Oral presentations made by Dr. Sullivan

August 2022 “Developmental Programming of Neurobehavioral Development by Maternal Nutrition and Metabolic State.” Developmental Health and Disease Workshop, OHSU Center for Developmental Health, Portland, OR. 

August 2022 “Perinatal Environmental Influences on Offspring Risk for Psychiatric Disorders.” American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. 

June 2022 “The Influence of Maternal Nutrition, Metabolic State and Inflammation on Child Risk for Psychiatric Disorders.” The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences virtual workshop “Can Nutrition Modify the Impact of Environmental Exposures on Autism Spectrum Disorder”. 

June 2021 “Perinatal Environmental Influences on Offspring Risk for Psychiatric Disorders.” Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Oral and Poster Presentations

2023 presentations:

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. Higher prenatal dietary glycemic index predicts greater subjective and objective negative affect in 6-month-old infants: A prospective longitudinal study. Oral presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development. March 2023, Salt Lake City, UT.  

Wood EK, Nomura OK, Howery AN, Volk H, Nigg JT, Gustafsson JC, & Sullivan EL. Prenatal vitamin C supplementation mediates the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and infant negative affect at six months. Poster presentation at the joint OHSU, OSU, & UO conference. October 2023, Portland, OR.  

Wood EK, Horgan A, Howery A, Nomura O, Volk H, Nigg JT, Ablow JC, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Prenatal dietary programming of infant negative affect: Exploring the role of the glycemic index and vitamin C. Poster presentation at the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health annual conference. December 2023, Washington, DC.  

Wood EK, Nomura OK, Howery AN, Volk H, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Prenatal vitamin C intake: What are the effects on perceived prenatal stress and infant temperament outcomes at six months? Poster presentation at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. July 2023, Utrecht, The Netherlands.  

Wood EK, Nomura OK, Howery AN, Volk H, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. The mighty micronutrient: The influence of prenatal vitamin C intake on maternal stress and infant temperament. Oral presentation at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Summer Course. August 2023, Portland, OR. 

Wood EK, Developmental origins of childhood mental health: Insights from prenatal nutrition studies. Oral presentation at the Psychiatry Faculty meeting. January 2024, Portland, OR.  

2022 presentations:  

Sullivan EL, Nigg JT, Karalunas SL, Gustafsson HG. The Maternal Tryptophan-Kynurenine Pathway Mediates the Association between Maternal Adiposity and Child Risk for Psychopathology. Flux 2022, September 2022, Paris, France. 

Molloy K, Nguyen C, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. The effects of postpartum depression on parenting sense of competence and infant emotional development. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Sridhar N, Hayes MF, Figuracion MT, Nigg JT, Karalunas SL, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. An Examination of the Relationship Between Maternal ACEs and Infant Frontal EEG Asymmetry. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Pope K, Gustafsson HC, Sullivan EL, Orvis J, Mackiewicz Seghete K, Engel A, Young, E, & Graham AM. Childhood adverse experiences and PTSD symptoms among perinatal people during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Orvis J, Pope K, Engel A, Young E, Sullivan EL, Gustafsson HC, Mackiewicz Seghete, K, & Graham AM. Protective factors against perinatal depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Hayes MF, Sridhar N, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Discrimination and Development: The effect of maternal adversity on child neurobehavioral development. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Wood EK, Stamos G, Mitchell AJ, Gonoud R, Horgan AM, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Food desert severity mediates the association between socioeconomic status and metabolic state during pregnancy in a prospective longitudinal cohort. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Volk H, Gustafsson HC, Ablow JC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. Influence of Pregnancy Specific Anxiety on Prenatal Supplementation Behavior. Poster presentation at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Wood EK, Murgueitio, JN, Sullivan, EL, & Tamashiro, K. You are what mom eats: Translational & clinical work on the influence of prenatal maternal nutrition on offspring neurobehavioral health. Symposium at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. November 2022, San Diego, CA.  

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. Prenatal dietary glycemic index predicts infant negative affect at six months in a prospective longitudinal cohort. Oral presentation at the OHSU Post-doc Society Research in Progress Seminar Series. November 2022, Portland OR.  

Wood EK, Stamos G, Mitchell AJ, Gonoud R, Horgan AM, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Food desert severity mediates the association between socioeconomic status and metabolic state during pregnancy in a prospective longitudinal cohort. Poster presented at the Oregon Health and Science University Research Week. May 2022, Portland, OR. 

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. Birthing parent prenatal glucose intake independently predicts negative affect in six-month-olds: A prospective longitudinal study. Poster presentation at the joint OHSU, OSU, & UO Post-doc Conference. November 2022, Corvallis, OR.  

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, & Sullivan EL. The relationship between COVID-19 pandemic exposure on infant sadness at six months of age is mediated by maternal body composition at the end of pregnancy. Oral presentation at the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. April 2022, Portland, OR.  

Wood EK, Stamos G, Mitchell AJ, Gonoud R, Horgan AM, Nigg JT, Gustafsson HC, & Sullivan EL. Food desert severity mediates the association between socioeconomic status and metabolic state during pregnancy in a prospective longitudinal cohort. Poster presentation at the Thriving Brains and Bodies Conference. March 2022, Portland, OR.  

2021 presentations:  

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, Sullivan EL. COVID-19 Pandemic Exposure is Associated with Increased Weight Gain During Pregnancy, Flash-talk presentation at the COVID Generation International Research Summit, November 2021, Chicago, IL. 

Wood EK, Gustafsson HC, Nigg JT, Sullivan EL. Pregnant women consume more inflammatory diets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infographic presented at the COVID Generation International Research Summit, November 2021, Chicago, IL 

Doyle O, Mackiewicz Seghete K, Sullivan E. Gustafsson H, Graham AM. Alcohol use during COVID-19 among perinatal individuals. Infographic presented at the COVID Generation International Research Summit, November 2021, Chicago, IL 

Alsup S, Graham AM, Sullivan E, Gustafsson H. Attachment: COVID-19 and perinatal experiences study. Infographic presented at the COVID Generation International Research Summit, November 2021, Chicago, IL. 

Gustafsson HC, Sullivan EL, Nikolas M, Martel M, Mooney, MA, Vartanian K, Karalunas SL, Nigg JT. Prenatal maternal distress association with offspring ADHD symptoms is independent of pre- and post-natal confounds and child polygenic risk for ADHD. The 54^th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, November 2021, Chicago, IL.