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Catherine Monk, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Clinical Psychologist, Behavioral Medicine Program, Columbia–Presbyterian Medical Center
Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology , Columbia University Medical Center
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Research Scientist IV, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Senior Sackler Scientist, Sackler Institute
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Undergraduate: Barnard College, 1986
Graduate: New School For Social Research, M.A., 1990
Doctoral Degree: City University of New York, Ph.D., 1997
Fellowship: Psychobiological Sciences Training Program, Columbia University, NIMH Research Fellowship, 1997 - 2000
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• Perinatal psychology, psychiatry
• Psychobiological development
• Developmental psychopathology
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Address:
Russ Berrie Pavilion Room Suite 1-121 Unit/Box: 1150 St.Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-851-5576
Fax: 212-851-5580
cem31@Columbia.edu
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Our laboratory investigates the possible effects of pregnant women's stress, anxiety, and depression on fetal and infant development, specifically with respect to the future child's biobehavioral reactivity, affect regulation, and risk for psychopathology.

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1. Monk C, Myers MM, Sloan RP, Ellman L, Fifer WP: The effects of women's stress-elicited physiological activity and chronic anxiety on fetal heart rate. Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics 2003;24: 32-38
2. Monk C, Sloan RP, Myers MM, Ellman L, Werner E, Jeon J, Tager F, Fifer WP: Fetal heart rate reactivity differsby women's psychiatric status: An early marker for developmental risk. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2004;43: 283-290
3. Kaplan LA, Evans L, Monk C: Effects of mothers' prenatal psychiatric status and postnatal caregiving on infant biobehavioral regulation: Can prenatal programming be modified?. Early Human Development 2008;84: 249-256
4. Monk C, Leight K, Fang Y (in press): The relationship between women's attachment style and perinatal mood disturbance: Implications for screening & treatment. Archives of Women 2008;11: 117-129
5. Evans L, Myers MM, Monk C (in press): Pregnant women's cortisol is elevated with anxiety and depression but only when comorbid.. Archives of Women 2008;11: 239-248
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