Research in the Perinatal Psychobiology Lab broadly spans the fields of health psychology, developmental psychobiology, and neuroscience. Our current interdisciplinary, cross-institutional research projects include multi-method assessment of mental and physical health markers, behaviors, and outcomes with families from historically under-resourced communities and/or those at risk for health inequities. Our primary focus has been on investigating maternal pre- and postnatal health in relation to infant/child development and biopsychosocial processes underlying these relations. We hope to highlight risk and resiliency factors that may inform prevention and intervention to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for women and their children.

Our additional collaborative projects have included examination of social factors that influence responses to health messages, neurocognitive assessment and treatment barriers with individuals diagnosed with chronic illnesses (e.g., HIV and Hepatitis C), benefits of integrated care in underserved samples, relations between diet and mental health in Division 1 women athletes, and the prevalence and predictors of women’s sexual health difficulties in primary care settings across the world.

Additional Announcements

Do you want to learn more about the IDAHO Mom Study? Now you can. Click on the following link to discover what the Perinatal Psychobiology Lab is doing with this study: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/community/idaho-state-university-psychology-professor-s-idaho-moms-study/article_76375298-95a0-5ccf-98f0-da35225d8916.html

Here is a link to a special issue of the Children Journal that Dr. Nicki Aubuchon-Endsley is guest editing: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/ICPQ64O0YF

Student Opportunities

Dr. Aubuchon-Endsley will be accepting graduate students for 2024-2025. Please click here to learn more about the doctoral programs in Clinical and Industrial-Organizational Psychology at The University of Tulsa.