2014.08 – 2019.08美国圣母大学， 发展心理学博士 （辅修量化心理学）

2010.09 – 2014.06onthegopto.com， 心理学学士

2022.3 –至今onthegopto.com，心理学院 讲师

2019.08 – 2021.11美国犹他大学，心理学系 博士后

研究领域1:早期经历(Early Experience)对儿童发展的危机与保护

1.Gao, M. M., Kaliush, P. R., Brown, M.A., Shakiba, N., Raby, K. L., Crowell, S. E., & Conradt, E. (in press). Unique contributions of maternal prenatal and postnatal emotion dysregulation on infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia.Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00914-4

2.Gao, M. M.^†,Saenz, C.^†, Neff, D., Santana, M.L., Amici, J., Butner, J., Raby, K. L., Crowell, S.E., & Conradt, E. (2021). Bringing the laboratory into the home: A Protocol for remote physiological and behavioral data collection in pregnant women with emotion dysregulation and their Infants.Journal of Health Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211064984

3.Gao, M. M.,Ostlund, B., Brown, M., Kaliush, P., Terrell, S., Vlisides-Henry, R., Raby, L., Crowell, S.E., & Conradt, E. (2021). Prenatal maternal transdiagnostic, RDoC-informed, predictors of newborn neurobehavior: Differences by sex.Development and Psychopathology, 33,1554-1565.http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420002266

4.Kaliush, P.,Gao, M.M.,Vlisides-Henry, R., Thmoas, L.R, Buter, J., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S.E. (2021). Perinatal foundations of personality pathology from a dynamical systems perspective.Current Opinion in Psychology, 37,121-128.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.12.003

5.Vlisides-Henry, R. D., Deboeck, P. R., Grill-Velasquez, W., Mackey, S., Ramadurai, D. K. A., Urry, J. O., Neff, D., Terrell, S.,Gao, M.,Thomas, L., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (2021). Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy.Biological Psychology, 159,108027.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108027

6.Gao, M. M.,Brown, M. A., Neff, D., Crowell, S. E., & Conradt, E. (2021). Prenatal paternal stress predicts infant parasympathetic outcomes above and beyond prenatal maternal stress.Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.http://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1941822

7.Shakiba, N.,Gao, M. M.,Conradt, E., Terrell, S., & Lester, B. M. (in press). Parent-child relationship quality and adolescent health: Testing the differential susceptibility hypothesis in African American youths with prenatal substance exposure.Child Development.https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13667

^†indicates co-first author

研究领域2:情绪调节困难(emotion dysregulation)的神经、行为、生理基础

1.Gao, M. M.,Speck, B., Ostlund, B., Neff, D., Shakiba, N., Vlisides-Henry, R., Kaliush, P. R., Molina, N. C., Thomas, L., Raby, L., Crowell, S.E.^‡, & Conradt, E.^‡(in press). Early developmental foundations of physiological dynamics between mothers and infants: The role of newborn neurobehavior. Child Development.

2.Vlisides-Henry, R. D.,Gao, M.,Thomas, L., Kaliush, P. R., Conradt, E., & Crowell, S. E. (in press). Digital phenotyping of emotion dysregulation across lifespan transitions to better understand psychopathology risk.Frontiers in Psychiatry.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.618442

3.Gao, M. M., de Silva, A., Cummings, E. M., Davies, P. T. (2019). Interrelatedness between children's physiological and psychological responses to interparental conflict: A moderating role of harsh parenting.Social Development, 28,1016-1036.https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12376

4.Han, Z. R.,Gao, M. M., Yan, J., Hu, X., Zhou, W., & Li, X. (2019). Correlates of parent-child physiological synchrony and emotional parenting: Differential associations in varying interactive contexts.Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28,1116-1123.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01337-4

5.Li, J.,Han, Z. R.,Gao, M. M., Sun, X., & Ahemaitijiang, N. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Chinese Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): Factor structure, reliability, and validity.Psychological Assessment, 30(5), e1-e9.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000582

6.Gao, M. M., Han, Z. R. (2016). Family Expressiveness mediates the relation between cumulative family risks and children’s emotion regulation in a Chinese sample.Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(5), 1570-1580.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0335-z

7.Han, Z. R., Qian, J.,Gao, M. M., Dong, J. (2015). Emotion socialization mechanisms linking Chinese fathers’, mothers’, and children’s emotion regulation: A moderated mediation model.Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(12), 3570-3579.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0158-y

^‡indicates co-senior author

研究领域3:家庭环境和儿童发展结果

1.Donato, S., Barni, D., Ferrais, A., Iafrate, R., de Silva, A.,Gao, M. M., Miller-Graff, L., & Cummings, E. M. (2022). Adolescents’ victimization and internalizing problems: The protective role of parental sense of coherence.Journal of Child and Family Studies.http://doi.orrg/10.1007/s10826-022-02264-7

2.Asanjarani, F.,Gao, M. M., de Silva, A., & Cummings, E. M. (2022). Examining the link between interparental conflict and adolescents’ adjustment in Iranian divorced and intact families.Journal of Child and Family Studies.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02163-3

3.Gao, M. M., Papp, L.M., & Cummings, E. M. (2021). Typologies of daily relationship quality in marital and parent–child subsystems: Implications for child adjustment.Journal of Family Psychology.http://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000929

4.de Silva, A.,Gao, M. M., Barni, D., Donato, S., Miller-Graff, L., & Cummings, E. M. (2020). Interparental conflict on Italian adolescent adjustment: The role of insecurity within the family.Journal of Family Issues, 42,671-692.https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20927749

5.Hu, X., Han, Z. R., Bai, L., &Gao, M. M.(2019). The mediating role of parenting stress in the relations between parental emotion regulation and parenting behaviors in Chinese families of children with autism spectrum disorders: A dyadic analysis.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49,3983-3998.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04103-z

6.Gao, M. M. & Cummings, E. M. (2019). Understanding parent–child relationship as a developmental process: fluctuations across days and changes over years.Developmental Psychology, 55,1046-1058.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000680

7.Gao, M. M.,Du, H., Davies, P. T., Cummings, E. M. (2019). Marital conflict behaviors and parenting: Dyadic links over time.Family Relations, 68,135-149.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12322

Gao, M.M.,de Silva, A., Asanjarani, F., & Cummings, E. M. “Examining the link between interparental conflict and adolescents’ adjustment in Iranian divorced and intact families,”Interparental conflict, emotional security and child adjustment: Cross-cultural studies exploring processes, contexts, and methods.Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD. (March 2019)

de Silva, A.,Gao, M.M.,Barni, D., Donato, S., Miller-Graff, L., & Cummings, E. M. “Effects of interparental conflict on Italian adolescents’ adjustment: Mediations involving emotional insecurity within the family,”Interparental conflict, emotional security and child adjustment: Cross-cultural studies exploring processes, contexts, and methods.Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD. (March 2019)

Gao, M. M.& Cummings, E. M. "The link between marital and parent-child relationship quality: Test for the spillover and compensatory hypotheses with a daily diary design," in M. M. Gao (Chair),A dyadic perspective and beyond: Studying interpersonal dynamics with intensive longitudinal data.APS, 30th Association for Psychological Science Convention, San Francisco, CA. (May 2018) [Discussant: Dr. Niall Bolger]

基金和科研项目经历

1.Baby Affect and Behavior (BABY) Study参与人2019—2021

Mentors: Dr. Elisabeth Conradt and Dr. Sheila Crowell

美国国家精神卫生研究院（NIMH）

2.Supporting Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Communication Project参与人2017 – 2019

Mentors: Dr. E. Mark Cummings

美国国家儿童健康和人类发展研究院（NICHD）

4.Italy Project:

Mentors: Dr. E. Mark Cummings and Dr. Laura Miller-Graff

Collaborators: Dr. Silvia Donato (Catholic University of Milan, Italy)

Dr. Daniela Barni (University of Rome LUMSA, Italy)

本科生课程 家庭研究研讨会2016, 2018

研究生课程定量方法2017 – 2018

本科生课程 实验心理学（统计）2016 – 2017

认知心理学2015 – 2016

Developmental Psychology, Developmental Psychobiology, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Health Psychology, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Society for Research in Child Development

International Congress of Infant Studies

Developmental Research Award from Department of Psychology, Notre Dame 2019

Notebaert Professional Development Award 2018, 2019

Society of Research Child Development (SRCD) Student Travel Award 2017, 2019

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant from, University of Notre Dame 2018

Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Caucus Travel Assistance 2018

Graduate Student Union Conference Presentation Grant 2016-2018

Departmental Travel Award 2014-2019