Natacha M DeGenna, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email degennan@pitt.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Developmental Psychology, Concordia University
Substance Use Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco
Member, College for Problems of Drug Dependence
Member, Developmental Neurotoxicology Society
Selected Honors & Awards
Associate Editor, Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Outstanding Reviewer, Addictive Behaviors, American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Journal of Youth and Adolescence,Neurotoxicology and Teratology
Research Interests
Perinatal substance use; Dual use of cannabis and cigarettes; Syndemics of reproductive health
Selected Research Publications & Products- De Genna NM, Coulter RWS, Goldschmidt L, Boss N, Hossain F, Richardson GA. Prenatal substance use among young pregnant sexual minority people. LGBT Health. In press.
- De Genna NM, Qu Y, Cheng Y, Tavernier RL, Kolko RP, Levine MD. Trajectories of return to cigarette smoking up to one year among people who quit smoking during pregnancy. Nic Tob Res, 2023;25: 875-881. PMID: 36402742
- De Genna NM, Willford JA, Richardson GA. Long-term effects of prenatal cannabis exposure: pathways to adolescent and adult outcomes. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 2022; 214:173358. PMID: 35216971
- Hill AV, Mendez DD, Haggerty CL, Miller E, De Genna NM. Syndemics of sexually transmitted infections in a sample of racially diverse pregnant young women. Matern Child Health J, 2022;1-10. PMID: 34993752
- De Genna NM, Stroud LR, Eiden RD. Co-use of tobacco and marijuana during pregnancy: Impact on nervous system development. Neurotoxicology Teratol, 2019;74:106807. PMID: 31054901
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Graduate student mentorship