Representative Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Gotlib, I. H., & Robakis, T. K. (2021). Breastfeeding Difficulties Predict Mothers' Bonding with Their Infants from Birth to Age Six Months. Maternal and Child Health. doi: 10.1007/s10995-020-03036-9

Humphreys, K. L., Camacho, M. C., Roth, M. C., & Estes, E. C. (2020). Prenatal stress exposure and multimodal assessment of amygdala–prefrontal cortex connectivity in infants. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100877 

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Mondal, S., Gotlib, I. H., & Robakis, T. K. (2020). Attachment security in pregnancy mediates the association between severity of maternal childhood maltreatment and offspring emotional and behavioral problems. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01073-7  

Robakis, T. K., Zhang, S., Rasgon, N. L., Li, J., Wang, T., Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., Gotlib, I. H., Ho, M., Khechaduri, A., Budhan, V., Davis, K. N., Holder-Chow Lin On, B., Lin, J., Williams, K. E. W., & Urban, A. E. (2020). Overlapping peripheral DNA methylation signatures of childhood adversity, attachment insecurity, and perinatal depression. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0703-3

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., & Gotlib, I. H. (2018). Self-reported neglect, amygdala volume, and symptoms of anxiety in adolescent boys. Child abuse & neglect, 80, 80-89. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.03.016

Poster Presentations

Roth, M. C. & Humphreys, K. L. (2020, October). Newborn care and maternal stress: Links to actual and expected role division. Poster presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington, DC.

Roth, M. C., King, L. S., Zeanah, C. H., Gotlib, I. H., & Humphreys, K. L. (2020, October). Maternal childhood maltreatment severity is associated with prenatal representations of offspring. Poster presented at the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health biennial meeting, Iowa City, IA. 

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Mondal, S., Gotlib, I. H., & Robakis, T. K. (2020, June). Attachment security in pregnancy mediates the association between severity of maternal childhood maltreatment and offspring emotional and behavioral problems. Poster presented at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Future Directions Forum, Washington, DC. 

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Gotlib, I. H., & Robakis, T. K. (2019, March). Breastfeeding difficulties predict mother–infant bonding from birth to age 6 months. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Roth, M. C., Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Davis, E. G., Puente, E.M., & Gotlib, I.H. (2017, May). Mothers’ attentional bias to infant distress is predicted by empathy. Poster presented at the Society for Biological Psychiatry annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Roth, M. C., Sorenson, J. E., & Gotlb, I.H. (2014, August). Combined automatic and manual segmentation of cortical gray and white matter of depressed and nondepressed individuals. Poster presented at the PsychSummer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Stanford, CA.

Honors

Ursula Meyer Fellowship. Vanderbilt University, Fall 2020

Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2020