Jacob Kunkel

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Doctoral Student - Institute of Child Development
Biography

My primary research interests include the role that lifespan interpersonal experiences have on physical, cognitive, and mental health into adulthood. Working with Dr. Glenn Roisman, I leverage longitudinal and/or genetically-informed datasets to explore these broad domains. Recent projects include the pattern of association between early caregiving experiences and physical health markers into adulthood, as well as the concordance/discordance in older twins' physical and cognitive health markers.

Areas of interest

Adulthood; Families and parenting; Genetics and epigenetics; Lifespan; Relationships; Resilience; Social and emotional development; Stress and maltreatment