Developmental BG Lab

Lab @PSUPsychology examining the interplay between genes and environment across the lifespan.
Lab Director: @jmneiderhiser

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

It's all smiles as we start our lab meetings for the Fall semester, with some new faces joining us!

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

🎉🎉🎊🥳Congratulations to our very own Tong Chen on successfully defending her dissertation! Now say hello to Dr. Chen! 👩🏻‍🎓🎓It’s been a challenging journey, but her hard work and perseverance have led to this tremendous accomplishment. We are incredibly proud. @TongChen_PSU

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Excited to attend our wonderful Anna @annamzhou ‘s graduation ceremony! Congratulations once again to Anna and our friends @liu_yushuang and Alex Zhao who successfully defended their dissertation this summer and officially became PhDs! 🥳🥳🥳

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

🤩🤩check this out!

[Penn State College of the Liberal Arts @PSULiberalArts]

.@jmneiderhiser’s (@PSUPsychology @pennstatehhd @pennstateHDFS) recent research discovered that depression in children is associated with living conditions and parent-child relationships, regardless of direct parental genetic relatedness. @PSUresearch ➡https://t.co/8XLqxgogEP

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

@TongChen_PSU @AmyYu70912708 @daiqing_iris @daiqing_iris Daiqing Zhao presented her poster on the genetic and environmental contribution to the longitudinal association between adolescent temperament and young adult personality.

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Check out some of our lab members' talk & posters at last week's BGA 2022! #BGA2022 (see comments for snapshots of their presentation &posters!) @TongChen_PSU @AmyYu70912708 @daiqing_iris

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

@TongChen_PSU @AmyYu70912708 @daiqing_iris @AmyYu70912708 Chia-li Yu presented her poster on the effect of early childhood callous-unemotional behaviors on early adolescent conduct problems and the role of harsh parenting.

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

@TongChen_PSU @AmyYu70912708 @daiqing_iris @TongChen_PSU Tong Chen gave a talk about the genetic and environmental influences on the etiology of adolescent depressive and anxiety symptoms and early adult substance use.

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Yayy!!

[Jenae Neiderhiser @jmneiderhiser]

Our students (and alumni & GWU affiliates) are making their mark on ⁦@BehaviorGenetic⁩ #bga2023! Nice work! ⁦@DevBGLab⁩ ⁦@PSUPsychology⁩ ⁦@TongChen_PSU⁩ ⁦@amandaramos_23⁩

[Tong Chen @TongChen_PSU]

Excited to present this joint work with wonderful @amandaramos_23 @jennifermaggs @jmneiderhiser & David Reiss!

[Penn State Psychology @PSUPsychology]

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of The BRIDGE Impact Award, Sara Albrecht Soto and Anna Zhou, for advancing the values of diversity and inclusion through research, teaching, and service. Learn more about their work at: https://t.co/tFNuETT9U6 and https://t.co/0EOkFEyxhm

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Congratulations to @TongChen_PSU, who received an award of distinction on her poster on "Associations between Time Spent with Children and Parent Mental Health Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic" 🤩

[Jenae Neiderhiser @jmneiderhiser]

Congratulations @TongChen_PSU for receiving and award of distinction for her poster at SPR! @DevBGLab #SPR2022

[Jenae Neiderhiser @jmneiderhiser]

Congratulations @TongChen_PSU for receiving and award of distinction for her poster at SPR! @DevBGLab #SPR2022

[Early Growth and Development Study @egdstudy]

Happy Pride Month! Here at the Early Growth and Development Study, we value all our LGBTQ+ staff and participants. We celebrate your contribution to our research this month and every other month of the year!

[Early Growth and Development Study @egdstudy]

In celebration of National Foster Care Awareness Month, we want to share the latest "Adoption / Foster Care Fact Sheet for K-12 Teachers," from the Rudd Adoption Research Program @UMassAmherst. https://t.co/ArCTPljOKG. (1/4)

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

🗓️Thursday, 6/2 at 6:30 PM PDT: @TongChen_PSU will present "Associations between Time Spent with Children and Parent Mental Health Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic" using Time-Varying Effect Modeling

w/ co-authors @shuquan_chen @amandaramos_23 @jmneiderhiser & @DrAshleyLC

[Prevention Research Center at Penn State @PRCPennState]

We're excited that #SPRConf22 begins tomorrow in Seattle! For conference-goers, we'll be tweeting session info. about PRC-affiliated presenters. Here is a full list for your convenience: https://t.co/tdkwAaFKVg

[Penn State Psychology @PSUPsychology]

Meet 2022 Outstanding Early Career Alumni Awardee, Dr. Rebecca Brooker. She received her grad degree at Penn State in 2011 and is now an Associate Department Head at TAMU where she directs the Development of Mind and Emotions Lab. For more, go to https://t.co/d3YRrvZcDp

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Beyond excited that lab alum Dr. Becky Brooker received the 2022 Outstanding Early Career Alumni Award from @PSUPsychology 🤩 It was so great to welcome Dr. Brooker back on campus!

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Yay @amandaramos_23! Some members of the lab were able to attend the belated graduation to see her walk (2 years later!)

w/ @jmneiderhiser @TongChen_PSU @annamzhou

[Jenae Neiderhiser @jmneiderhiser]

Finally celebrating ⁦@amandaramos_23⁩ 2020 graduation!! Yay, Amanda ⁦@PSUPsychology⁩ ⁦@DevBGLab⁩

[Developmental BG Lab @DevBGLab]

Congrats to @AmaliStephens! 🥳

[Amali Stephens @AmaliStephens]

So honored to announce I’ve been selected for the @ASMicrobiology yr-long Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship! As a fellow, I will attend ASM Microbe for the 1st time, participate in the ASM FLMF Symposium, + be advised by Micro Mentors from different career sectors 🎉👩🏽‍🔬!