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44
Citations
7027
World Ranking
4194
National Ranking
1993

Overview

Julianna Deardorff is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions across several subfields including general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, and plant science.

The research topics covered by Deardorff prominently include birth, development, and health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, pesticide exposure and toxicity, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, epigenetics and DNA methylation, intimate partner and family violence, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Recent publications by Deardorff and collaborators feature the following:

  • "Family Environment, Neurodevelopmental Risk, and the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Initiative: Looking Back and Moving Forward," 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Trans adolescents' perceptions and experiences of their parents' supportive and rejecting behaviors," 2020, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • "Girls' Pubertal Timing and Tempo and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Examination in an Ethnically Diverse Sample," 2021, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Maternal adverse childhood experiences before pregnancy are associated with epigenetic aging changes in their children," 2021, Aging
  • "Associations between pesticide mixtures applied near home during pregnancy and early childhood with adolescent behavioral and emotional problems in the CHAMACOS study," 2021, Environmental Epidemiology

Deardorff frequently collaborates with researchers such as Brenda Eskenazi, Katherine Kogut, Stephen Rauch, Robert B. Gunier, and Kim G. Harley.

Their research is regularly published in venues including the Journal of Adolescent Health, Environmental Research, American Journal of Epidemiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and JAMA Network Open, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within medicine and public health.

Best Publications

  • The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale for Adolescents and Adults

    George P. Knight;Nancy A. Gonzales;Delia S. Saenz;Darya D. Bonds

  • Onset of breast development in a longitudinal cohort.

    Frank M. Biro;Louise C. Greenspan;Maida P. Galvez;Susan M. Pinney

  • Family Mediators of the Relation Between Acculturation and Adolescent Mental Health

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Julianna Deardorff;Diana Formoso;Alicia Barr

  • Early Puberty and Adolescent Pregnancy: The Influence of Alcohol Use

    Julianna Deardorff;Nancy A. Gonzales;F. Scott Christopher;Mark W. Roosa

  • Quality of early family relationships and the timing and tempo of puberty: Effects depend on biological sensitivity to context

    Bruce J. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;W. Thomas Boyce;Julianna Deardorff

  • Acculturation, Parent‐Adolescent Conflict, and Adolescent Adjustment in Mexican American Families

    Lauri A. Pasch;Julianna Deardorff;Jeanne M. Tschann;Elena Flores

  • Contraceptive features preferred by women at high risk of unintended pregnancy.

    Lauren N. Lessard;Deborah Karasek;Sandi Ma;Philip Darney

  • Puberty and Gender Interact to Predict Social Anxiety Symptoms in Early Adolescence

    Julianna Deardorff;Chris Hayward;Kimberly A. Wilson;Susan Bryson

  • Control beliefs as a mediator of the relation between stress and depressive symptoms among inner-city adolescents.

    Julianna Deardorff;Nancy A. Gonzales;Irwin N. Sandler

  • Father absence, body mass index, and pubertal timing in girls: differential effects by family income and ethnicity.

    Julianna Deardorff;John P. Ekwaru;Lawrence H. Kushi;Bruce J. Ellis

  • Parental feeding practices in Mexican American families: initial test of an expanded measure

    Jeanne M Tschann;Steven E Gregorich;Carlos Penilla;Lauri A Pasch

  • Condom Negotiation Strategies and Actual Condom Use Among Latino Youth

    Jeanne M. Tschann;Elena Flores;Cynthia L. de Groat;Julianna Deardorff

  • Prenatal Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Traits Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Population Living in Proximity to Agriculture.

    Sharon K. Sagiv;Maria H. Harris;Robert B. Gunier;Katherine R. Kogut

  • Parental feeding practices and child weight status in Mexican American families: a longitudinal analysis

    Jeanne M. Tschann;Suzanna M. Martinez;Carlos Penilla;Steven E. Gregorich

  • Socioeconomic status and age at menarche: an examination of multiple indicators in an ethnically diverse cohort.

    Julianna Deardorff;Barbara Abrams;John Paul Ekwaru;David H. Rehkopf

  • Invalidation Experiences Among Non-Binary Adolescents.

    Kelly C Johnson;Allen J LeBlanc;Julianna Deardorff;Walter O Bockting

  • Identifying opportunities for cancer prevention during preadolescence and adolescence: puberty as a window of susceptibility.

    Frank M. Biro;Julianna Deardorff

  • Association of Perceived Immigration Policy Vulnerability With Mental and Physical Health Among US-Born Latino Adolescents in California

    Brenda Eskenazi;Carolyn A. Fahey;Katherine Kogut;Robert Gunier

  • Sexual Values and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Latino Youths

    Julianna Deardorff;Jeanne M. Tschann;Elena Flores;Emily J. Ozer

  • Adverse childhood experiences and later life adult obesity and smoking in the United States.

    David H. Rehkopf;Irene Headen;Alan Hubbard;Julianna Deardorff

  • Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, and Age at Menarche in Daughters

    Julianna Deardorff;Rachel Berry-Millett;David Rehkopf;Ellen Luecke

Frequent Co-Authors

Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley
Nancy A. Gonzales
Nancy A. Gonzales Arizona State University
Jeanne M. Tschann
Jeanne M. Tschann University of California, San Francisco
Lauri A. Pasch
Lauri A. Pasch University of California, San Francisco
David H. Rehkopf
David H. Rehkopf Stanford University
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff Iowa State University
Emily J. Ozer
Emily J. Ozer University of California, Berkeley
Jenn-Yun Tein
Jenn-Yun Tein Arizona State University
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lia C. H. Fernald
Lia C. H. Fernald University of California, Berkeley

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