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Nicole R. Nugent

Nicole R. Nugent

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Psychology

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38
Citations
6111
World Ranking
8880
National Ranking
4719

Overview

Nicole R. Nugent is affiliated with Brown University in the United States, specializing primarily in the field of psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, with an emphasis on areas such as childhood abuse and trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder research, suicide and self-harm studies, migration, health and trauma, digital mental health interventions, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

They have published extensively in several academic venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Recent notable papers include:

  • A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: candidate gene and epigenome-wide approaches (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment (2020) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • A Cyberbullying Media-Based Prevention Intervention for Adolescents on Instagram: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (2021) published in JMIR Mental Health
  • Meta-Analysis of Associations Between Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Genes and Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2020) published in Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Puberty drives fear learning during adolescence (2020) published in Developmental Science

Nicole R. Nugent collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors, notably including Leslie A. Brick, Michael F. Armey, Alicia K. Smith, Ananda B. Amstadter, and Şeyma Katrinli. These collaborations are reflected in a substantial number of joint publications.

Their contributions to the psychological sciences involve integrating genetics, epigenetics, and psychosocial factors to explore complex interactions affecting mental health and development during childhood and adolescence. This interdisciplinary approach is visible in their work that covers both biological and social dimensions of trauma and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability

    L. E. Duncan;A. Ratanatharathorn;A. E. Aiello;L. M. Almli

  • Gene–environment interactions: early life stress and risk for depressive and anxiety disorders

    Nicole R. Nugent;Nicole R. Nugent;Audrey R. Tyrka;Audrey R. Tyrka;Linda L. Carpenter;Linda L. Carpenter;Lawrence H. Price;Lawrence H. Price

  • Initial urinary epinephrine and cortisol levels predict acute PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims

    Douglas L. Delahanty;Douglas L. Delahanty;Nicole R. Nugent;Norman C. Christopher;Norman C. Christopher;Michele Walsh;Michele Walsh

  • Traumatic stress and accelerated DNA methylation age: A meta-analysis

    Erika J Wolf;Hannah Maniates;Nicole Nugent;Adam X Maihofer

  • Genetic determinants of depression: recent findings and future directions.

    Erin C. Dunn;Ruth C. Brown;Yael Dai;Jonathan Rosand

  • Genetics of post-traumatic stress disorder: review and recommendations for genome-wide association studies.

    Marilyn C. Cornelis;Nicole R. Nugent;Ananda B. Amstadter;Karestan C. Koenen

  • Flexibility and negative affect : Examining the associations of explanatory flexibility and coping flexibility to each other and to depression and anxiety

    David M. Fresco;Nathan L. Williams;Nicole R. Nugent

  • Genetics of PTSD: Fear Conditioning as a Model for Future Research.

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Nicole R. Nugent;Karestan C. Koenen

  • A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: candidate gene and epigenome-wide approaches.

    Stephanie H. Parade;Lindsay Huffhines;Lindsay Huffhines;Teresa E. Daniels;Teresa E. Daniels;Laura R. Stroud;Laura R. Stroud

  • Parental posttraumatic stress symptoms as a moderator of child's acute biological response and subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric injury patients

    Nicole R. Nugent;Sarah Ostrowski;Norman C. Christopher;Norman C. Christopher;Douglas L. Delahanty

  • Gene-environment Interaction in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update

    Karestan C. Koenen;Ananda B. Amstadter;Nicole R. Nugent

  • The efficacy of initial hydrocortisone administration at preventing posttraumatic distress in adult trauma patients: a randomized trial.

    Douglas L Delahanty;Crystal Gabert-Quillen;Sarah A Ostrowski;Nicole R Nugent

  • Predicting PTSD Prospectively Based on Prior Trauma History and Immediate Biological Responses

    Douglas L. Delahanty;Douglas L. Delahanty;Nicole R. Nugent

  • Gene-environment interaction in posttraumatic stress disorder: Review, strategy and new directions for future research

    Karestan C. Koenen;Karestan C. Koenen;Nicole R. Nugent;Nicole R. Nugent;Ananda B. Amstadter;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • The Genetics and Epigenetics of PTSD: Overview, Recent Advances, and Future Directions

    Christina M Sheerin;Mackenzie J Lind;Kaitlin E Bountress;Nicole R Nugent

  • The efficacy of early propranolol administration at reducing PTSD symptoms in pediatric injury patients: a pilot study.

    Nicole R. Nugent;Norman C. Christopher;John P. Crow;Lorin Browne

  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR.

    Alicia K. Smith;Andrew Ratanatharathorn;Adam X. Maihofer;Robert K. Naviaux

  • Examining the role of common genetic variants on alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and illicit drug dependence: genetics of vulnerability to drug dependence.

    Rohan H. C. Palmer;Rohan H. C. Palmer;Leslie Brick;Nicole R. Nugent;Nicole R. Nugent;L. Cinnamon Bidwell;L. Cinnamon Bidwell

  • Corticotrophin-releasing hormone type 1 receptor gene (CRHR1) variants predict posttraumatic stress disorder onset and course in pediatric injury patients.

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Nicole R. Nugent;Bao-Zhu Yang;Alisa Miller

  • Stress and Bronchodilator Response in Children with Asthma

    John M. Brehm;Sima K. Ramratnam;Sze Man Tse;Damien C. Croteau-Chonka

Frequent Co-Authors

Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Ananda B. Amstadter
Ananda B. Amstadter Virginia Commonwealth University
Douglas L. Delahanty
Douglas L. Delahanty Kent State University
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
John E. McGeary
John E. McGeary Brown University
Nathan A. Kimbrel
Nathan A. Kimbrel Duke University
Victoria B. Risbrough
Victoria B. Risbrough University of California, San Diego
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University
Jean C. Beckham
Jean C. Beckham Duke University

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