McGill.CA / SPIRAL / Queensland Flood Study

Conference Presentations

2019

  1. McLean, M. A., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Kildea., S., & King, S. (2019). Toddler cortisol profiles mediate the effects of disaster-related prenatal maternal stress on childhood anxiety symptoms: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Presented at the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Congress, Gold Coast, Australia, March 2019

2018

  1. Mclean, M. & King, S. (2018). Invited presenter, Perinatal research: The next generation. The International Society of Developmental Psychobiology Perinatal pre-conference symposium, San Diego, USA.
  2. McLean, M., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S. & King, S. (2018). Prenatal maternal stress predicts toddler cortisol profiles and childhood anxiety symptoms: The QF2011 Flood Study. Oral presentation at the 51st annual meeting of the International Society of Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego.
  3. McLean, M. A., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Kildea., S., & King, S. (2018). A model of early anxiety symptom development following exposure to prenatal maternal stress: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study (speaker). Presenting at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD 2018), Gold Coast, Australia.
  4. McLean, M. A., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2018). Childhood Anxiety: Can the story begin prenatally? The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study (speaker). Presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Congress, Washington D.C., USA.
  5. Mclean, M., V.E., Cobham, G., Simcock, Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2018). Developmental trajectories of anxiety symptoms following exposure to prenatal stress: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study (poster). Presented at the Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand.
  6. King, S., Chen, T., Laplante, D.P., & Kildea, S. (2018) Coping during pregnancy following exposure to a natural disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Indianapolis, Sept. 20-23, 2018.
  7. Mclean, M. (2018). Disaster in pregnancy: Caseload midwifery positively impacts maternal postnatal wellbeing and infant development in the QF2011 Flood Study (Invited Keynote Address). Presented at the Annual Western Sydney University School of Nursing and Midwifery Conference, “Call of the Mockingbird: Responding to maternal mental health concerns in the perinatal period”. Western Sydney, Australia.
  8. McLean, M. A., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Kildea., S., & King, S. (2018). Prenatal maternal stress predicts toddler cortisol profiles and childhood anxiety symptoms: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study (speaker). Presented at the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry’s 65th annual meeting, Seattle, USA.
  9. Mclean, M. (2018). Childhood Anxiety: The role of prenatal maternal stress. Invited to present at The Merrill Palmer Institute, Detroit, USA.
  10. Kenney, T., Ambeskovic, M., Beaumier, P., Azat, N., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., Kildea, S., King, S., Metz, A.S. (2018). A dose-response relationship between prenatal maternal stress and the levels of microelements in the hair of 4-year old children: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, February 14-16, 2018, Banff, AB.

2017

  1. King, S., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Tracy, S., Austin, M.P., Liu, A., Laplante, D.P. (2017) Continuity of midwifery care moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal wellbeing: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the Perinatal Mental Health Conference (North American Marce Society), November 7 – 10, 2017, Chicago.
  2. Kildea, S., Simcock, G., Liu, A., Laplante, D.P., Kahler, A., Austin, M.P., Tracy, S., Kruske, S., Tracy, M., O’Hara, M.W., and King, S. (2017). Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing presented as part of a symposium entitled Investigating disaster-related pregnancy stress and child development: Findings from the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. The Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2017 Conference, October 26-28, 2017, Brisbane, Australia.
  3. Lequertier, B., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S. and King, S. (2017). Prenatal exposure to a natural disaster:  pathways influencing toddler social-emotional and behavioural trajectories in the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study as part of a symposium entitled Investigating disaster-related pregnancy stress and child development: Findings from the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. The Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2017 Conference, October 26-28, 2017, Brisbane, Australia.
  4. Austin, M.P., Christl, B., McMahon, C., Kildea, S., Reilly, N., Yin, C., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., King, S. (2017). Moderating Effects of Maternal Emotional Availability on Language and Cognitive Development in Toddlers of Mothers Exposed to a Natural Disaster in Pregnancy as part of a symposium entitled Investigating disaster-related pregnancy stress and child development: Findings from the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. The Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2017 Conference, October 26-28, 2017, Brisbane, Australia.
  5. Moss, K., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., King, S. (2017).    The effects of prenatal maternal stress: continuity and change between 16 and 30 months and a potential psychological mechanism of transmission as part of a symposium entitled Investigating disaster-related pregnancy stress and child development: Findings from the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. The Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2017 Conference, October 26-28, 2017, Brisbane, Australia.
  6. McLean, M., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S. and King, S. (2017). Prenatal Maternal Stress: A risk factor for Child Anxiety Symptoms? as part of a symposium entitled Investigating disaster-related pregnancy stress and child development: Findings from the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. The Australasian Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health 2017 Conference, October 26-28, 2017, Brisbane, Australia.
  7. Lequertier, B., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., King, S. (2017). Pathways Linking Prenatal Maternal Stress from a Natural Disaster to Toddler Behavioural Outcomes: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. International Attachment Conference, June 29 – July 1, 2017, London, England.
  8. King, S., Kildea, S., and Tracy, S. (2017). Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on maternal wellbeing up to six months postnatally. 31st International Congress of Midwifery, June 18-22, 2017, Toronto.
  9. McLean, M., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., King, S. Prenatal stress and childhood anxiety symptomatology at 4 years: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017, Austin, Texas.
  10. McLean, M., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., King, S. (2017). Prenatal stress and childhood anxiety symptomatology at 4 years: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Oral presentation at meeting of Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Canberra, Australia, April 3, 2017.
  11. Lequertier, B., Cobham, V.C., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2017). Keeping infant mental states in focus: Predictors of maternal mind-mindedness in mothers affected by a natural disaster. Poster workshop presented at the National Conference of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Inc., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  12. Lequertier, B., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2017). The transgenerational effects of a natural disaster on emotions and behavior: The QF2011 Study. Poster presented at the Centre for Health Outcomes Innovation and Clinical Education (CHOiCE) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  13. McLean, M., V.E., Cobham, G., Simcock, Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2017). Flooded with Stress: Does stress during pregnancy predict child anxiety symptoms? The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study (poster). Presented at the Annual Centre for Health Outcomes Innovation and Clinical Education (CHOICE) Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
  14. McLean, M.,V.E., Cobham, G., Simcock, Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2017) Identifying prenatal and postnatal risk factors of childhood anxiety: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Conference presentation at the Queensland Perinatal Consortium (QPaCt), Brisbane, Australia.
  15. McLean, M., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2017). Flood-related Prenatal Maternal Stress effects Childhood Anxiety Symptomatology; The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. In: Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, The University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia, (66-67). 2-5 April 2017. doi:10.1111/jpc.13494_195
  16. Boora, N., McHugh, R., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Austin, M.P., Laplante, D.P., King, S., Metz, G., Montina, T. (2017). Metabolomic Analysis of Prenatal Maternal Stress (PNMS) due to a natural disaster via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy: Queensland Flood 2011. ENC Conference, March 26-31, 2017, Pacific Grove, CA.
  17. King, S., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Tracy, S., Austin, M.P., Liu, A., Laplante, D.P. (2017) Continuity of midwifery care moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal well-bing: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, February 14-17, 2017.
  18. Daniel, B., Austin, M-P., Laplante, D.P., Christl, B., McMahon, C., Kildea, S., Reilly, N., Yin, C., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., and King, S. (2017). Moderating effects of maternal emotional availability on language development in toddlers of mothers exposed to a natural disaster in pregnancy: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, February 14-17, 2017.
  19. Lafortune, S., Kaffel, M., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., Cao-Lei, L., Kildea, S., Simcock, G. & King, S. (2017). The influence of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) on the relationship between prenatal maternal stress and delayed gratification: the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, February 14-17, 2017.
  20. St-Pierre, J., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., King, S., Kildea, S., & Vaillancourt, C. (2017). Prenatal maternal stress is associated with alterations in placental glucocorticoid system : The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, February 14-17, 2017.

2016

  1. Lequertier, B., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2016). Early childhood behavioral outcomes following prenatal exposure to a natural disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. International Marce Society. 
  2. Moss, K., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2016). Prenatal maternal stress and child motor development at 30 months: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Australian Conference on Traumatic Stress (ALCOTS). Brisbane.
  3. King, S., Dancause, K.N., Mutran, D., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., Kildea, S., Stapleton, H., and McIntyre, D. (2016). Dietary change mediates the effects of stress from a natural disaster during pregnancy on infant head circumference measures: The QF2011 Flood Study. Poster presented at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, February 10-13 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  4. Lequertier, B., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2016). Early childhood behavioural outcomes following prenatal exposure to a natural disaster: The Queensland Flood Study. Paper presented at the International Marce Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  5. Kildea, S., Simcock, G., Liu, A., Kahler, A, Tracy, S., Austin, M-P., Laplante, DP., Kruske, S., Tracy, M., O'Hara, MW., King S. (2016). Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. International Normal Labour and Birth Conference, Sydney
  6. Moss, K., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., and King, S. (2016). The traumatic effects of a large scale urban flood on pregnant mothers predicts child motor development at 30 months of age: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress (ACOTS), 8-10 September, Gold Coast, Australia.

2015

  1. St-Pierre J, Laplante D.P., Elgbeili G., King S., Vaillancourt C. (2015).  Prenatal maternal stress alters placental serotonin system in a fœtal sex dependent manner: QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Presented at International Federation of Placenta Associations IFPA-EPG meeting. Brisbane, Australia. September 2015. Placenta, 36 (9), p. A9. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2015.07.213.
  2. Moss, K., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., King, S. (2015) Timing of Prenatal Maternal Stress and Child Motor Development: the Queensland Flood Study Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 19-21, 2015, Philadelphia.
  3. Kildea, S, (2015). QF2011, The Queensland Flood Study, Using Natural Disasters to Study Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress on Pregnant Women, their Pregnancies & their Children’s Development, “Variety: The Spice of Midwifery Life”, Australian College of Midwives State Conference, Perth.
  4. Moss, K., Cobham, V., King, S., Kildea, S., and Simcock, G. (2015). Prenatal maternal stress and child motor development at 16 months: It’s all about the timing. 19th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Conference, 8-11 July, Wellington, New Zealand.
  5. Laplante, DP, Mouallem, M., Elgbeili, G., Cao-Lei, L., Cobham, V., Brunet, A., Kildea, S., King S. (2015). The 5‐HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene moderates the relationship between prenatal maternal stress and autism spectrum disorder symptoms: The Queensland Flood Study. Poster presentation at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting (CNPRM). Montebello, Quebec, Canada. February 24-27.
  6. St-Pierre, J., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., King, S., & Vaillancourt, C. (2015). Prenatal maternal stress alters placental endocrine functions: Fetal sex implications. Poster presentation at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting. Montebello, Quebec, Canada. February 24-27.

2014

  1. St-Pierre, J., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., King, S., & Vaillancourt, C. (2014). Prenatal maternal stress alters placental endocrine functions: Fetal sex implications. International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA), September 9-12, 2014, Paris. Placenta, 2014; 35 (9), A53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2014.06.175

2011

  1. Kildea, S., Turcotte-Tremblay, AM. (2011). Stress in Pregnancy: the affect of the Queensland floods on women, their pregnancies and their child’s early development: Broadening Horizons, the 4th Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association of Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses, Gold Coast.
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