Catherine Herba, McGill University

Research

Adult Attachment Anxiety Depression Mediation Analysis Parent-Infant Bonding Perinatal Mental Health

Latest papers

Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour.
Development and psychopathology · 2023
Video Games in ADHD and Non-ADHD Children: Modalities of Use and Association With ADHD Symptoms.
Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021
Dehydroepiandrosterone impacts working memory by shaping cortico-hippocampal structural covariance during development.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Paternal Age and the Risks of Adverse Perinatal, Neurodevelopmental and Epigenetic Outcomes in Children
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,147,500
Applying attachment theory to perinatal mental health problems and their links with early postpartum parental functioning: A trans-diagnostic perspective using perinatal longitudinal cohorts.
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$74,769

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour.

Gordon Green C, Szekely E, Babineau V, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Bouvette-Turcot AA, Minde K, Sassi R, Atkinson L, Kennedy JL, Steiner M, Lydon J, Gaudreau H, Burack JA, Herba C, Pennestri MH, Levitan R, Meaney MJ, Wazana A, MAVAN Research Team

Development and psychopathology2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421001747 PMID: 35440354

02

Video Games in ADHD and Non-ADHD Children: Modalities of Use and Association With ADHD Symptoms.

Masi L, Abadie P, Herba C, Emond M, Gingras MP, Amor LB

Frontiers in pediatrics2021

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.632272 PMID: 33777866

03

Dehydroepiandrosterone impacts working memory by shaping cortico-hippocampal structural covariance during development.

Nguyen TV, Wu M, Lew J, Albaugh MD, Botteron KN, Hudziak JJ, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Campbell BC, Booij L, Herba C, Monnier P, Ducharme S, McCracken JT

Psychoneuroendocrinology2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.09.013 PMID: 28946055

04

Identifying affective personality profiles: A latent profile analysis of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales.

Orri M, Pingault JB, Rouquette A, Lalanne C, Falissard B, Herba C, Côté SM, Berthoz S

Scientific reports2017

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04738-x PMID: 28674393

Paternal Age and the Risks of Adverse Perinatal, Neurodevelopmental and Epigenetic Outcomes in Children

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Trasler, Jacquetta M; Montreuil, Tina C; Vélez, Maria Del Pilar

Keywords: Assisted Reproduction; Behavior; Dna Methylation; Epigenetics; Infertility; Neurodevelopment; Paternal Age; Perinatal Outcomes; Sperm

$1,147,500

Applying attachment theory to perinatal mental health problems and their links with early postpartum parental functioning: A trans-diagnostic perspective using perinatal longitudinal cohorts.

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Szekely, Eszter; Herba, Catherine M

Keywords: Adult Attachment; Anxiety; Depression; Mediation Analysis; Parent-Infant Bonding; Perinatal Mental Health

$74,769

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychiatry
Educational and Counselling Psychology
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2022

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adult Attachment Dear Professor Herba, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Negative emotionality as a candidate mediating mechanism linking prenatal maternal mood problems and offspring internalizing behaviour." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Applying attachment theory to perinatal mental health problems and their links with early postpartum parental functioning: A trans-diagnostic perspective using perinatal longitudinal cohorts." (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]