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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Laura R. Stroud is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus primarily on medicine and psychology. Within these fields, they have contributed notably to subfields such as clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, physiology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The research topics extensively addressed by Laura R. Stroud include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Some of their frequent co-authors are:

  • Chrystal Vergara-Lopez
  • Nancy C. Jao
  • Margaret H. Bublitz
  • Sharon Y. Lee
  • Eva Sharma

Laura R. Stroud has published multiple papers in recognized venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Addictive Diseases
  • Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Biological Psychology
  • Stress

Recent notable papers include:

  • "A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: candidate gene and epigenome-wide approaches" (2021) in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Electronic Cigarette Use During Preconception and/or Pregnancy: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Concurrent Mental Health Conditions" (2020) in Journal of Women's Health
  • "Prenatal tobacco and marijuana co-use: Sex-specific influences on infant cortisol stress response" (2020) in Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • "Prenatal antidepressant exposures and gastrointestinal complaints in childhood: A gut-brain axis connection?" (2020) in Developmental Psychobiology
  • "Maternal History of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Pregnancy" (2020) in Psychosomatic Medicine

In 2020, Laura R. Stroud was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Smoking, stress, and negative affect: correlation, causation, and context across stages of smoking

    Jon D. Kassel;Laura R. Stroud;Carol A. Paronis

  • Perceived emotional intelligence, stress reactivity, and symptom reports: Further explorations using the trait meta-mood scale.

    Peter Salovey;Laura R. Stroud;Alison Woolery;Elissa S. Epel

  • Sex differences in stress responses: social rejection versus achievement stress.

    Laura R Stroud;Peter Salovey;Elissa S Epel

  • Salivary alpha-amylase in biobehavioral research: recent developments and applications.

    Douglas A Granger;Katie T Kivlighan;Mona el-Sheikh;Elana B Gordis

  • Stress response and the adolescent transition: Performance versus peer rejection stressors

    Laura R. Stroud;Elizabeth Foster;George D. Papandonatos;Kathryn Handwerger

  • Early Life Stress and Morphometry of the Adult Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Caudate Nuclei

    Ronald A. Cohen;Stuart Grieve;Karin F. Hoth;Robert H. Paul

  • Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control

    Stephen E. Gilman;Richard Rende;Julie Boergers;Julie Boergers;David B. Abrams

  • Smoking during pregnancy and newborn neurobehavior.

    Karen L. Law;Laura R. Stroud;Linda L. LaGasse;Raymond Niaura

  • Links between physical fitness and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to psychological stressors: A meta-analysis.

    Kathleen Forcier;Laura R. Stroud;George D. Papandonatos;Brian Hitsman

  • Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings

    Anna Aizer;Laura R. Stroud;Stephen Buka

  • Are Stress Eaters at Risk for the Metabolic Syndrome

    Elissa Epel;Sherlyn Jimenez;Kelly Brownell;Laura Stroud

  • The Yale Interpersonal Stressor (YIPS): affective, physiological, and behavioral responses to a novel interpersonal rejection paradigm.

    Laura R. Stroud;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Denise E. Wilfley;Peter Salovey

  • Increased Neural Response to Peer Rejection associated with Adolescent Depression and Pubertal Development

    Jennifer S. Silk;Greg J. Siegle;Kyung Hwa Lee;Eric E. Nelson

  • Integrating the measurement of salivary α-amylase into studies of child health, development, and social relationships

    Douglas A. Granger;Katie T. Kivlighan;Clancy Blair;Mona El-Sheikh

  • Peer acceptance and rejection through the eyes of youth: pupillary, eyetracking and ecological data from the Chatroom Interact task

    Jennifer S. Silk;Laura R. Stroud;Greg J. Siegle;Ronald E. Dahl

  • THE IMPACT OF EARLY LIFE STRESS ON PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL, PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIORAL MEASURES IN 740 NON-CLINICAL SUBJECTS

    Alexander C McFarlane;Christopher Richard Clark;Richard Bryant;Leanne M Williams

  • Developmental toxicity of nicotine: A transdisciplinary synthesis and implications for emerging tobacco products.

    Lucinda J. England;Kjersti Aagaard;Michele Bloch;Kevin Conway

  • Direct and moderating links of salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol stress-reactivity to youth behavioral and emotional adjustment.

    Maureen A. Allwood;Kathryn Handwerger;Katie T. Kivlighan;Douglas A. Granger

  • Hostility, the metabolic syndrome, and incident coronary heart disease.

    Raymond Niaura;John F. Todaro;Laura Stroud;Avron Spiro Iii;Avron Spiro Iii

  • Elevated maternal cortisol levels during pregnancy are associated with reduced childhood IQ

    Kaja Z LeWinn;Laura R Stroud;Beth E Molnar;James H Ware

Frequent Co-Authors

George D. Papandonatos
George D. Papandonatos Brown University
Barry M. Lester
Barry M. Lester Brown University
Ronald E. Dahl
Ronald E. Dahl University of California, Berkeley
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Brian Hitsman
Brian Hitsman Northwestern University
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
Greg J. Siegle
Greg J. Siegle University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer S. Silk
Jennifer S. Silk University of Pittsburgh
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco

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