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Dr. Goodwin?s research focuses on investigating the relationship between mental disorders and asthma in children, and to understanding the mechanisms of these links. She has published over 70 scientific papers on this and related topics. She is carrying this work forward by using understanding of potential mechanisms identified in epidemiologic studies to the development of interventions in pediatric asthma care settings for high risk inner-city children in the Bronx and other communities. Products of this research to date include evidence documenting a link between physician-diagnosed asthma and mental disorders among adults in the general population, evidence of a longitudinal association between asthma and mental disorders in children and young adults, as well as evidence that environmental exposures (e.g., childhood trauma, familial psychopathology) may play a role in this association. She collaborates on this work, as well as on investigating causes and outcomes of anxiety disorders across the lifespan, with investigators at several foreign sites including the Christchurch Health and Development Study in New Zealand, in Canada at the University of Montreal, at the Technical University in Dresden, Germany, and at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College in London, UK, as well as several sites within the US including UCSF and the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Goodwin is the Principal Investigator of a K23 Award from NIMH. In addition to her research, Dr. Goodwin co-teaches the Field Methods in Epidemiology course with Drs. Hoven and Wu in the Fall.

MPH, Columbia University, 2003

PhD, Northwestern University, 1998

BS, Cornell University, 1993

Additional Affiliations:

• Member, American Psychological Association
• Student Member, APPA

Bronx Lebanon Pediatric Asthma Center Study
The objective of this pilot study was to examine the prevalence of psychological symptoms and related health concerns among pediatric asthma patients in an inner-city asthma clinic. Results of this study will be used to develop an intervention aimed at improving health and quality of life for inner-city youth with severe asthma and their families.

Mental health and asthma among youth in Puerto Rico
The objective of this study is to examine the association between asthma and anxiety disorders among youth in Puerto Rico and to investigate possible mechanisms of this relationship, including the role of environmental, behavioral, and familial risk factors.

Countries: Puerto Rico

Anxiety disorders in the Christchurch Health and Development Study Project URL: http://

The objective of this study is to examine the risk factors for the onset and persistence of anxiety disorders, as well as the range of associated health and social outcomes, from birth through adulthood in a birth cohort.

Countries: New Zealand