depression and the 5-HTTLPR and DRD4 Interact to Predict Early Socio-Emotional Development: A Differential Susceptibility Model [Conference paper]. AACAP’s 61st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States.

Bouvette-Turcot, A.-A., Pennestri, M.-H., Bernier, A., Levitan, R., Wazana, A., Sokolowski, M., Kennedy, J., Steiner, M., Meaney, M., & Gaudreau, H. (2014, July 3-5). Differential susceptibility and sleep duration: The moderating role of infant 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms on temperament [Poster session]. International Conference on Infant Studies (XIX ICIS 2014), Berlin, Germany.

Hall, A., Sassi, R., Atkinson, L., Steiner, M., Fleming, A., Wazana, A., Meaney, M., & Hall, G. (2014). Right Amygdala Activation in Childhood is Predicted by Maternal Sensitivity at Six Months Postpartum: Implications for Transmission of Affective Disorder Risk [Supplemental material]. Biological Psychiatry, 75(9), 85S-86S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.016

*Babineau, V., *Green, C., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., St-Andre, M., Sassi, R., Kennedy, J., Meaney, M., & Wazana, A. (2012, October 23-28). The Differential Susceptibility of the Serotonin Transporter Genotype to Prenatal Maternal Depression in the Prediction of Infant Regulation [Conference paper]. AACAP’s 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.

*Comtois, D., *Jolicoeur-Martineau, A., Minde, K., Sassi, R., St-Andre, M., Kennedy, J., Meaney, M., & Wazana, A. (2012, October 23-28). Serotonin Transporter Gene Moderates the Effects of Maternal Sensitivity On Children’s Competence At 24 Months [Conference paper]. AACAP’s 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Bouvette-Turcot, A.-A., Pennestri, M.-H., Steiner, M., Kennedy, J., Sokolowski, M., Wazana, A., Gruber, R., Atkinson, L., Meaney, M., & Gaudreau, H. (2012, June 11-13). Sleep duration and negative emotionality/behavioral regulation in 36 month-olds: An association moderated by SLC6A4 genotype [Conference presentation abstract]. 26th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA, United States. https://sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/abstractbook2012.pdf?_ga=2.132488142.135040129.1708542849-722592565.1708542849

Wazana, A., Minde, K., Carrey, N., Atkinson, L., Samek, D., St-Andre, M., Soles, T., Sassi, R., & Meaney, M. (2011, October 18-23). How Early Maternal Care Moderates the Risk for Preschool Internalizing Symptoms Associated with Prenatal Maternal Depression and the Serotonin Transporter Gene: Findings From the Maternal Adversity Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) Cohort [Conference paper]. 2011 AACAP + CACAP Joint Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Bouvette-Turcot, A.-A., Pennestri, M.-H., Meaney, M., Fleming, A., Steiner, M., Lydon, J., Gruber, R., Minde, K., Atkinson, L., Wazana, A., & Gaudreau, H. (2011). M-F-061 Children difficult temperament, mothers’ depression and nightmares: A MAVAN study [Abstract]. Sleep Medicine, 31(Suppl. 1), S38. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1389-9457(11)70139-3

Wazana, A., Meyer, T., Minde, K., & Meaney, M. (2010). Role of early maternal care and genotype in modulating the risk for early psychopathology in children with prenatal adversity [Abstract]. Infant Mental Health Journal, 31(3 Suppl.), 101. https://cdn.ymaws.com/waimh.org/resource/resmgr/images/congresses/2010/infant_mental_health_journal.pdf

Wazana, A., Meyer, T., Minde, K., & Meaney, M. (2010). The 3 month stability of a parent-reported measure of infant temperament [Abstract]. Infant Mental Health Journal, 31(3 Suppl.), 214. https://cdn.ymaws.com/waimh.org/resource/resmgr/images/congresses/2010/infant_mental_health_journal.pdf

Wazana, A., Meyer, T., Minde, K., & Meaney, M. (2010). The influence of prenatal adversity on parent-reported infant temperament [Abstract]. Infant Mental Health Journal, 31(3 Suppl.), 276. https://cdn.ymaws.com/waimh.org/resource/resmgr/images/congresses/2010/infant_mental_health_journal.pdf

 

 

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