Richard Trembley, PhD
Richard Tremblay
Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Montreal
Professor of Child Development at University College Dublin
Co-director of the International Laboratory on Children’s Mental Health
Richard E. Tremblay is Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Montreal, Professor of Child Development at University College Dublin and co-director of the International laboratory on children’s mental health (Inserm, France). For the past three decades he has been conducting a program of longitudinal and experimental studies on physical, cognitive, emotional and social development from conception to adulthood. One of his main interests has been the developmental origin of chronic antisocial behavior and its prevention.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology, the founding director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and its online Encyclopedia on early childhood development. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, his recent book on early prevention of violent behavior won the French academy of moral and political science prize for prophylactics.
Talk Title: Developmental Origin of Aggression and Prevention: Towards an Epigenetic Perspective
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- Barker ED, Boivin M, Brendgen M, Fontaine N, Arseneault L, Vitaro F, Bissonnette C, Tremblay RE, Predictive Validity and Early Predictors of Peer-Victimization Trajectories in Preschool. Arch Gen Psychiatry 65(10):1185-1192, 2008
- Boisjoli R, Vitaro F, LaCourse E, Barker ED, Tremblay RE, Impact and clinical significance of a preventive intervention for disruptive boys. British Journal of Psychiatry 191:415-9, 2007
- Coˆte ´SM, Boivin M, Nagin DS, Japel C, Xu Q, Zoccolillo M, Junger M, Tremblay RE, The Role of Maternal Education and Nonmaternal Care Services in the Prevention of Children’s Physical Aggression Problems. Arch Gen Psychiatry 64(11):1305-1312, 2007
- Fontaine N, Carbonneau R, Barker ED, Vitaro F, He´bert M, Coˆte´ SM, Nagin DS, Zoccolillo M, Tremblay RE, Girls’ Hyperactivity and Physical Aggression During Childhood and Adjustment Problems in Early Adulthood. Arch Gen Psychiatry 65(3):320-328, 2008
- Gatti U, Tramblay RE, Vitaro F, Latrogenic Effect of Juvenile Justice. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 50(8):991-998, 2009
- Tremblay RE, Developmental Origins of Disruptive Behaviour Problems: The “Original Sin” Hypothesis, Epigenetics and their Consequences for Prevention. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry