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60
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11401
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3585
National Ranking
2010

Overview

Alison E. Hipwell is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Psychology. Within these broad fields, their work concentrates on several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Hipwell's research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Hipwell has published extensively in several scientific venues. They have notably contributed to Biological Psychiatry, UNC Libraries, JAMA Network Open, Psychological Medicine, and Development and Psychopathology. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, addressing psychological, medical, and epidemiological aspects of health.

Frequent co-authors in Hipwell's research collaborations include:

  • Kate Keenan
  • Margaret R. Karagas
  • Carlos A. Camargo
  • Anne L. Dunlop
  • Assiamira Ferrara

Some of Hipwell's recent published papers are:

  • "The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort" (2023, American Journal of Epidemiology)
  • "Exploring the evidence for epigenetic regulation of environmental influences on child health across generations" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children" (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • "Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study" (2023, The Lancet Public Health)
  • "Public and private religious involvement and initiation of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in Black and White adolescent girls" (2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)

Best Publications

  • The Cognitive Development of 5-Year-Old Children of Postnatally Depressed Mothers

    Lynne Murray;Alison Hipwell;Richard Hooper;Alan Stein

  • Reciprocal influences between girls’ conduct problems and depression, and parental punishment and warmth: A six year prospective analysis

    Alison Hipwell;Kate Keenan;Kristen Kasza;Rolf Loeber

  • Severe maternal psychopathology and infant-mother attachment.

    A E Hipwell;Frits Goossens;Edward Melhuish;R Kumar

  • Dimensions of Oppositional Defiant Disorder as Predictors of Depression and Conduct Disorder in Preadolescent Girls

    Jeffrey D. Burke;Alison E. Hipwell;Rolf Loeber

  • Mental health of parents caring for infants

    Lynne Murray;P. Cooper;A. Hipwell

  • Characteristics of girls with early onset disruptive and antisocial behaviour

    Alison E. Hipwell;Rolf Loeber;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber;Kate Keenan

  • Children of Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder: Identifying Parenting Behaviors as Potential Targets for Intervention

    Stephanie D. Stepp;Diana J. Whalen;Paul A. Pilkonis;Alison E. Hipwell

  • Trajectories of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms as Precursors of Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Adolescent Girls

    Stephanie D. Stepp;Jeffrey D. Burke;Alison E. Hipwell;Rolf Loeber

  • The Pittsburgh Girls Study: Overview and Initial Findings

    Kate Keenan;Alison Hipwell;Tammy Chung;Stephanie Stepp

  • Criterion validity of the general factor of psychopathology in a prospective study of girls

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Paul J. Rathouz;Kate Keenan;Stephanie D. Stepp

  • Longitudinal associations between emotion regulation and depression in preadolescent girls: moderation by the caregiving environment.

    Xin Feng;Kate Keenan;Alison E. Hipwell;Angela K. Henneberger

  • Is Neighborhood Context Differently Related to Externalizing Problems and Delinquency for Girls Compared with Boys

    Leoniek Kroneman;Rolf Loeber;Alison E. Hipwell

  • In Search of Neural Endophenotypes of Postpartum Psychopathology and Disrupted Maternal Caregiving

    E. L. Moses-Kolko;M. S. Horner;M. L. Phillips;M. L. Phillips;A. E. Hipwell

  • Sources of stress and dissatisfaction among nurses in four hospital environments.

    Alison E. Hipwell;Patrick A. Tyler;Christine M. Wilson

  • Cognitive vulnerability to depression in 5-year-old children of depressed mothers.

    Lynne Murray;Matt Woolgar;Peter Cooper;Alison Hipwell

  • Do We Know Which Interventions are Effective for Disruptive and Delinquent Girls

    Alison E. Hipwell;Rolf Loeber

  • The clinical utility of the proposed DSM-5 callous-unemotional subtype of conduct disorder in young girls.

    Dustin Pardini;Stephanie Stepp;Alison Hipwell;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber

  • Preadolescent clues to understanding depression in girls.

    Kate Keenan;Alison E. Hipwell

  • Contextual Risk Factors as Predictors of Disruptive Behavior Disorder Trajectories in Girls: The Moderating Effect of Callous-Unemotional Features

    Leoniek M. Kroneman;Alison E. Hipwell;Rolf Loeber;Hans M. Koot

  • Parent and peer relationships as longitudinal predictors of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury onset

    Sarah E. Victor;Alison E. Hipwell;Stephanie D. Stepp;Lori N. Scott

  • Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in Young Girls: Shared and Unique Effects Relative to Conduct Problems.

    Alison E. Hipwell;Dustin A. Pardini;Rolf Loeber;Mark Sembower

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie D. Stepp
Stephanie D. Stepp University of Pittsburgh
Kate Keenan
Kate Keenan University of Chicago
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Tammy Chung
Tammy Chung Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Erika E. Forbes
Erika E. Forbes University of Pittsburgh
Amanda E. Guyer
Amanda E. Guyer University of California, Davis
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Mary L. Phillips
Mary L. Phillips University of Pittsburgh
Carolyn E. Sartor
Carolyn E. Sartor Yale University
Dustin A. Pardini
Dustin A. Pardini Arizona State University

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