She is a developmentally oriented quantitative researcher, with special interests in longitudinal research design, advanced data analysis and psychometrics. Her research focuses on the development of maltreated children across the lifespan. She is especially interested in research which contributes to promoting resilience in maltreated children.Her research is guided by a biopsychosocial model of children’s physical and mental health and based on interdisciplinary collaboration. Her most current interest is in exploring the intersection between physical health and mental health including studies on cortisol reactivity and recovery in young adolescents and gene-environment interaction between the oxytocin receptor gene and child maltreatment among high-risk youths.