Jamie Lawler
Associate Professor
Expertise: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Child Development
About
Dr. Jamie Lawler is a clinical and developmental psychologist with expertise in early adversity, parenting, and self-regulation. Her research program is grounded in developmental psychopathology and focuses on the impact of early life stress on the socio-emotional development of children. She has a particular interest in the development of self-regulation, parent-child relationship factors that promote resilience, and interventions to support positive development in high-risk children. Her work examines developmental processes at multiple levels of analysis, incorporating bio-markers of stress, dyadic parent-child interactions, and environmental influences on parenting and child development. Over the last decade, Dr. Lawler has investigated the socio-emotional outcomes of early institutionalization, the determinants of parenting, and effects of the child welfare system. She also conducted an intervention study examining the efficacy of executive function training and mindfulness-based interventions on school-aged children’s self-regulation. Her current NIH-funded resaerch examines the development of self-regulation in preschool aged children facing adversity.
Previous Titles
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Child Clinical Psychology
