Selected Publications

Kertes, D.A,  Clendinen, C., Duan, K., Rabinowitz, J., Browning, C., Kvam, P. (in press 2023). Social environment matters for the relation of telomere length and internalizing problems during adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Chen, S., Kertes, D.A., Benner, A. (in press 2023). The Biological Wear and Tear of Discrimination on Mexican-origin Adolescents’ Mental and Sleep Health. Developmental Psychopathology.

Ford, J.L., Pickler, R. H., Browning, C. R., Tarrence, J., Anderson, A., Kertes, D.A. (2023). Associations between Anxiety and Depression and Telomere Length in Adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 155:106310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106310 “Editor’s Choice” in Psychoneuroendocrinology

Browning, C., Tarrrence, J., Kertes, D.A., Pickler, R., Way, G., Calder, C., Ford, J. (2023). Everyday perceptions of safety and racial disparities in hair cortisol concentration. Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106088

Kertes, D.A., Leri, J. Duan, K., Tarrence, J., Browning, C., Pickler, R., Ford, J.  (2022). Demographic and health predictors of telomere length during adolescence. Developmental Psychobiology 64:e22311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.22311

Rabinowitz, J.A., Jin J., Kuo, S., Campos, A. I., Renteria, M., Huhn, A., Thrul, J., Reboussin, B., Benke, K., Domingue, B., Ialongo, N.S., Maher, B.S., Kertes. D., Troiani, V., Uhl, G. (2022). Positive Associations between Cannabis and Alcohol Consumption Polygenic Risk Scores and Phenotypic Opioid Misuse among African Americans. PlosOne. 17(4): e0266384. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266384 PMCID: PMC8993003 PMID: 35395044

Clendinen, C. A., & Kertes, D. A. (2022). Discrimination and health: Fostering better health for Black American youth. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322211073796

Rabinowitz, J. A., Jin, J., Kahn, G., Kuo, S. I. C., Campos, A., Renteria, M., Benke, K., Wilcox, H., Ialongo, N. S., Maher, B. S., Kertes, D., Eaton, W., Uhl, G., Wagner, B. M., & Cohen, D. (2021). Genetic propensity for risky behavior and depression and risk of lifetime suicide attempt among urban African Americans in adolescence and young adulthood. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 186(8), 456-468. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32866 PMID: 34231309.

Ford, J. L., Browning, C. R., Boch, S. J., Kertes, D. A., Tarrence, J., Way, B. M., & Schmeer, K. K. (2021). Racial and economic adversity differences in stress markers and immune function among urban adolescents. Nursing Research, 70(5S), S31-S42. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000527   PMID: 34173379, PMCID: PMC8515952.

Kamin, H. S., Bhatt, S. S., Mulligan, C. J., & Kertes, D. A. (2020).  Dehydroepiandrosterone at birth: Response to stress and relation to demographic, pregnancy, and delivery factors. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32(10), e12906. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12906

Clukay, C. J., Hughes, D. A., Kertes, D. A., & Mulligan, C. J. (2020). Associations between maternal psychosocial stress, DNA methylation, and newborn birth weight identified by investigating methylation at individual, regional, and genome levels. Human Biology, 91(2), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.13110/humanbiology.91.2.04

Liu, J., Kamin, H. S., Kurtevski, S., Kelly, M., & Kertes, D. A. (2019). The impact of maternal stress on infant alpha-amylase is buffered by high infant regulation and low infant negative reactivity. Developmental Psychobiology, 61(8), 1204-1213. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21858 PMID: 31004366.

Sharma, S., Mustanski, B., Dick, D., Bolland, J., & Kertes, D. A. (2019). Protective factors buffer life stress and behavioral health outcomes among high-risk youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(8), 1289-1301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00515-8 PMID: 30796646.

Kertes, D. A., Hall, N., & Bhatt, S. S. (2018). Children’s relationship with their pet dogs and OXTR genotype predict child-pet interaction in an experimental setting. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1472. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01472 PMID: 30233440, PMCID: PMC6134068.

Kertes, D. A., Kamin, H. S., Liu, J., Bhatt, S. S., & Kelly, M. (2018). Putting a finger on the problem: Finger stick blood draw and immunization at the well-child exam elicit a cortisol response to stress among one-year-old-children. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, 103-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.021 PMID: 29705575.

Clukay, C. J., Hughes, D. A., Rodney, N. C., Kertes, D. A., & Mulligan, C. J. (2018). DNA methylation of methylation complex genes in relation to stress and genome-wide methylation in mother-newborn dyads. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(1), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23341 PMID: 29028111.

Montoya-Williams, D., Quinlan, J., Clukay, C., Rodney, N. C., Kertes, D. A., & Mulligan, C. J. (2018) Associations between maternal prenatal stress, methylation changes in IGF1 and IGF2, and birth weight. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 9(2), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174417000800 PMID: 2901763.

Kertes, D. A., Bhatt, S. S., Kamin, H. S., Hughes, D. A., Rodney, N. C., & Mulligan, C. J. (2017). BNDF methylation in mothers and newborns is associated with maternal exposure to war trauma. Clinical Epigenetics, 9(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-017-0367-x PMID: 28680507, PMCID: PMC5493129.

Kamin, H. S., & Kertes, D. A. (2017). Cortisol and DHEA in development and psychopathology. Hormones and Behavior, 89, 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.11.018 PMID: 27979632.

Kertes, D. A., Liu, J., Hall, N. J., Hadad, N. A., Wynne, C. D. L., & Bhatt, S. S. (2016). Effect of pet dogs on children’s perceived stress and cortisol stress response. Social Development, 26(2), 382-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12203 *Wiley Top 20 Most Downloaded Article in Social Development* 

Liu, J., Mustanski, B., Dick, D., Bolland, J., & Kertes, D. A. (2017). Risk and protective factors for comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems among economically disadvantaged African American youth. Development and Psychopathology, 29(3), 1043–1056. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416001012 PMID: 27758730.

Liu, J., Bolland, J. M., Dick, D., Mustanski, B., & Kertes, D. A. (2016). Effect of environmental risk and externalizing comorbidity on internalizing problems among economically disadvantaged African American youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(3), 552-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12213 PMID: 27594775, PMCID: PMC5006957.

Kertes, D. A., Kamin, H. S., Hughes, D. A., Rodney, N. C., Bhatt, S. S., & Mulligan, C. J. (2016). Prenatal maternal stress predicts methylation of genes regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system in mothers and newborns in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Child Development, 87(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12487 PMID: 26822443, PMCID: PMC4733886.  *Thompson Reuters’ Highly Cited Paper* 

Hall, N. J., Liu, J., Kertes, D. A., & Wynne, C. D. L. (2016). Behavioral and self-report measures influencing children’s reported attachment to their dog. Anthrozoos, 29(1), 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2015.1088683

Janssen, A. B., Kertes, D. A., McNamara, G. I., Braitwaithe, E. C., Creeth, H. D. J., Glover, V. I., & John, R. M. (2016). A role for the placenta in programming maternal mood and childhood behavioural disorders. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 28(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12373 PMID: 26836228, PMCID: PMC4988512.

Goyal, N., Aliev, F., Latendresse, S. J., Kertes, D. A., Bolland, J. M., Byck. G. R., Mustanski, B., Salvatore, J. E., & Dick, D. M. (2016). Genes involved in stress response and alcohol use among high-risk African American youth. Substance Abuse, 37(3), 450-458. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2015.1134756 PMID: 26751645, PMCID: PMC5007209.

Liu, J., Bolland, J. M., Dick, D., Mustanski, B., & Kertes, D. A. (2015). Effect of environmental risk and externalizing comorbidity on internalizing problems among economically disadvantaged African American youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(3), 552-556. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12213 PMID: 27594775, PMCID: PMC5006957.

Swann, G., Byck, G. R., Dick D. M., Aliev, F., Latendresse, S. J., Riley, B., Kertes, D. A., Sun, C., Salvatore, J. E., Bolland, J., & Mustanski, B. (2014). Effect of OPRM1 and stressful life events on symptoms of major depression in African American adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 162, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.03.020 PMID: 24766998, PMCID: PMC4083691.

Kertes, D. A., & van Dulmen, M. (2012). Latent state trait modeling of children’s cortisol at two points of the diurnal cycle. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(2) 249-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.009 PMID: 21752549, PMCID: PMC3241873.

Reimers, M. A., Riley, B. P., Kalsi, G., Kertes, D. A., & Kendler, K. S. (2012). Pathway based analysis of genotypes in relation to alcohol dependence. The Pharmacogenomics Journal, 12(4), 342-348. https://doi.org/10.1038/tpj.2011.10 PMID: 21468025, PMCID: PMC3134610.

Kertes, D. A., Kalsi, G., Prescott, C. A., Kuo, P. H., Patterson, D. G., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S., & Riley, B.P. (2011). Neurotransmitter and neuromodulator genes associated with a history of depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(3), 496-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01366.x PMID: 21143246, PMCID: PMC3116055.

Kertes, D. A., Donzella, B., Talge, N. M., Garvin, M. C., Van Ryzin, M. J., & Gunnar, M. R. (2009). Inhibited temperament and parent emotional availability differentially predict young children’s cortisol responses to novel social and nonsocial events. Developmental Psychobiology, 51(7), 521-532. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20390 PMID: 19676107.