丁香园AV

Research Interests

My research program focuses on child socioemotional development from a biopsychosocial and transgenerational approach. Using mixed-methods and client-oriented approaches, this research informs the creation of scalable prevention and intervention programs to promote child development and family wellbeing. Specific emphases of my work include caregiver wellbeing and parenting across child developmental stages and neurodiversity, with a particular focus on family-centred care and non-birther caregivers. A key value of this work is creating accessible and affordable evidence-based programming for all families, which has led to the development of digital mental health and parenting interventions to reduce barriers to service access. My research is based on a foundation of interdisciplinary, collaborative perspectives across domains of child development to promote a comprehensive understanding of child and family wellbeing. At every research stage, this work is informed by caregiver partners with lived experience of mental health concerns to ensure the accurate representation of caregiver concerns in the evolving programs. Further, community-engaged research ensures the resulting programs are integrated into current systems to support families in a timely manner.