Madeline Olwert

Madeline Olwert is a researcher at the University of California, Davis, affiliated with Dr. Jay Belsky and Dr. Daniel E. Choe as major professors. Her work focuses on parent-child interactions, emotion regulation, and sociocultural influences on parenting. She investigates mechanisms behind intergenerational cycles of harsh caregiving and seeks to promote caregiver and child well-being.

Grants & Awards:

• Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award (2024-2025)
• Healthy UC Davis & Equity in Mental Health Grant (2023-2025)
• Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award (2022-2023)

Her research integrates psychophysiological measures with developmental perspectives, examining topics like children’s parasympathetic regulation during interactions and the impact of adverse childhood experiences. She has collaborated on projects addressing screen media effects on cognition and consensual nonmonogamous parenting.

Lab/Team Affiliations: While specific labs aren’t named, her work aligns with the HOME Project (Healthy Offspring, Mothers, and Emotions) and influences statistics approaches to parenting effects.