@sherimadigan
@sherimadigan.bsky.social
Clinical Psych Prof @UCalgary studying child development, mental health, screens, adversity & resilience | firstgen | settler | mum
www.madiganlab.org | www.ACEsHub.org | www.copewithtrauma.org
www.madiganlab.org | www.ACEsHub.org | www.copewithtrauma.org
This #UCalgary story features #psychoeducation resources for caregivers featured in #IHDCYH Talks contest. www.ucalgary.ca/news/tools-help-children-trauma-need-your-vote. Check them out:
🎞 VIDEO: vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ We'd love your votes! lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
🎞 VIDEO: vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ We'd love your votes! lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This #UCalgary story features #psychoeducation resources for caregivers featured in #IHDCYH Talks contest. www.ucalgary.ca/news/tools-help-children-trauma-need-your-vote. Check them out:
🎞 VIDEO: vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ We'd love your votes! lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
🎞 VIDEO: vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC: lnkd.in/gQfhMHQQ
✅ We'd love your votes! lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Check out COPE’s entries in #IHDCYH #CIHR contest!
🎞 VIDEO (Implementing COPE into your Practice): vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC (Emotion Validation): www.copewithtrauma.org/wp-content/u...
✅ VOTE here: lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Register to access all COPE resources: www.copewithtrauma.org
🎞 VIDEO (Implementing COPE into your Practice): vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC (Emotion Validation): www.copewithtrauma.org/wp-content/u...
✅ VOTE here: lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Register to access all COPE resources: www.copewithtrauma.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Check out COPE’s entries in #IHDCYH #CIHR contest!
🎞 VIDEO (Implementing COPE into your Practice): vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC (Emotion Validation): www.copewithtrauma.org/wp-content/u...
✅ VOTE here: lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Register to access all COPE resources: www.copewithtrauma.org
🎞 VIDEO (Implementing COPE into your Practice): vimeo.com/1125961645
📄 INFOGRAPHIC (Emotion Validation): www.copewithtrauma.org/wp-content/u...
✅ VOTE here: lnkd.in/gJZWKw_f ✅
Register to access all COPE resources: www.copewithtrauma.org
We've launched COPE (Caregiver Online #PsychoEducation) a website for caregivers of children who have experienced trauma. We want to connect with mental health practitioners to get it into the hands of caregivers. Watch the video and register to access all the resources. www.copewithtrauma.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We've launched COPE (Caregiver Online #PsychoEducation) a website for caregivers of children who have experienced trauma. We want to connect with mental health practitioners to get it into the hands of caregivers. Watch the video and register to access all the resources. www.copewithtrauma.org
Early and excessive #socialmedia use carries real developmental costs. Our @jama.com editorial urges policymakers to act now — the cost of prevention is low, but the cost of inaction is high.
w Pasco Fearon & Keith Yeates
@Ucalgary
w Pasco Fearon & Keith Yeates
@Ucalgary
💬 Editorial: Evidence from longitudinal data links higher adolescent social media use to small but population-meaningful deficits in cognitive performance.
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ja.ma/3WsY8T4
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Early and excessive #socialmedia use carries real developmental costs. Our @jama.com editorial urges policymakers to act now — the cost of prevention is low, but the cost of inaction is high.
w Pasco Fearon & Keith Yeates
@Ucalgary
w Pasco Fearon & Keith Yeates
@Ucalgary
Serena Jenkins, postdoc in our lab, presented about ACEsHub.org earlier this month. Way to go Serena! Read about it in our lab announcements madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Serena Jenkins, postdoc in our lab, presented about ACEsHub.org earlier this month. Way to go Serena! Read about it in our lab announcements madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
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📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jama.com!
Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jama.com!
Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance
🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
Last weekend we hiked the High Rockies Trail, celebrating the beginning of the fall semester while building our team spirit. madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Last weekend we hiked the High Rockies Trail, celebrating the beginning of the fall semester while building our team spirit. madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Earlier this month we partnered with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Run4Research team at the 2025 RBC Race for Kids. Together, we raised over $4000 for kids! Read about it madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Earlier this month we partnered with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute Run4Research team at the 2025 RBC Race for Kids. Together, we raised over $4000 for kids! Read about it madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
📢 New publication! Shout out to lead author and grad student in our lab Jackson Hewitt! Results showed that maternal depression may be triggered by fluctuations in children’s depression symptoms over time, but not vice versa. tinyurl.com/yc2br575 #ChildDevelopment #Depression #MentalHealth
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📢 New publication! Shout out to lead author and grad student in our lab Jackson Hewitt! Results showed that maternal depression may be triggered by fluctuations in children’s depression symptoms over time, but not vice versa. tinyurl.com/yc2br575 #ChildDevelopment #Depression #MentalHealth
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Child 👦depression predicts mom’s 😞#depression but not the other way around, study during pandemic found.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853554/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853554/
Testing Bidirectional Associations Between Maternal and Child Depression During Emerging Adolescence - PubMed
Contrary to prevailing assumptions, these findings suggest that children's depression over time may have contributed to worsening maternal depression, rather than the other way around. While these res...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Child 👦depression predicts mom’s 😞#depression but not the other way around, study during pandemic found.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853554/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40853554/
So proud to share that Jenney Zhu, PhD student in our lab, has received the Owerko Centre Publication Award for her excellent research on the intergenerational transmission of #ACEs madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Jenney Receives Owerko Centre Publication Award - Determinants of Child Development Lab
We are thrilled to announce that Jenney Zhu, PhD student in the lab, has received the Owerko Centre Publication Award, which recognizes excellence in research
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August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So proud to share that Jenney Zhu, PhD student in our lab, has received the Owerko Centre Publication Award for her excellent research on the intergenerational transmission of #ACEs madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Excited to announce that two former graduate students in our lab—Jessy and Camille—have received CPA dissertation awards! #ChildDevelopment madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Jessy and Camille Receive CPA Dissertation Awards - Determinants of Child Development Lab
We are proud to announce that Jessy Cooke and Camille Mori—both former graduate students in our lab—have been awarded Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
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August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Excited to announce that two former graduate students in our lab—Jessy and Camille—have received CPA dissertation awards! #ChildDevelopment madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
Last week our lab gathered to say farewell to two amazing lab members, Alanna Kaser and Haneen Salama! Sad to see them go, but proud they are off to grad school! madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
July 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last week our lab gathered to say farewell to two amazing lab members, Alanna Kaser and Haneen Salama! Sad to see them go, but proud they are off to grad school! madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
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Inspiring and sobering research from @sherimadigan.bsky.social Thomas Robinson, Nilam Ram & Matias Dodel at #mediaandminds25
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Inspiring and sobering research from @sherimadigan.bsky.social Thomas Robinson, Nilam Ram & Matias Dodel at #mediaandminds25
So proud to announce that Marissa Nivison, postdoc in our lab, has been awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find the details madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/marissa-awarded-banting-postdoctoral-fellowship/
#Attachment #ChildDevelopment
#Attachment #ChildDevelopment
Marissa Awarded Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship - Determinants of Child Development Lab
We are proud to announce that Marissa Nivison, a postdoctoral research fellow in our lab, has been awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, one of
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July 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So proud to announce that Marissa Nivison, postdoc in our lab, has been awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Find the details madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/marissa-awarded-banting-postdoctoral-fellowship/
#Attachment #ChildDevelopment
#Attachment #ChildDevelopment
The Washington Times picked up on my panel presentation
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
July 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Washington Times picked up on my panel presentation
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
Last week I spoke @childrenandscreens.bsky.social in Washington, D.C. Read the details at madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/ and download a handout with tips on supporting families with screen time madiganlab.org/wp-content/u... #DigitalMedia #ChildDevelopment
July 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Last week I spoke @childrenandscreens.bsky.social in Washington, D.C. Read the details at madiganlab.org/lab-announcements/ and download a handout with tips on supporting families with screen time madiganlab.org/wp-content/u... #DigitalMedia #ChildDevelopment
Excited to speak @childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 Scientific Congress in Washington, D.C. on the "#Born: How Screen Use Shapes Early Development and Relationships” discussion panel. #ChildDevelopment #DigitalMedia
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excited to speak @childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 Scientific Congress in Washington, D.C. on the "#Born: How Screen Use Shapes Early Development and Relationships” discussion panel. #ChildDevelopment #DigitalMedia
New publication out! We conducted a systematic review to assess whether #intimatepartnerviolence mediated the association between #ACEs and internalizing symptomatology in women: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aadeneault.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New publication out! We conducted a systematic review to assess whether #intimatepartnerviolence mediated the association between #ACEs and internalizing symptomatology in women: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @aadeneault.bsky.social
Last week I was honoured to celebrate with Dr. Jessy Cooke as she convocated. Jessy completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at @ucalgary.bsky.social under my supervision. Learn more here: madiganlab.org/lab-announce... So proud of you Dr. Cooke!
June 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Last week I was honoured to celebrate with Dr. Jessy Cooke as she convocated. Jessy completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at @ucalgary.bsky.social under my supervision. Learn more here: madiganlab.org/lab-announce... So proud of you Dr. Cooke!
Excited to be at #CPA2025 with my lab members #UCalgary! Learn more about our research presentations madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
June 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Excited to be at #CPA2025 with my lab members #UCalgary! Learn more about our research presentations madiganlab.org/lab-announce...
In celebration of the Determinants of Child Development Lab's 10-year anniversary, we have launched a new website at madiganlab.org. This was a collaborative effort and I am so proud of my team! #UCalgary
June 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In celebration of the Determinants of Child Development Lab's 10-year anniversary, we have launched a new website at madiganlab.org. This was a collaborative effort and I am so proud of my team! #UCalgary
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How is early relational development unfolding in the #DigitalAge?
Learn how screen use by both parents & young children is shaping #ChildDevelopment and relationships from @sherimadigan.bsky.social and other researchers at #MediaAndMinds25.
Space is limited: bit.ly/3zOUbjH
Learn how screen use by both parents & young children is shaping #ChildDevelopment and relationships from @sherimadigan.bsky.social and other researchers at #MediaAndMinds25.
Space is limited: bit.ly/3zOUbjH
May 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
How is early relational development unfolding in the #DigitalAge?
Learn how screen use by both parents & young children is shaping #ChildDevelopment and relationships from @sherimadigan.bsky.social and other researchers at #MediaAndMinds25.
Space is limited: bit.ly/3zOUbjH
Learn how screen use by both parents & young children is shaping #ChildDevelopment and relationships from @sherimadigan.bsky.social and other researchers at #MediaAndMinds25.
Space is limited: bit.ly/3zOUbjH
🚨Our multi-wave, multi-informant, multi-method, multi-generational study on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is now out in JCPP!
We examine how maternal ACEs shape child socio-emotional & cognitive outcomes.
w/ Andre Plamondon & Jenny Jenkins 👇
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We examine how maternal ACEs shape child socio-emotional & cognitive outcomes.
w/ Andre Plamondon & Jenny Jenkins 👇
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
February 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨Our multi-wave, multi-informant, multi-method, multi-generational study on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is now out in JCPP!
We examine how maternal ACEs shape child socio-emotional & cognitive outcomes.
w/ Andre Plamondon & Jenny Jenkins 👇
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
We examine how maternal ACEs shape child socio-emotional & cognitive outcomes.
w/ Andre Plamondon & Jenny Jenkins 👇
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Introducing the “Handbook of Children and Screens” – the essential guide on #DigitalMedia and #ChildDevelopment from @childrenandscreens.bsky.social Delighted to write the "Introduction to the Section on Parenting in the Digital Age” w S Reich Download ➡️ bit.ly/handbook-of-children-and-screens
December 16, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Introducing the “Handbook of Children and Screens” – the essential guide on #DigitalMedia and #ChildDevelopment from @childrenandscreens.bsky.social Delighted to write the "Introduction to the Section on Parenting in the Digital Age” w S Reich Download ➡️ bit.ly/handbook-of-children-and-screens