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Nicole Bush, PhD

 

 

 

 

Nicole (Nicki) Bush recently completed her postdoctoral fellowship in children’s physiologic stress reactivity with W. Tom Boyce. She received her Masters of Science (2005) and PhD (2007) in Child Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington, and completed her clinical training internship at the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Nicki received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology, with a minor in Sociology from Gonzaga University in 1998. She has a background in basic research as well as clinical and community intervention with families from high-stress contexts.

Her research has examined relations among biobehavioral predispositions (e.g., temperament and physiology) and stressful life circumstances (e.g., poverty, parenting, and neighborhood) in the prediction of a broad range of children's mental health outcomes, and she is also actively involved in policy- oriented projects. Her most recent work examines the impact of contextual factors on children’s biological stress responses as a possible mechanism underlying the robust inverse association between SES gradients and health.

Born and raised in Alaska, a dancer, and married to an activist artist, Nicki is looking forward to
juggling science, social justice, art, and wilderness adventures in the Bay area.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2009  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Health Psychology University of California San Francisco-Berkeley
2007  PhD, Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle

Dissertation Title: “Temperamental Dispositions as Moderators of Neighborhood Effects on Adolescent Delinquent Behaviors: Two-Part Latent Growth Curve Analyses”

2006-7 Child Clinical Psychology Internship, University of Illinois, Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research
2005  MS, Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle

1998 BA, Psychology, Minor in Sociology Gonzaga University, Spokane
Summa Cum Laude, Valedictorian

 

AFFILIATIONS

Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar (RWJH&SS)
American Psychological Association (APA) member:
Division 53 member: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology member
Division 27 member: Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) past member
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) member
Society for Prevention Research (SPR) member
Alliance for the Safe, Therapeutic and Appropriate use of Residential Treatment (ASTART):
Founding Member and Leadership Team
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) member

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Obradovic, J., Bush, N., Stamperdahl, J., Adler, N., Boyce, W. T. (in press). Biological sensitivity to context: stress reactivity moderates the relation between contextual adversity and socio-emotional and cognitive development. Child Development.

Lengua, L., Bush, N., Long, A., Kovacs, E., Trancik, A. (2008). Effortful control as a moderator of the relation between contextual risk factors and growth in adjustment problems. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 509-528. PMID: 18423092

Lengua, L., Honorado, E., & Bush, N. (2007). Cumulative risk and parenting as predictors of effortful control and social competence in preschool children. Applied Developmental Psychology, 28, 40-55. ERIC: EJ752456

Friedman, R. M, Pinto, A., Behar, L., Bush, N., Chirolla, A., Epstein, M., et al. (2006). Unlicensed residential programs: The next challenge in protecting youth. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 295-303. PMID: 16981808

Colder, C, Lengua, L, Fite, P., Mott, J., & Bush, N. (2006). Temperament in context: Infant temperament moderates the relationship between perceived neighborhood quality and behavior problems. Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 456-467.  ERIC: EJ746412

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Center for Health and Community
University of California at San Francisco
3333 California, Suite 465
Campus Box 0844
San Francisco, CA 94118

Phone: 415-713-0522
Fax: 415.502.1010
E-mail:BushN@chc.ucsf.edu

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