Selected Publications

Kertes DA, van Dulmen M. (in press). Latent state trait modeling of children's cortisol at two points of the diurnal cycle. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

 

Kertes DA, Kalsi G, Kuo PH, Presott CA, Patterson DG, Walsh D, Kendler KS, Riley PB. (2011). Neurotransmitter and neuromodulator genes associated with a lifetime depression index in individuals with alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(3). DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01366.x

 

Reimers M, Riley BP, Kalsi G, Kertes DA, Kendler KS. (2011). Pathway based analysis of genotypes in relation to alcohol dependence. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. doi:10.1038/tpj.2011.10.

 

Kertes DA, Donzella B, Talge N, Garvin MC, Van Ryzin M, & Gunnar MR. (2009). Inhibited temperament and parent emotional availability differentially predict young children's cortisol responses to novel social and nonsocial events. Developmental Psychobiology, 51(7):521-32.

 

Kertes DA, Gunnar MR, Madsen NJ, Long JD. (2008). Early deprivation and home basal cortisol levels: A study of internationally adopted children. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 473-491.

 

Van Ryzin MJ, Chatham M, Kryzer E, Kertes DA, Gunnar MR. (2008). Identifying atypical cortisol patterns in young children: The benefits of group-based trajectory modeling. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(1):50-61.

 

Gunnar MR & Kertes DA. (2005). Prenatal and postnatal risks to neurobiological development in internationally adopted children. In Sigel (Series Ed.) & D. M. Brodzinsky & J. Palacios (Vol. Eds.), Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology: no 24. Psychological Issues in Adoption: Research and Practice (pp. 47-65). Westport, CT: Praeger.

 

Kertes DA, Gunnar, MR. (2004). Evening activities as a potential confound in research on the adrenocortical system in children. Child Development, 75(1), 193-204.

 

Watamura SE, Donzella B, Kertes DA, Gunnar MR. (2004). Developmental changes in baseline cortisol activity in early childhood: Relations with napping and effortful control. Developmental Psychobiology, 45(3), 125-133.

 

Selected Conference Presentations 

 

Kertes DA, Kendler KS. "Developmental trajectories in smoking are associated with youth experiences, adult psychopathology, and illicit drug use." Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada 2011.

 

Kertes DA, Kramer J, Edenberg HJ, Nurnberger JI, Hesselbrock V, Schuckit MA, Beirut L, Porjesz B, Tischfield JA, Riley BP, Dick DM. "Evidence for a role of GABA and CRH system genes in depressive symptoms: The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism." American Society of Human Genetics, npcomments-->Washington, D.C. 2010.

 

Kertes DA, Winner L. "Calculating power for genetic association analysis of symptom counts in psychiatric disorders." World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece 2010.

 

Kalsi G, Reimers M, Kertes DA, Riley BP, Kendler KS. "A new methodology for gene-mapping in complex disorders: Pathway based analysis using logistic regression." American Society for Human Genetics, Honolulu, HI 2009.

 

Kertes DA, Dick DM, Kendler KS, & Riley BP. "Neurotransmitter and biological stress system genes associated with depression comorbidity in two independent studies of alcohol dependence." International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, San Francisco, CA 2009.

 

Kertes DA, Dick DM, Kendler KS, & Riley, BP. "CHRM2 genomic regions differentially associate with internalizing and externalizing problems in alcohol dependent individuals." World Congress for Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, CA 2009.

 

Kalsi G, Reimers M, Kertes, DA, Riley BP & Kendler KS. "A new methodology for gene-mapping in complex disorders: Pathway based analysis using logistic regression." American Society for Human Genetics, Honolulu, HI 2009.

 

Kertes DA, Hodgkinson CA, Kalsi G, Patterson DG, Walsh D, Goldman D, Maher B, Prescott CA, Kendler KS, & Riley PB. "Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis genes in comorbid alcohol dependence and major depression." World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Osaka, Japan 2008.

 

Unbehagen SJ, Kertes D, Schwandt M, & Suomi SJ. "Housing influences on serotonin metabolite levels in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca Mulatta)." American Society of Primatologists, Winston-Salem, NC, 2007.

 

Bornstein MH, Arterberry MA, Kertes DA, Suwalsky J, & Venuti P. "Assessing children's drawing ability." Jean Piaget Society, Baltimore, MD, 2006.

 

Kertes DA & Gunnar MR. "Parent emotional availability moderates temperamental effects on child cortisol." International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington, DC, 2005.

 

Kertes DA & van Dulmen MH. "Latent state trait modeling of children's cortisol at two points of the diurnal cycle." Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, 2005.

 

Kertes DA & Gunnar MG. "Circadian disturbance and early adversity predict behavioral adjustment in internationally adopted children." International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, New Orleans, LA, 2003.

 

Kertes DA & Madsen N. "Salivary cortisol levels and behavioral adjustment in post-institutionalized children.? Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, 2003.

 

Gunnar MG & Kertes DA. "Early risk factors and development of internationally adopted children: Can we generalize from the Romanian case?? Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, 2003.

 

Kertes DA, Madsen N, & Gunnar MG. ?Salivary cortisol levels in internationally adopted children." International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Orlando, FL, 2002.

 

Donzella B, Bruce J, Kertes DA, Eibs H, Talge N, Townsend E, & Gunnar MR. "Relation between temperament and emotion-modulated startle in young children."  Occasional Temperament Conference, Newport Beach CA, 2002.

 

Kertes DA, Donzella B, & Gunnar MG. "Individual differences in children's cortisol reactivity to evening activities." International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA, 2001.