Helena Rutherford, PhD
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Associate Professor in the Child Study Center
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Education & Training
- Honorary Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow
- University College London (2012)
- Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate
- Yale University School of Medicine (2010)
- Postgraduate Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine (2009)
- PhD
- Bangor University, Psychology (2008)
- BS
- Bangor University, Psychology (2005)
- MSc
- Bangor University (2005)
Research
Overview
Individual differences in the neural correlates of infant cue perception
Maternal distress tolerance and stress reactivity
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0000-0001-8680-1535
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Linda Mayes, MD
Marc Potenza, PhD, MD
Kathryn M Wall, MS, MA
Amanda Lowell, PhD
Francesca Penner, PhD
Michael Crowley, PhD
50Publications
862Citations
Publications
2024
27. Investigating Neural Markers of Maternal Psychological Risk
Wall K, Penner F, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. 27. Investigating Neural Markers of Maternal Psychological Risk. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s109-s110. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMade to move: A review of measurement strategies to characterize heterogeneity in normal fetal movement
Ayala K, Huynh C, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Made to move: A review of measurement strategies to characterize heterogeneity in normal fetal movement. Infant Behavior And Development 2024, 75: 101949. PMID: 38663329, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsFetal movementsAssessment of fetal movementsIndicator of fetal well-beingNormal fetal movementFetal well-beingPredicting adverse outcomesAbnormal fetal movementsMovement assessmentMagnetic resonance imagingGestational ageFetal behaviorAdverse outcomesDoppler ultrasoundResonance imagingClinical implicationsMaternal perceptionGestationReview of studiesUltrasoundMaternal attachmentComprehensive review of studiesFetusesParental Tobacco Smoking and Caregiving in the Perinatal and Early Infancy Periods
Martin R, Sandoval I, Penner F, Mayes L, Potenza M, Krishnan-Sarin S, Rutherford H. Parental Tobacco Smoking and Caregiving in the Perinatal and Early Infancy Periods. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2024, 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-024-02800-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental tobacco smokingTobacco smokePostpartum caregivingRisk of child neglectPostpartum periodImpact of tobacco smokingTobacco-cessation programsIllicit substance useChild neglectTobacco useSmoking tobaccoCaregiversPeriod of child developmentChild developmentSubstance usePostpartumSmokingEarly infancy periodPredominant focusTobaccoReview current literatureFathersPotential impactMothersCurrent literatureLetter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain?
Ayala K, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain? Developmental Psychobiology 2024, 66: e22467. PMID: 38339781, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsNeural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances
McCurdy L, Yip S, Worhunsky P, Zhai Z, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 171: 126-133. PMID: 38277872, PMCID: PMC10922955, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsResponses to infant stimuliInfant stimuliMaternal behaviorAffective processesBrain regionsPsychological processesEmotional responsesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPotential neural targetsInfant emotional expressionsMaternal emotional responsivenessSubstance-use statusAssociated with difficultiesSocial-emotional developmentInfant social-emotional developmentMaternal substance useInfant facesCognitive processesImprove child outcomesEmotional expressionEmotional intensityNeural targetsSubstance useGroups of mothersChild outcomes
2023
Maternal psychological risk and the neural correlates of infant face processing: A latent profile analysis
Wall K, Penner F, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Maternal psychological risk and the neural correlates of infant face processing: A latent profile analysis. Developmental Psychobiology 2023, 66: e22445. PMID: 38131237, PMCID: PMC10783861, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsNeurobiology of Parenting and Implications for Emotion Regulation
Rutherford H. Neurobiology of Parenting and Implications for Emotion Regulation. 2023, 229-243. DOI: 10.1017/9781009304368.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal Prenatal Attachment: An Early Intergenerational Intervention for Child Psychiatry
Gao L, Givrad S, Rutherford H. Maternal Prenatal Attachment: An Early Intergenerational Intervention for Child Psychiatry. 2023, 10 DOI: 10.62414/001c.92191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study
Dettmer A, Bartz C, Rutherford H. Nonverbal face‐to‐face interactions in macaques and humans: A translational pilot study. Developmental Psychobiology 2023, 65: e22416. PMID: 37860898, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMother-infant dyadsHuman mothersPilot studyFirst-time mothersTranslational pilot studyOptimal infant developmentMaternal primiparityMother-infant interactionNonhuman primate speciesTranslational validityRhesus macaquesNonhuman primatesInfant developmentSex influenceExperienced mothersMacaquesMothersFace mother-infant interactionsHigh rateMothers of sonsHumansDevelopmental domainsCortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRisk
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
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CommitteesF1000Details2011 - Presentactivity Reviewer
Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsOngoingDetails2011 - PresentDescriptionAd-hoc Reviewer: Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, Cognition, Journal of Adolescent Health, Developmental Neuropsychology, Psychological Review, Psychiatry Research, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychologyactivity Member
Professional OrganizationsAssociation for Psychological ScienceDetails2008 - Presentactivity Member
Professional OrganizationsVision Sciences SocietyDetails2005 - 2009
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- June 25, 2024
Forty trainees recognized at annual Yale Child Study Center graduation event
- June 24, 2024
Inaugural YCSC postdoctoral scholar travel awardees announced
- June 10, 2024
Yale Child Study Center welcomes 2024 summer interns
- June 04, 2024
April 2024 YCSC Faculty Development Fund awardees announced
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