Elysia Davis

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Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Ph.D.
Phone: (714) 940-1924
Email: edavis@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
PSYCH-WOMEN & CHILDREN'S HEALT
333 City Blvd W., Suite 1200
Mail Code: 1685
Orange, CA 92868
Publications
Davis, E.P. & Sandman, C.A. (2010). The timing of prenatal exposure to maternal cortisol and psychosocial stress is associated with human infant cognitive development. Child Development, 81 (1), 131-138.
Buss, C., Davis, E.P., Muftuler, T., Head, K., & Sandman, C.A. (2010). High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6-9 year-old children. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 141-153.
Buss, C., Davis, E.P., Class, Q., Gierzak, M., Patillo, C., Glynn, L. & Sandman, C.A. (2009). Maturation of the human fetal startle response: Evidence for sex-specific maturation of the human fetus. Early Human Development, 85: 633-638.
Davis, E.P., Waffarn, F., Uy, C., Hobel, C., Glynn, L.M. & Sandman, C.A. (2009). Effect of prenatal glucocorticoid treatment on size at birth among infants born at term. Journal of Perinatology, 29(11):731-737.
Davis, E.P. & Granger, D.A. (2009). Developmental differences in infant salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol responses to stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34: 795-804
Class, Q., Buss, C., Davis, E.P., Gierzak, M., Patillo, C., & Sandman, C.A. (2008). Low levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone during early pregnancy are associated with precocious maturation of the human fetus. Developmental Neuroscience, 30(6): 419-426.
Lucas-Thompson, R.*, Townsend, E.L., Gunnar, M. R., Georgieff, M. K., Guiang, S. F., Lussky, R. C., Cifuentes, R. F. & Davis, E.P. (2008). Developmental Changes in the Responses of Preterm Infants to a Painful Stressor. Infant Behavior and Development, 31(4):614-23.
Battista, L., Winovitch, K.C., Rumney, P.J., Davis, E.P., Hagemann, C., Wing, D.A. (2008). A case-control comparison of the effectiveness of betamethasone to prevent neonatal morbidity and mortality in preterm twin and singleton pregnancies. American Journal of Perinatology, 25, 449-454.
Glynn L.M., Davis E.P., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C.J. & Sandman, C.A. (2007). Postnatal maternal cortisol levels affect temperament in healthy breastfed infants. Early Human Development, 83, 675-681.
Pineless, B., Sandman, C.A., Waffarn, F., Uy, C., & Davis, E.P. (2007). Sensitization of cardiac responses to pain in preterm infants. Neonatology, 91, 190-195.
Davis, E. P., Glynn, L. M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C., Chicz-Demet, A., & Sandman, C. A. (2007). Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and cortisol influences infant temperament. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(6), 737-746.
Davis, E. P. & Sandman, C. A. (2006). Prenatal exposure to maternal stress and stress hormones influences child development. Infants and Young Children, 19(3), 246-259.
Davis, E. P., Townsend, E.L., Gunnar, M. R., Guiang, S. F., Lussky, R. C., Cifuentes, R. F. & Georgieff, M. K. (2006). Antenatal betamethasone treatment has a persisting influence on infant HPA axis regulation. Journal of Perinatology, 26(3), 147-153.
Luciana, M., Gunnar, M. R., Davis, E. P., Nelson, C. A., & Donzella, B. (2005). Children’s “catastrophic responses” to negative feedback on CANTAB’s ID/ED set-shifting task: Relation to indices of a depressive temperamental style. Cognitie, Creier, Comportament [Cognition, Brain, Behavior], 9, 343-361.
Davis, E. P., Glynn, L. M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C., Chicz-Demet, A., & Sandman, C. A. (2005). Maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone levels during pregnancy are associated with infant temperament. Developmental Neuroscience, 27(5), 299-305.
Davis, E. P., Townsend, E. L., Gunnar, M. R., Georgieff, M. K., Guiang, S. F., Cifuentes, R. F., & Lussky, R. C. (2004). Effects of prenatal betamethasone exposure on regulation of stress physiology in healthy premature infants. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29, 1028-1036.
Davis, E. P., Snidman, N., Wadhwa, P. D., Dunkel Schetter, C., Glynn, L., & Sandman, C. A. (2004). Prenatal maternal anxiety and depression predict negative behavioral reactivity in infancy. Infancy, 6(3), 319-331.
Davis, E. P., Bruce, J., Snyder, K., & Nelson, C. A. (2003). The X-trials: Neural correlates of response inhibition in children and adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15(3), 1-12.
Davis, E. P., Bruce, J. & Gunnar, M. R. (2002). The anterior attention network: Associations with temperament and neuroendocrine activity in 6-year-old children. Developmental Psychobiology, 40(1), 43-56.
Bruce, J., Davis, E. P., & Gunnar, M. R. (2002). Individual differences in children’s cortisol response to the beginning of a new school year. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 27(6), 635-650.
Wisbeck, J.M., Huffman, L.C., Freund, L., Gunnar, M.R., Davis, E. P., & Reiss, A. L. (2000). Cortisol and social stressors in children with Fragile X: A pilot study. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 21(4), 280-284.
Wisbeck, J.M., Huffman, L.C., Freund, L., Gunnar, M.R., Davis, E. P., & Reiss, A. L. (2000). Cortisol and social stressors in children with Fragile X: A pilot study. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 21(4), 280-284.
Davis, E. P., Donzella, B., Krueger, W. K., & Gunnar, M. R. (1999). The start of a new school year: Individual differences in salivary cortisol response in relation to child temperament. Developmental Psychobiology, 35 188-196.
Grants
Quality of Maternal Care Moderates the Developmental Consequences of Exposure to Prenatal Stress (R03 MH086062)
Prenatal Programming of Infant Temperament (RO3 HD052669)
Prenatal Glucocorticoids Influence Brain and Behavior (R01 HD050662)
Research Centers
UCI Women and Children's Health and Wellbeing Project
Last updated
03/24/2010