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Erin C. Dunn

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981
Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBirth, Development, and HealthChild Abuse and TraumaGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Publications

293

Citations

15,609

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Erin C. Dunn studies how childhood adversity, environmental exposures, and genetics jointly shape mental health and brain development across the lifespan. Her work combines large longitudinal birth cohorts, genetic and epigenetic data (such as DNA methylation), and brain imaging to understand when and how early-life stress and pollutants influence later psychiatric symptoms like depression and anxiety. Much of this research aims to identify sensitive developmental windows and biological mechanisms linking adversity to mental health outcomes.

Childhood adversity and mental healthEpigenetics and DNA methylationGenetics of depression and psychiatric disordersDevelopmental timing and brain healthEnvironmental exposures and psychosocial risk

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the last decade, averaging around 15-20 papers per year with modest fluctuations and no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 15.6/year recently
2017: 17 publications172018: 17 publications182019: 23 publications192020: 20 publications202021: 28 publications28212022: 20 publications222023: 16 publications232024: 20 publications242025: 17 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • medRxiv×14
  • Biological Psychiatry×11
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology×10
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×9
  • Molecular Psychiatry×6
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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