A5090075652- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Media Influence and Health
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Sleep and related disorders
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Aging and Gerontology Research
Fordham University
2022-2024
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2023
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2019-2020
Collecting data with infants is notoriously difficult. As a result, many of our studies consist small samples, only single measure, in age group, at time point. With renewed calls for greater academic rigor collection practices, using multiple outcome measures infant research one way to increase rigor, and, the same time, enable us more accurately interpret data. Here, we illustrate importance psychological examples from own work on rapid threat detection and broader infancy literature....
Abstract An attention bias to threat has been linked psychosocial outcomes across development, including anxiety (Pérez‐Edgar, K., Bar‐Haim, Y., McDermott, J. M., Chronis‐Tuscano, A., Pine, D. S., & Fox, N. A. (2010). Attention biases and behavioral inhibition in early childhood shape adolescent social withdrawal. Emotion (Washington, D.C.) , 10(3), 349). Although some are normative, it remains unclear how these diverge into maladaptive patterns of emotion processing for infants. Here,...
For decades, researchers have been interested in humans’ ability to quickly detect threat-relevant stimuli. Here, we review recent findings from infant research on biased attention threat and discuss how these data speak classic assumptions about whether biases for are normative, they change with development, what factors might contribute this developmental change. We conclude that although there is some stability infancy, various factors—including temperamental negative affect maternal...
Abstract Stress and HIV disproportionately affect Latinx adults in the United States, contributing to numerous health inequities. Among people living with (PLWH), increased stress is associated decreased medication adherence, effectiveness, higher rates of immunosuppression comorbidities. Our study ( N = 126) examined relationship between perceived HIV-related among n 83) non-Latinx White 43) PLWH. PLWH reported better outcomes than PLWH, despite viral load (all p 's < .05). An...
This study describes trajectories of cognitive aging among American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) adults with and without HIV the role immunosenescence longitudinally.
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children developed countries (e.g., Japan, U.S.). Rare U.S., systemic, acute inflammation condition with typical symptoms a fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, conjunctivitis, extremity changes, and exanthema, can long term post-inflammatory neurological emotional changes. Cognitive deficits ADHD) emerge post-KD but literature equivocal to-date there are no U.S. studies. We report case an 11-year-old Latinx/e girl to expand...
Objective: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and dementia present major escalating public health concerns for the U.S., especially among ethnoculturally diverse (e.g., Latinx, non-Latinx Black [NLB]) populations who represent an increasing percentage of older adult population in US bear greater AD burden compared to Whites (NLWs). Notably, neurocognition functional status are highly correlated those with AD. However, little has been done understand these associations validate measures across...
Objective: The Immigrant Health Paradox (IHP) suggests that immigrants have better health upon arrival in comparison to their U.S.-born Latinx counterparts, indicating immigrants’ unique experiences may buffer against negative outcomes, including cognition. Some studies indicate IHP-related cognitive benefits diminish with increased time spent the U.S., while others suggest this relationship be age-dependent such compared migration during earlier or later life, young/middle adulthood related...
Abstract Background Older adults and ethnoracially diverse groups (e.g., non‐Latinx Black (NLB), Latinx) are at higher risk of poor sleep quality. Poor is linked to neurocognitive (NC) decline in middle/older adults, but much the literature has relied on global NC screening measures. This study examined effects age quality functioning within a multi‐ethnic sample utilizing multi‐domain battery. Method cross‐sectional included 119 ( M = 65.3, SD 6.9; 46% NLB, 31% Latinx, 23% White (NLW); 63%...
Abstract Background COVID‐19 pandemic stress differentially affects older adults and persons from minoritized, underrepresented populations (URPs; e.g., Black, Latinx), yet potential protective factors are not well understood. This study aimed to evaluate whether pandemic‐related social emotional stressors negatively affect functional capacity, mental health, cognitive outcomes in an ethnoculturally diverse sample of middle‐aged adults. Method Cross‐sectional data were obtained (55± years)...
Abstract Background Ethnoculturally diverse (e.g., non‐Latinx Black (NLB), Latinx) older adults are up to twice as likely White (NLW) experience depressive symptoms. While the relationship between neurocognition (NC) and functional status everyday functioning) in is well‐established, impact of depression remains unclear populations. We assessed influence on NC a sample Latinx, NLB, NLW middle‐aged/older adults. Method This cross‐sectional study included 50 45 38 ( N = 133) (59% female; 39%...
Abstract Background Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and dementia inequities highlight the need to eliminate barriers promote motivators for study engagement of underrepresented populations (URPs; e.g., non‐Latinx Black, Latinx, sexual/gender minoritized populations). Lower educational attainment URP status are associated with lower research rates. This examined whether in this community‐engaged (CER) middle/older‐age adults differs according ethnoracial identity, gender income, age, education,...
Abstract Background Older adults may experience decreased social support, which has been linked to cognitive decline and increased risk of dementia. Immigrants also more isolation due discrimination fear deportation. This study examined networks, nativity status, neurocognitive functioning(NC) in an ethnoculturally diverse sample middle/older adults. Method Participants included 26 immigrants ( M age = 64.12, SD 5.64) 109 U.S.‐born 65.37, 7.10). completed a comprehensive NC battery the...