W Boyce, MD

Education
06/1974 - Pediatrics, University of California
MD, 06/1972 - Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
BA, 06/1968 - Psychology and Philosophy, Stanford University
06/76 - Developmental Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of North Carolina
Honors and Awards
  • Elected member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2024-now
  • Richmond/Justin Coleman Award For Outstanding Contributions in the Field, American Academy of Pediatrids, 2021
  • Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020
  • Sarah Gund Prize for Research and Mentorship in Child Mental Health, Child Mind Institute, 2020
  • Whole Child Award, Simms/Mann Institute, 2018
  • Distinguished Contributions to Interdisciplinary Understanding of Child Development Award, Society for Research in Child Development, 2015
  • Board on Children, Youth and Families, National Academies of Science, 2013-2018
  • Elected member of National Academy of Medicine, National Academies of Science, 2011-now
  • Alvin P. Shapiro Research Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2009
  • Co-Director, Child and Brain Development Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2008-2018
  • National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2005-2013
  • Research Network on Psychopathology and Development, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1994-2004

  1. Chan MH, Merrill SM, Fatima F, MacIsaac JL, Obradovic J, Boyce WT, Kobor MS. Cross-Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress. Developmental psychobiology 2025. PMID: 41163386


  2. Armstrong-Carter E, Bush NR, Boyce WT, Obradovic J. Cortisol response marks biological sensitivity to kindergartners' social hierarchies for emerging school engagement. Developmental psychobiology 2023. PMID: 36811375


  3. de Mendon?a Filho EJ, Pokhvisneva I, Maalouf CM, Parent C, Mliner SB, Slopen N, Williams DR, Bush NR, Boyce WT, Levitt P, Nelson CA, Gunnar MR, Meaney MJ, Shonkoff JP, Silveira PP, JPB Research Network on Toxic Stress. Linking specific biological signatures to different childhood adversities: findings from the HERO project. Pediatric research 2023. PMID: 36650307


  4. Shonkoff JP, Boyce WT, Bush NR, Gunnar MR, Hensch TK, Levitt P, Meaney MJ, Nelson CA, Slopen N, Williams DR, Silveira PP. Translating the Biology of Adversity and Resilience Into New Measures for Pediatric Practice. 2022. PMID: 35535547


  5. Roubinov D, Meaney MJ, Boyce WT. Change of pace: How developmental tempo varies to accommodate failed provision of early needs. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2021. PMID: 34547365


  6. Boyce WT. Travels with Curly: A personal, collegial tribute to Professor Marla Sokolowski. Journal of neurogenetics 2021. PMID: 34156880


  7. Boyce WT, Levitt P, Martinez FD, McEwen BS, Shonkoff JP. Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and Resilience. Pediatrics 2021. PMID: 33495368


  8. Shonkoff JP, Boyce WT, Levitt P, Martinez FD, McEwen B. Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics 2021. PMID: 33495367


  9. Goulter N, Roubinov DS, McMahon RJ, Boyce WT, Bush NR. Externalizing and Internalizing Problems: Associations with Family Adversity and Young Children's Adrenocortical and Autonomic Functioning. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology 2021. PMID: 33442783


  10. Hagan MJ, Roubinov DS, Boyce WT, Bush NR. Associations between multisystem stress reactivity and peer nominated aggression in early childhood vary by sex. Development and psychopathology 2020. PMID: 33427184


  11. Roubinov D, Bush NR, Boyce WT. How a Pandemic Could Advance the Science of Early Adversity. JAMA pediatrics 2020. PMID: 32716499


  12. Boyce WT, Sokolowski MB, Robinson GE. Genes and environments, development and time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020. PMID: 32967067


  13. Bush NR, Savitz J, Coccia M, Jones-Mason K, Adler N, Boyce WT, Laraia B, Epel E. Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Predicts Infant Infectious and Noninfectious Illness. The Journal of pediatrics 2020. PMID: 32827529


  14. Roubinov DS, Boyce WT, Lee MR, Bush NR. Evidence for discrete profiles of children's physiological activity across three neurobiological system and their transitions over time. Developmental science 2020. PMID: 32416021


  15. Weinstein E, Gosney JE, Ragazzoni L, Franc J, Herbert T, Weinstein B, Verde M, Zeller J, Wolfson N, Boyce W, Cramer J. The Ethical Triage and Management Guidelines of the Entrapped and Mangled Extremity in Resource Scarce Environments: A Systematic Literature Review. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness 2020. PMID: 32456743


  16. Roubinov DS, Bush NR, Hagan MJ, Thompson J, Boyce WT. Associations between classroom climate and children's externalizing symptoms: The moderating effect of kindergarten children's parasympathetic reactivity. Development and psychopathology 2020. PMID: 31179951


  17. Shakiba N, Ellis BJ, Bush NR, Boyce WT. Biological sensitivity to context: A test of the hypothesized U-shaped relation between early adversity and stress responsivity. Development and psychopathology 2020. PMID: 31347484


  18. Roubinov DS, Boyce WT, Bush NR. Informant-specific reports of peer and teacher relationships buffer the effects of harsh parenting on children's oppositional defiant disorder during kindergarten. Development and psychopathology 2020. PMID: 30458890


  19. McEwen LM, O'Donnell KJ, McGill MG, Edgar RD, Jones MJ, MacIsaac JL, Lin DTS, Ramadori K, Morin A, Gladish N, Garg E, Unternaehrer E, Pokhvisneva I, Karnani N, Kee MZL, Klengel T, Adler NE, Barr RG, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht GF, Reynolds JN, Czamara D, Armstrong JM, Essex MJ, de Weerth C, Beijers R, Tollenaar MS, Bradley B, Jovanovic T, Ressler KJ, Steiner M, Entringer S, Wadhwa PD, Buss C, Bush NR, Binder EB, Boyce WT, Meaney MJ, Horvath S, Kobor MS. The PedBE clock accurately estimates DNA methylation age in pediatric buccal cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019. PMID: 31611402


  20. Islam SA, Goodman SJ, MacIsaac JL, Obradovic J, Barr RG, Boyce WT, Kobor MS. Integration of DNA methylation patterns and genetic variation in human pediatric tissues help inform EWAS design and interpretation. Epigenetics & chromatin 2019. PMID: 30602389


  21. Bush NR, Edgar RD, Park M, MacIsaac JL, McEwen LM, Adler NE, Essex MJ, Kobor MS, Boyce WT. The biological embedding of early-life socioeconomic status and family adversity in children's genome-wide DNA methylation. Epigenomics 2018. PMID: 30351206


  22. Roubinov DS, Bush NR, Adler NE, Boyce WT. Differences in Febrile and Respiratory Illnesses in Minority Children: The Sociodemographic Context of Restrictive Parenting. Academic pediatrics 2018. PMID: 30268425


  23. Goodman SJ, Roubinov DS, Bush NR, Park M, Farré P, Emberly E, Hertzman C, Essex MJ, Kobor MS, Boyce WT. Children's biobehavioral reactivity to challenge predicts DNA methylation in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Developmental science 2018. PMID: 30176105


  24. Roubinov DS, Hagan MJ, Boyce WT, Adler NE, Bush NR. Family Socioeconomic Status, Cortisol, and Physical Health in Early Childhood: The Role of Advantageous Neighborhood Characteristics. Psychosomatic medicine 2018. PMID: 29742755


  25. Alkon A, Boyce WT, Shulman A, Rehm RS. An exploratory qualitative study of life trajectories from preschool-age to young adulthood: Identifying early biologic sensitivity, facing challenges and moving forward. Advances in pediatric research 2018. PMID: 30370336


  26. Roubinov DS, Hagan MJ, Boyce WT, Essex MJ, Bush NR. Child temperament and teacher relationship interactively predict cortisol expression: The prism of classroom climate. Development and psychopathology 2017. PMID: 29162182


  27. Moore SR, McEwen LM, Quirt J, Morin A, Mah SM, Barr RG, Boyce WT, Kobor MS. Epigenetic correlates of neonatal contact in humans. Development and psychopathology 2017. PMID: 29162165


  28. Alkon A, Boyce WT, Neilands TB, Eskenazi B. Children's Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity Moderates the Relations between Family Adversity and Sleep Problems in Latino 5-Year Olds in the CHAMACOS Study. Frontiers in public health 2017. PMID: 28713808


  29. Boyce WT. Epigenomic Susceptibility to the Social World: Plausible Paths to a "Newest Morbidity". Academic pediatrics 2017. PMID: 28652068


  30. Roubinov DS, Boyce WT. Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles? Current opinion in psychology 2017. PMID: 28503655


  31. Bush NR, Allison AL, Miller AL, Deardorff J, Adler NE, Boyce WT. Socioeconomic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Risk: Association With an Oxytocin Receptor Polymorphism. JAMA pediatrics 2017. PMID: 27842184


  32. Hagan MJ, Roubinov DS, Adler NE, Boyce WT, Bush NR. Socioeconomic Adversity, Negativity in the Parent Child-Relationship, and Physiological Reactivity: An Examination of Pathways and Interactive Processes Affecting Young Children's Physical Health. Psychosomatic medicine 2016. PMID: 27551989


  33. Boyce WT, Shonkoff JP. Commentary: The course of life and life, of course: a commentary on Ben-Shlomo, Cooper and Kuh. International journal of epidemiology 2016. PMID: 27880689


  34. Golemiec M, Schneider J, Boyce WT, Bush NR, Adler N, Levine JD. Layered Social Network Analysis Reveals Complex Relationships in Kindergarteners. Frontiers in psychology 2016. PMID: 26973572


  35. Waters SF, Boyce WT, Eskenazi B, Alkon A. The impact of maternal depression and overcrowded housing on associations between autonomic nervous system reactivity and externalizing behavior problems in vulnerable Latino children. Psychophysiology 2016. PMID: 26681621


  36. Razaz N, Joseph KS, Boyce WT, Guhn M, Forer B, Carruthers R, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Children of chronically ill parents: Relationship between parental multiple sclerosis and childhood developmental health. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 2015. PMID: 26683589


  37. Boyce WT. Differential Susceptibility of the Developing Brain to Contextual Adversity and Stress. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2015. PMID: 26391599


  38. Razaz N, Boyce WT, Brownell M, Jutte D, Tremlett H, Marrie RA, Joseph KS. Five-minute Apgar score as a marker for developmental vulnerability at 5 years of age. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2015. PMID: 26187935


  39. Belsky J, Ruttle PL, Boyce WT, Armstrong JM, Essex MJ. Early adversity, elevated stress physiology, accelerated sexual maturation, and poor health in females. Developmental psychology 2015. PMID: 25915592


  40. Boyce WT. Fostering early brain development. JAMA 2015. PMID: 25898054


  41. Ataee P, Hahn JO, Dumont GA, Noubari HA, Boyce WT. A model-based approach to stability analysis of autonomic-cardiac regulation. Computers in biology and medicine 2015. PMID: 25898226


  42. Halpern J, Jutte D, Colby J, Boyce WT. Social dominance, school bullying, and child health: what are our ethical obligations to the very young? Pediatrics 2015. PMID: 25733722


  43. Razaz N, Tremlett H, Boyce WT, Guhn M, Joseph KS, Marrie RA. Impact of parental multiple sclerosis on early childhood development: A retrospective cohort study. Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 2015. PMID: 25583843


  44. Boyce WT, Kobor MS. Development and the epigenome: the 'synapse' of gene-environment interplay. Developmental science 2015. PMID: 25546559


  45. Gersten O, Timiras PS, Boyce WT. DOES LOWER SUBJECTIVE SOCIAL STATUS YIELD RISKIER BIOMARKER PROFILES? Journal of biosocial science 2014. PMID: 25287447


  46. Razaz N, Hertzman C, Marrie RA, Tremlett H, Boyce WT. Children of chronically ill parents: the silence of research. Child: care, health and development 2014. PMID: 25109854


  47. Portilla XA, Ballard PJ, Adler NE, Boyce WT, Obradovic J. An integrative view of school functioning: transactions between self-regulation, school engagement, and teacher-child relationship quality. Child development 2014. PMID: 24916608


  48. Quas JA, Yim IS, Oberlander TF, Nordstokke D, Essex MJ, Armstrong JM, Bush N, Obradovic J, Boyce WT. The symphonic structure of childhood stress reactivity: patterns of sympathetic, parasympathetic, and adrenocortical responses to psychological challenge. Development and psychopathology 2014. PMID: 24909883


  49. Razaz N, Nourian R, Marrie RA, Boyce WT, Tremlett H. Children and adolescents adjustment to parental multiple sclerosis: a systematic review. BMC neurology 2014. PMID: 24886162


  50. Alkon A, Harley KG, Neilands TB, Tambellini K, Lustig RH, Boyce WT, Eskenazi B. Latino children's body mass index at 2-3.5 years predicts sympathetic nervous system activity at 5 years. Childhood obesity (Print) 2014. PMID: 24745554


  51. Ataee P, Hahn JO, Dumont GA, Boyce WT. Noninvasive subject-specific monitoring of autonomic-cardiac regulation. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering 2014. PMID: 24658244


  52. Boyce WT. The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatric dentistry 2014. PMID: 24717746


  53. Alkon A, Boyce WT, Tran L, Harley KG, Neuhaus J, Eskenazi B. Prenatal adversities and Latino children's autonomic nervous system reactivity trajectories from 6 months to 5 years of age. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24466003


  54. Weikum WM, Brain U, Chau CM, Grunau RE, Boyce WT, Diamond A, Oberlander TF. Prenatal serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) antidepressant exposure and serotonin transporter promoter genotype (SLC6A4) influence executive functions at 6 years of age. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2013. PMID: 24130516


  55. Thomas MR, Wara D, Saxton K, Truskier M, Chesney MA, Boyce WT. Family adversity and autonomic reactivity association with immune changes in HIV-affected school children. Psychosomatic medicine 2013. PMID: 23766380


  56. Ataee P, Dumont GA, Noubari HA, Boyce WT, Ansermino JM. A novel approach to the design of an artificial bionic baroreflex. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2013. PMID: 24110562


  57. Kidd SA, Corbett BA, Granger DA, Boyce WT, Anders TF, Tager IB. Daytime secretion of salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in preschool-aged children with autism and typically developing children. Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2012. PMID: 22477468


  58. Ziol-Guest KM, Duncan GJ, Kalil A, Boyce WT. Early childhood poverty, immune-mediated disease processes, and adult productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012. PMID: 23045664


  59. Burns JG, Svetec N, Rowe L, Mery F, Dolan MJ, Boyce WT, Sokolowski MB. Gene-environment interplay in Drosophila melanogaster: chronic food deprivation in early life affects adult exploratory and fitness traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012. PMID: 23045644


  60. Boyce WT, Obradovic J, Bush NR, Stamperdahl J, Kim YS, Adler N. Social stratification, classroom climate, and the behavioral adaptation of kindergarten children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012. PMID: 23045637


  61. Boyce WT, Sokolowski MB, Robinson GE. Toward a new biology of social adversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012. PMID: 23045689


  62. Sheridan MA, Sarsour K, Jutte D, D'Esposito M, Boyce WT. The impact of social disparity on prefrontal function in childhood. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22563395


  63. Ataee P, Belingard L, Dumont GA, Noubari HA, Boyce WT. Autonomic-cardiorespiratory regulation: a physiology-based mathematical model. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2012. PMID: 23366757


  64. Alkon A, Boyce WT, Davis NV, Eskenazi B. Developmental changes in autonomic nervous system resting and reactivity measures in Latino children from 6 to 60 months of age. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2011. PMID: 22008788


  65. Bush NR, Obradovic J, Adler N, Boyce WT. Kindergarten stressors and cumulative adrenocortical activation: the "first straws" of allostatic load? Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 22018083


  66. Rintala P, Välimaa R, Tynjälä J, Boyce W, King M, Villberg J, Kannas L. Physical activity of children with and without long-term illness or disability. Journal of physical activity & health 2011. PMID: 22039124


  67. Essex MJ, Boyce WT, Hertzman C, Lam LL, Armstrong JM, Neumann SM, Kobor MS. Epigenetic vestiges of early developmental adversity: childhood stress exposure and DNA methylation in adolescence. Child development 2011. PMID: 21883162


  68. Kroenke CH, Epel E, Adler N, Bush NR, Obradovic J, Lin J, Blackburn E, Stamperdahl JL, Boyce WT. Autonomic and adrenocortical reactivity and buccal cell telomere length in kindergarten children. Psychosomatic medicine 2011. PMID: 21873585


  69. Quirós-Alcalá L, Alkon AD, Boyce WT, Lippert S, Davis NV, Bradman A, Barr DB, Eskenazi B. Maternal prenatal and child organophosphate pesticide exposures and children's autonomic function. Neurotoxicology 2011. PMID: 21741403


  70. Treadwell MJ, Alkon A, Styles L, Boyce WT. Autonomic nervous system reactivity: children with and without sickle cell disease. Nursing research 2011. PMID: 21532352


  71. Bush NR, Alkon A, Obradovic J, Stamperdahl J, Boyce WT. Differentiating challenge reactivity from psychomotor activity in studies of children's psychophysiology: considerations for theory and measurement. Journal of experimental child psychology 2011. PMID: 21524757


  72. Essex MJ, Armstrong JM, Burk LR, Goldsmith HH, Boyce WT. Biological sensitivity to context moderates the effects of the early teacher-child relationship on the development of mental health by adolescence. Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 21262045


  73. Ellis BJ, Boyce WT, Belsky J, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, van Ijzendoorn MH. Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory. Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 21262036


  74. Ellis BJ, Boyce WT. Differential susceptibility to the environment: toward an understanding of sensitivity to developmental experiences and context. Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 21262035


  75. Ellis BJ, Shirtcliff EA, Boyce WT, Deardorff J, Essex MJ. Quality of early family relationships and the timing and tempo of puberty: effects depend on biological sensitivity to context. Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 21262041


  76. Obradovic J, Bush NR, Boyce WT. The interactive effect of marital conflict and stress reactivity on externalizing and internalizing symptoms: the role of laboratory stressors. Development and psychopathology 2011. PMID: 21262042


  77. Ataee P, Hahn JO, Dumont GA, Boyce WT. A systematic approach to local stability analysis of cardiovascular baroreflex. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2011. PMID: 22254406


  78. Sarsour K, Sheridan M, Jutte D, Nuru-Jeter A, Hinshaw S, Boyce WT. Family socioeconomic status and child executive functions: the roles of language, home environment, and single parenthood. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2010. PMID: 21073770


  79. Boyce WT, Den Besten PK, Stamperdahl J, Zhan L, Jiang Y, Adler NE, Featherstone JD. Social inequalities in childhood dental caries: the convergent roles of stress, bacteria and disadvantage. Social science & medicine (1982) 2010. PMID: 20870333


  80. Treadwell MJ, Alkon A, Quirolo KC, Boyce WT. Stress reactivity as a moderator of family stress, physical and mental health, and functional impairment for children with sickle cell disease. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2010. PMID: 20585265


  81. Jutte DP, Brownell M, Roos NP, Schippers C, Boyce WT, Syme SL. Rethinking what is important: biologic versus social predictors of childhood health and educational outcomes. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2010. PMID: 20375842


  82. Obradovic J, Bush NR, Stamperdahl J, Adler NE, Boyce WT. Biological sensitivity to context: the interactive effects of stress reactivity and family adversity on socioemotional behavior and school readiness. Child development 2010. PMID: 20331667


  83. Doméjean S, Zhan L, DenBesten PK, Stamper J, Boyce WT, Featherstone JD. Horizontal transmission of mutans streptococci in children. Journal of dental research 2010. PMID: 19918090


  84. Nuru-Jeter AM, Sarsour K, Jutte DP, Boyce WT. Socioeconomic predictors of health and development in middle childhood: variations by socioeconomic status measure and race. Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing 2010. PMID: 20384474


  85. Oveis C, Gruber J, Keltner D, Stamper JL, Boyce WT. Smile intensity and warm touch as thin slices of child and family affective style. Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 2009. PMID: 19653777


  86. Boyce WT. The family is (still) the patient. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2009. PMID: 19652112


  87. Kim YS, Boyce WT, Koh YJ, Leventhal BL. Time trends, trajectories, and demographic predictors of bullying: a prospective study in Korean adolescents. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009. PMID: 19766940


  88. Obradovic J, Boyce WT. Individual differences in behavioral, physiological, and genetic sensitivities to contexts: implications for development and adaptation. Developmental neuroscience 2009. PMID: 19546567


  89. Shonkoff JP, Boyce WT, McEwen BS. Neuroscience, molecular biology, and the childhood roots of health disparities: building a new framework for health promotion and disease prevention. JAMA 2009. PMID: 19491187


  90. Kishiyama MM, Boyce WT, Jimenez AM, Perry LM, Knight RT. Socioeconomic disparities affect prefrontal function in children. Journal of cognitive neuroscience 2009. PMID: 18752394


  91. Essex MJ, Kraemer HC, Slattery MJ, Burk LR, Boyce WT, Woodward HR, Kupfer DJ. Screening for childhood mental health problems: outcomes and early identification. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines 2009. PMID: 19432682


  92. Simons-Morton B, Pickett W, Boyce W, ter Bogt TF, Vollebergh W. Cross-national comparison of adolescent drinking and cannabis use in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The International journal on drug policy 2009. PMID: 19303761


  93. Kim YS, Leventhal BL, Koh YJ, Boyce WT. Bullying increased suicide risk: prospective study of Korean adolescents. Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research 2009. PMID: 19123106


  94. Godeau E, Nic Gabhainn S, Vignes C, Ross J, Boyce W, Todd J. Contraceptive use by 15-year-old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 24 countries. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2008. PMID: 18180415


  95. Quas JA, Carrick N, Alkon A, Goldstein L, Boyce WT. Children's memory for a mild stressor: the role of sympathetic activation and parasympathetic withdrawal. Developmental psychobiology 2006. PMID: 17111409


  96. Boyce WT, Essex MJ, Alkon A, Goldsmith HH, Kraemer HC, Kupfer DJ. Early father involvement moderates biobehavioral susceptibility to mental health problems in middle childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2006. PMID: 17135997


  97. Essex MJ, Kraemer HC, Armstrong JM, Boyce WT, Goldsmith HH, Klein MH, Woodward H, Kupfer DJ. Exploring risk factors for the emergence of children's mental health problems. Archives of general psychiatry 2006. PMID: 17088505


  98. Kim YS, Leventhal BL, Koh YJ, Hubbard A, Boyce WT. School bullying and youth violence: causes or consequences of psychopathologic behavior? Archives of general psychiatry 2006. PMID: 16953006


  99. Alkon A, Lippert S, Vujan N, Rodriquez ME, Boyce WT, Eskenazi B. The ontogeny of autonomic measures in 6- and 12-month-old infants. Developmental psychobiology 2006. PMID: 16568414


  100. Torsheim T, Currie C, Boyce W, Samdal O. Country material distribution and adolescents' perceived health: multilevel study of adolescents in 27 countries. Journal of epidemiology and community health 2006. PMID: 16415267


  101. Zambon A, Boyce W, Cois E, Currie C, Lemma P, Dalmasso P, Borraccino A, Cavallo F. Do welfare regimes mediate the effect of socioeconomic position on health in adolescence? A Cross-national comparison in Europe, North America, and Israel. International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation 2006. PMID: 16878395


  102. Pearson SR, Alkon A, Treadwell M, Wolff B, Quirolo K, Boyce WT. Autonomic reactivity and clinical severity in children with sickle cell disease. Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society 2005. PMID: 16362543


  103. Wilson N, Syme SL, Boyce WT, Battistich VA, Selvin S. Adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use: the influence of neighborhood disorder and hope. American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2005. PMID: 16171156


  104. Boyce WT, Ellis BJ. Biological sensitivity to context: I. An evolutionary-developmental theory of the origins and functions of stress reactivity. Development and psychopathology 2005. PMID: 16761546


  105. Ellis BJ, Essex MJ, Boyce WT. Biological sensitivity to context: II. Empirical explorations of an evolutionary-developmental theory. Development and psychopathology 2005. PMID: 16761547


  106. Boyce WT. Social stratification, health, and violence in the very young. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2004. PMID: 15817730


  107. Pearson SR, Boyce WT. Consultation with the specialist: the vulnerable child syndrome. Pediatrics in review 2004. PMID: 15466135


  108. Quas JA, Bauer A, Boyce WT. Physiological reactivity, social support, and memory in early childhood. Child development 2004. PMID: 15144487


  109. Bauer AM, Boyce WT. Prophecies of childhood: how children's social environments and biological propensities affect the health of populations. International journal of behavioral medicine 2004. PMID: 15496344


  110. Kraemer HC, Measelle JR, Ablow JC, Essex MJ, Boyce WT, Kupfer DJ. A new approach to integrating data from multiple informants in psychiatric assessment and research: mixing and matching contexts and perspectives. The American journal of psychiatry 2003. PMID: 12944328


  111. Alkon A, Goldstein LH, Smider N, Essex MJ, Kupfer DJ, Boyce WT. Developmental and contextual influences on autonomic reactivity in young children. Developmental psychobiology 2003. PMID: 12471637


  112. Quas JA, Murowchick E, Bensadoun J, Boyce WT. Predictors of children's cortisol activation during the transition to kindergarten. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2002. PMID: 12394518


  113. Wilson N, Battistich V, Syme SL, Boyce WT. Does elementary school alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use increase middle school risk? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2002. PMID: 12039514


  114. Boyce WT, Essex MJ, Alkon A, Smider NA, Pickrell T, Kagan J. Temperament, tympanum, and temperature: four provisional studies of the biobehavioral correlates of tympanic membrane temperature asymmetries. Child development 2002. PMID: 12038547


  115. Boyce WT, Essex MJ, Woodward HR, Measelle JR, Ablow JC, Kupfer DJ. The confluence of mental, physical, social, and academic difficulties in middle childhood. I: exploring the "head waters" of early life morbidities. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2002. PMID: 12014791


  116. Essex MJ, Boyce WT, Goldstein LH, Armstrong JM, Kraemer HC, Kupfer DJ, MacArthur Assessment Battery Working Group. The confluence of mental, physical, social, and academic difficulties in middle childhood. II: developing the Macarthur health and Behavior Questionnaire. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2002. PMID: 12014792


  117. Bauer AM, Quas JA, Boyce WT. Associations between physiological reactivity and children's behavior: advantages of a multisystem approach. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2002. PMID: 11943973


  118. Chen E, Matthews KA, Boyce WT. Socioeconomic differences in children's health: how and why do these relationships change with age? Psychological bulletin 2002. PMID: 11931521


  119. Boyce WT, Quas J, Alkon A, Smider NA, Essex MJ, Kupfer DJ, MacArthur Assessment Battery Working Group of the MacArthur Foundation Research Netwrok on Psychopat. Autonomic reactivity and psychopathology in middle childhood. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2001. PMID: 11483476


  120. Quas JA, Hong M, Alkon A, Boyce WT. Dissociations between psychobiologic reactivity and emotional expression in children. Developmental psychobiology 2000. PMID: 11044863


  121. Alkon A, Ragland DR, Tschann JM, Genevro JL, Kaiser P, Boyce WT. Injuries in child care centers: gender-environment interactions. Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 2000. PMID: 11003188


  122. Franck LS, Boyce WT, Gregory GA, Jemerin J, Levine J, Miaskowski C. Plasma norepinephrine levels, vagal tone index, and flexor reflex threshold in premature neonates receiving intravenous morphine during the postoperative period: a pilot study. The Clinical journal of pain 2000. PMID: 10870721


  123. Alkon A, Genevro JL, Tschann JM, Kaiser P, Ragland DR, Boyce WT. The epidemiology of injuries in 4 child care centers. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 1999. PMID: 10591301


  124. Goldstein LH, Trancik A, Bensadoun J, Boyce WT, Adler NE. Social dominance and cardiovascular reactivity in preschoolers. Associations with SES and health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1999. PMID: 10681923


  125. Boyce WT, O'Neill-Wagner P, Price CS, Haines M, Suomi SJ. Crowding stress and violent injuries among behaviorally inhibited rhesus macaques. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 1998. PMID: 9619479


  126. Boyce WT, Frank E, Jensen PS, Kessler RC, Nelson CA, Steinberg L. Social context in developmental psychopathology: recommendations for future research from the MacArthur Network on Psychopathology and Development. The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Psychopathology and Development. Development and psychopathology 1998. PMID: 9635219


  127. Liang SW, Jemerin JM, Tschann JM, Wara DW, Boyce WT. Life events, frontal electroencephalogram laterality, and functional immune status after acute psychological stressors in adolescents. Psychosomatic medicine 1997. PMID: 9088055


  128. Leslie LK, Boyce WT. Consultation with the specialist. The vulnerable child. Pediatrics in review 1996. PMID: 8806206


  129. Boyce WT, Higley JD, Jemerin JJ, Champoux M, Suomi SJ. Tympanic temperature asymmetry and stress behavior in rhesus macaques and children. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 1996. PMID: 8620235


  130. Tschann JM, Kaiser P, Chesney MA, Alkon A, Boyce WT. Resilience and vulnerability among preschool children: family functioning, temperament, and behavior problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1996. PMID: 8720628


  131. Zeltzer L, Hyman P, Heyman M, Boyce WT, Zwass M, Koh J, Hamilton A, Feldman EJ. Persistent visceral pain in adolescents. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 1996. PMID: 8788294


  132. Boyce WT, Adams S, Tschann JM, Cohen F, Wara D, Gunnar MR. Adrenocortical and behavioral predictors of immune responses to starting school. Pediatric research 1995. PMID: 8618776


  133. Boyce WT, Alkon A, Tschann JM, Chesney MA, Alpert BS. Dimensions of psychobiologic reactivity: Cardiovascular responses to laboratory stressors in preschool children. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 1995. PMID: 24203598


  134. Liang SW, Jemerin JM, Tschann JM, Irwin CE, Wara DW, Boyce WT. Life events, cardiovascular reactivity, and risk behavior in adolescent boys. Pediatrics 1995. PMID: 7491228


  135. Boyce WT, Chesney M, Alkon A, Tschann JM, Adams S, Chesterman B, Cohen F, Kaiser P, Folkman S, Wara D. Psychobiologic reactivity to stress and childhood respiratory illnesses: results of two prospective studies. Psychosomatic medicine 1995. PMID: 8552730


  136. Boyce WT, Champoux M, Suomi SJ, Gunnar MR. Salivary cortisol in nursery-reared rhesus monkeys: reactivity to peer interactions and altered circadian activity. Developmental psychobiology 1995. PMID: 7672458


  137. Champoux M, Boyce WT, Suomi SJ. Biobehavioral comparisons between adopted and nonadopted rhesus monkey infants. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1995. PMID: 7730459


  138. Alkon A, Genevro JL, Kaiser PJ, Tschann JM, Chesney M, Boyce WT. Injuries in child-care centers: rates, severity, and etiology. Pediatrics 1994. PMID: 7971052


  139. Jacknow DS, Tschann JM, Link MP, Boyce WT. Hypnosis in the prevention of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in children: a prospective study. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1994. PMID: 7798371


  140. Johnson SR, Schonfeld DJ, Siegel D, Krasnovsky FM, Boyce JC, Saliba PA, Boyce WT, Perrin EC. What do minority elementary students understand about the causes of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, colds, and obesity? Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1994. PMID: 7798369


  141. Winkleby MA, Boyce WT. Health-related risk factors of homeless families and single adults. Journal of community health 1994. PMID: 8169252


  142. Boyce WT, Chesterman EA, Martin N, Folkman S, Cohen F, Wara D. Immunologic changes occurring at kindergarten entry predict respiratory illnesses after the Loma Prieta earthquake. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1993. PMID: 8254059


  143. Liang SW, Boyce WT. The psychobiology of childhood stress. Current opinion in pediatrics 1993. PMID: 8287077


  144. Adler NE, Boyce WT, Chesney MA, Folkman S, Syme SL. Socioeconomic inequalities in health. No easy solution. JAMA 1993. PMID: 8505817


  145. Williams R, Boyce WT, Wright AL. The relationship of family structure and perceived family support to length of hospital stay. Family practice research journal 1993. PMID: 8517201


  146. Canning EH, Hanser SB, Shade KA, Boyce WT. Maternal distress and discrepancy in reports of psychopathology in chronically ill children. Psychosomatics 1993. PMID: 8284341


  147. Wender EH, Bijur PE, Boyce WT. Pediatric residency training: ten years after the Task Force report. Pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1437428


  148. Canning EH, Canning RD, Boyce WT. Depressive symptoms and adaptive style in children with cancer. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1992. PMID: 1429415


  149. Canning EH, Hanser SB, Shade KA, Boyce WT. Mental disorders in chronically ill children: parent-child discrepancy and physician identification. Pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1408541


  150. Green M, Boyce WT, Finney JW, Phillips S, Zuckerman BS. The future of behavioral pediatrics research: moving right along. Pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1437414


  151. Boyce WT, Barr RG, Zeltzer LK. Temperament and the psychobiology of childhood stress. Pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1513612


  152. Gabby T, Winkleby MA, Boyce WT, Fisher DL, Lancaster A, Sensabaugh GF. Sexual abuse of children. The detection of semen on skin. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1992. PMID: 1375806


  153. Johnson SR, Winkleby MA, Boyce WT, McLaughlin R, Broadwin R, Goldman L. The association between hemoglobin and behavior problems in a sample of low-income Hispanic preschool children. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1992. PMID: 1613117


  154. Berman BD, Winkleby M, Chesterman E, Boyce WT. After-school child care and self-esteem in school-age children. Pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1557246


  155. Jemerin JM, Boyce WT. Cardiovascular markers of biobehavioral reactivity. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1992. PMID: 1556199


  156. Boyce WT. The vulnerable child: new evidence, new approaches. Advances in pediatrics 1992. PMID: 1442310


  157. Boyce WT, Chesterman EA, Winkleby MA. Psychosocial predictors of maternal and infant health among adolescent mothers. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1991. PMID: 2003474


  158. Quint RD, Chesterman E, Crain LS, Winkleby M, Boyce WT. Home care for ventilator-dependent children. Psychosocial impact on the family. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1990. PMID: 2239864


  159. Boyce WT. Life after residency. Setting priorities in pediatric professional life. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1990. PMID: 2378331


  160. Boyce WT, Chesterman E. Life events, social support, and cardiovascular reactivity in adolescence. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1990. PMID: 2365830


  161. Jemerin JM, Boyce WT. Psychobiological differences in childhood stress response. II. Cardiovascular markers of vulnerability. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1990. PMID: 2195065


  162. Boyce WT, Jemerin JM. Psychobiological differences in childhood stress response. I. Patterns of illness and susceptibility. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1990. PMID: 2182680


  163. Williams R, Boyce WT. Protein malnutrition in elderly Navajo patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1989. PMID: 2703637


  164. Boyce WT, Sobolewski S. Recurrent injuries in schoolchildren. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1989. PMID: 2916511


  165. Boyce WT, Schaefer C, Harrison HR, Haffner WH, Lewis M, Wright AL. Sociocultural factors in puerperal infectious morbidity among Navajo women. American journal of epidemiology 1989. PMID: 2916554


  166. Williams RL, Boyce WT. Health status of children in self-care. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1989. PMID: 2910038


  167. McFadyen SC, Boyce WT, Sobolewski S, Phillips LR. Injuries, absences, and visits to the nurse among children in alternative schools. The Journal of school health 1988. PMID: 3236831


  168. Boyce WT, Kay M, Uitti C. The taxonomy of social support: an ethnographic analysis among adolescent mothers. Social science & medicine (1982) 1988. PMID: 3393926


  169. Christensen-Szalanski JJ, Boyce WT, Harrell H, Gardner MM. Circumcision and informed consent. Is more information always better? Medical care 1987. PMID: 3695678


  170. Berman SM, Harrison HR, Boyce WT, Haffner WJ, Lewis M, Arthur JB. Low birth weight, prematurity, and postpartum endometritis. Association with prenatal cervical Mycoplasma hominis and Chlamydia trachomatis infections. JAMA 1987. PMID: 3806917


  171. Rachesky I, Boyce WT, Duncan B, Bjelland J, Sibley B. Clinical prediction of cervical spine injuries in children. Radiographic abnormalities. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1987. PMID: 3812387


  172. Harrison HR, Magder LS, Boyce WT, Hauler J, Becker TM, Stewart JA, Humphrey DD. Acute Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory infection in childhood. Serologic evidence. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1986. PMID: 3019126


  173. Boyce WT, Schaefer C, Harrison HR, Haffner WH, Lewis M, Wright AL. Social and cultural factors in pregnancy complications among Navajo women. American journal of epidemiology 1986. PMID: 3728440


  174. Boyce WT. Stress and child health: an overview. Pediatric annals 1985. PMID: 4034266


  175. Harrison HR, Boyce WT, Wang SP, Gibb GN, Cox JE, Alexander ER. Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis immunotype J associated with trachoma in children in an area previously endemic for trachoma. The Journal of infectious diseases 1985. PMID: 3998505


  176. Coffman K, Boyce WT, Hansen RC. Phytophotodermatitis simulating child abuse. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1985. PMID: 3976604


  177. Schaefer C, Harrison HR, Boyce WT, Lewis M. Illnesses in infants born to women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A prospective study. American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1985. PMID: 3976584


  178. Boyce WT, Schaefer C, Uitti C. Permanence and change: psychosocial factors in the outcome of adolescent pregnancy. Social science & medicine (1982) 1985. PMID: 4095581