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Francesca Penner, PhD

Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study Center
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Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study Center

Biography

Francesca is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Yale Child Study Center, working under the mentorship of Dr. Helena Rutherford in the Before and After Baby Lab. Francesca received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Child Psychology emphasis) from the University of Houston in 2021. Francesca's research focuses on parent mental health, parenting, and the role of parents in children's mental health risk and resilience. 

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Education & Training

Clinical Psychology Internship
University of Mississippi Medical Center (2021)
PhD
University of Houston, Clinical Psychology (2021)
MEd
Vanderbilt University, Child Studies (2016)
BA
The University of Chicago, English Language & Literature (2009)

Research

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Medical Research Interests

Adverse Childhood Experiences; Child Development; Emotional Regulation; Parent-Child Relations; Parenting; Psychopathology

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Francesca Penner's published research.

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