Irene Tung

@IreTung

Asst Professor of Psychology @ CSUDH | prenatal/early life stress, resilience, & developmental psychopathology | advance equitable systems of training | she/her

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Irene Tung @IreTung Oct 8, 2021

In our new study published in #JCCAP, pregnant adolescents with strong sense of trust/closeness with a parent during pregnancy experienced more emotions like joy, confidence, & calm. These positive prenatal emotions uniquely predicted better birth outcomes bit.ly/3uxza

Irene Tung @IreTung Nov 14, 2022

Come join our department! >> California State University, Dominguez Hills (in sunny Los Angeles) is hiring a TT Assistant Professor starting AY 2023-2034. Area of specialization is Clinical or Counseling Psychology. Accepting applications until Nov 18th! careers.csudh.edu/dh/en-us/job/5…

Irene Tung @IreTung Nov 9, 2022

Excited to head to San Diego for the start of #ISDP2022 @devpsybio🌞~ Come join us for our symposium tomorrow morning focused on sociocultural stress and resilience during pregnancy, chaired by superstar @ozluaran! @sabrinarliu @KimberlyDAnnaH1

ISDP 🦋 @isdp.org.bsky.social @devpsybio Nov 3, 2022

#ISDP2022 is next week! Be sure to check out the Young Investigator Symposium on sociocultural stressors, prenatal stress, and birth outcomes in marginalized groups headed by @IreTung @ozluaran and twitterless Kimberly D'Anna-Hernandez and Sabrina Liu.
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Irene Tung @IreTung Mar 10, 2022

So excited about @anz_phd + @NicoleBushPhD's important new findings! Participating in a short mindfulness group intervention during pregnancy not only reduced stress and depression, but also had positive effects on infants’ physiological reactivity and self-regulatory behaviors.

UCSF Pediatrics @UCSFPediatrics Mar 10, 2022

New @UCSF study by @anz_phd and @NicoleBushPhD shows healthier stress responses and a faster recovery from stressful interactions in babies whose mothers participated in mindfulness-based programs during pregnancy. Read more: bit.ly/3MFuSlZ
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Irene Tung @IreTung Jan 24, 2022

Thank you @AmPsychFdn for supporting our pilot study!! Excited to collab w/ @HipwellAlison @carissa_low on this project, which focuses on using mhealth tech to understand how daily positive emotions and experiences of emotional support impact stress physiology during pregnancy

American Psychological Foundation @AmPsychFdn Jan 24, 2022

#Congrats to Dr. Tung for receiving a 2021 Visionary grant for "Levering Mobile Health Technology to Monitor Daily Emotional Health and Stress Physiology During Pregnancy".

@IreTung is an assistant professor in the Dept of Psychology @DominguezHills
She received her PhD @UCLA

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