Amanda Ramos

Dr. Amanda Ramos is an Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Studies at Utah State University. She earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University in 2020 and completed an NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• PhD, Developmental Psychology, Penn State University (2020)
• MA, Psychology, California State University, Long Beach (2015)
• BA, Psychology, Humboldt State University (2010)

Her research investigates how prenatal environmental exposures (e.g., stress, toxicants) and family dynamics interact with genetic and individual child factors to shape developmental outcomes like social competence, psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental competencies. She has three primary research lines: (1) prenatal exposure impacts, (2) family risk processes, and (3) integrated developmental pathways. Recent work focuses on disparities in toxicant exposure and their developmental consequences.

Recent publications analyze prenatal organophosphate ester exposure, maternal smoking, and family interactions in relation to child ADHD, language ability, executive function, and DNA methylation. Her work emphasizes gene-environment interplay and longitudinal cohort studies, particularly using Norwegian data.

• NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill