Diane Putnick, Ph.D.

Diane L. Putnick, Ph.D., studies prenatal and perinatal factors that promote child development and well-being. Her research interests include risk and protective factors for developmental delays, parental mental health, neighborhood-level social determinants of health, and developmental methodology.

Dr. Putnick supports Dr. Edwina Yeung's program of research, writing papers based on the Upstate KIDS study and serving as a contracting officer's representative and central team member for the Study of Pregnancy and Neonatal Health (SPAN).

Dr. Putnick earned her doctorate degree in developmental psychology from The George Washington University.

Selected Publications

Place-Based Child Opportunity at Birth and Child Development from Infancy to Age 4.
Putnick DL, Bell EM, Tyris J, McAdam J, Ghassabian A, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Yeung E. 
J Pediatr. 2024 Apr;267:113909. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113909. Epub 2024 Jan 12. 

Maternal antenatal depression's effects on child developmental delays: Gestational age, postnatal depressive symptoms, and breastfeeding as mediators.
Putnick DL, Bell EM, Ghassabian A, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Yeung EH. 
J Affect Disord. 2023 Mar 1;324:424-432. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.059. Epub 2022 Dec 22.

Displacement of peer play by screen time: associations with toddler development.
Putnick DL, Trinh MH, Sundaram R, Bell EM, Ghassabian A, Robinson SL, Yeung E. 
Pediatr Res. 2023 Apr;93(5):1425-1431. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02261-y. Epub 2022 Aug 19.

Trajectories of Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms.
Putnick DL, Sundaram R, Bell EM, Ghassabian A, Goldstein RB, Robinson SL, Vafai Y, Gilman SE, Yeung E. 
Pediatrics. 2020 Nov;146(5):e20200857. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0857.

Measurement Invariance Conventions and Reporting: The State of the Art and Future Directions for Psychological Research.
Putnick DL, Bornstein MH. 
Dev Rev. 2016 Sep;41:71-90. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2016.06.004. Epub 2016 Jun 29.