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Education:

  • PhD - UCLA

  • MA - UCLA

  • BA - UCLA

Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
​3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

About

Dr. Tung is a clinical psychologist with interests in developmental psychopathology, early life stress, and resilience and prevention. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA and completed her predoctoral clinical internship and postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. Tung joined the Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS) team in 2017, and she currently directs the Resilience in Stressful Environments (RISE) During Pregnancy Study, a sub-study of the PGS. In addition to research, Dr. Tung specializes in evidence-based interventions for children and families and is highly invested in mentoring students and advocating for equitable training pathways for careers in psychological science. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University Dominguez Hills and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Research Interests
Dr. Tung’s research program focuses on the impact of early stress exposure on the development of emotional reactivity and risky behaviors. Her work is guided by two overarching questions: [1] How do contextual life stressors during sensitive periods of development, such as during pregnancy and early childhood, shape the way individuals perceive and react to their social environments? and [2] What modifiable, protective factors in family and community settings help to promote stress resilience and interrupt developmental pathways of risk? The goal of this research is to inform strengths-based preventative efforts to interrupt the cycle of stress-related mental health inequities and support the development of psychological wellbeing for children and families living with chronic stressors. Dr. Tung’s current work is funded by a National Institute of Mental Health K01 Early Career Award and investigates the pregnancy period as a unique window of opportunity for promoting pathways of resilience for parents and their children. Her research has been previously funded by the National Science Foundation and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 

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Studies

Dr. Tung is the Principal Investigator of the Resilience in Stressful Environments (RISE) During Pregnancy Study, a sub-study of the Pittsburgh Girls Study.

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Representative Publications

  1. Tung, I., Keenan, K., & Hipwell, A. E. (2021). Adolescent mothers’ psychological wellbeing during pregnancy and infant emotional health. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. [Online First]. doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1981339 

  2. Noroña-Zhou, A. N., & Tung, I. (2021). Developmental patterns of emotion regulation in toddlerhood: Examining predictors of emotion regulation patterns and long-term resilience. Infant Mental Health Journal, 42, 5-20. doi:10.1002/imhj.21877 

  3. Tung, I., Krafty, R. T., Delcourt, M. L., Melhem, N., Jennings, J. R., Keenan, K., & Hipwell, A. E. (2021). Cardiac vagal control in response to acute stress during pregnancy: Associations with life stress and emotional support. Psychophysiology, 58(6), e13808. doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13808 

  4. Tung, I., Keenan, K., Stepp, S. D., & Hipwell, A. E. (2020). The moderating effects of traumatic stress on vulnerability to emotional distress during pregnancy. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 673-686. doi:10.1017/S0954579419000531  

  5. Tung, I., Christian-Brandt, A. S., Langley, A., & Waterman, J. M. (2020). Developmental outcomes of infants adopted from foster care: Predictive associations from perinatal and preplacement risk factors. Infancy, 25(1), 84-109. doi:10.1111/infa.12319 

  6. Tung, I., Noroña, A. N., & Lee, S. S. (2019). Childhood maltreatment affects adolescent sensitivity to parenting and close friendships in predicting growth in externalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 31, 1237–1253. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000585.  

  7. Hipwell, A. E., Tung, I., Northrup, J. B., & Keenan, K.  (2019). Transgenerational associations between maternal childhood stress exposure and profiles of infant emotional reactivity. Development and Psychopathology, 31, 887-898. doi:10.1017/S0954579419000324   

  8. Tung, I., Noroña, A. N., Morgan, J. E., Caplan, B., Lee, S. S., & Baker, B. L. (2019). Patterns of sensitivity to parenting and peer environments: Early temperament and adolescent externalizing behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29(1), 225-239. doi: 10.1111/jora.12382  

  9. Tung, I., Morgan, J. E., Noroña, A. N., & Lee, S. S. (2017). Prenatal programming of postnatal plasticity for externalizing behavior: Testing an integrated developmental model of genetic and temperamental sensitivity to the environment. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(8), 984–996. doi: 10.1002/dev.21549 

  10. Tung, I., Li, J. J., Meza, J. I., Jezior, K. L ., Kianmahd, J. S. V., Hentschel, P. G., O’Neil, P. M., & Lee, S. S. (2016). Patterns of comorbidity among girls with ADHD: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 138(4), e20160430. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-0430 

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