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Kai McCormack, Ph.D.

G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology

Spelman College

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Division of Social Sciences and Education

Psychology

Kai Mccormack, Ph.d. is currently serving as a Division Of Social Sciences And Education G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology at Spelman College.

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Kai McCormack, Ph.D.

Spelman College

G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology

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neuroscience developmental biology behavioral sciences child development endocrinology developmental neurobiology mammalian biology primate behavior behavioral neuroscience maternal health psychoneuroendocrinology behavioral neuroendocrinology developmental psychopathology stress (biology) animal behavior early life stress pediatrics health psychology biological psychiatry early childhood development developmental psychology avian biology developmental science animal physiology biological psychology primatology neuroendocrine mechanisms rhesus macaques animal cognition neuropsychopharmacology pharmacotherapy clinical psychiatry psychopharmacology developmental endocrinology mammalian physiology infant abuse affective neuroscience behavioral ecology behavioral research family psychology behavioural physiology comparative psychology brain science parental care behavior analysis social-emotional development lifespan development experimental psychopathology short-term variability early life exposures brain function thanatology animal studies bottom-up synthesis applied chemistry clinical evidence later adulthood endocrine research maternal complications cannabis use mindfulness interventions stress management mind-body medicine rhesus macaque mothers maternal regulation social buffering nonhuman primates stress responses adult abusive parenting early maternal rejection monoaminergic systems high cortisol adolescent rhesus monkeys behavioral development rhesus macaque maternal care patterns

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Long-Term Effects of Adverse Maternal Care on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal (Hpa) Axis Function of Juvenile and Adolescent Macaques. Biology (2025)

reproductive healthpregnancy hypertensionreproductive endocrinologyendocrinologyadverse maternal careneurosciencematernal healthpediatricsaxis functionpsychoneuroendocrinologyadolescent macaquesneuroendocrine mechanismsgynecologymaternal complications

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Improves Well-Being in Healthy Black Women: A Pilot Study. Journal of African American Studies (2024)

healthy black womensocial-emotional wellbeingwell-beingpsychologystress managementmind-body medicinestress (biology)mindfulnessmind-body interventionsmental healthpilot studypsychological medicineapplied psychologymindfulness interventionsapplied social psychologypsychiatrymindfulness-based stress reductionhealth psychology

Early Life Exposure to Unpredictable Parental Sensory Signals Shapes Cognitive Development Across Three Species. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2022)

Elysia Poggi DavisKai McCormackHina AroraDesiree SharpeAnnabel K. ShortJocelyne BachevalierLaura M. GlynnCurt A. SandmanHal S. SternMar SanchezTallie Z. Baram

neuroscienceearly life exposuresbrain functioncognitive developmentbehavioral neuroscience

The Developmental Consequences of Early Adverse Care on Infant Macaques: A Cross-Fostering Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2022)

K M McCormackB R HowellM HigginsS BramlettD GuzmanE L MorinC VillongcoY LiuJ MeyerM M Sanchez

early adverse carehealth sciencesendocrinologyneurosciencedevelopmental biologypsychoneuroendocrinologycross-fostering studydevelopmental neurobiologyinfant macaquesdevelopmental consequences

Effects of Early Life Stress on Cocaine Intake in Male and Female Rhesus Macaques. Psychopharmacology (2020)

Alison G. P. WakefordBrik KochoianErin R. SiebertSarah KatznelsonElyse L. MorinBrittany R. HowellKai M. McCormackMichael A. NaderMar M. SanchezLeonard L. Howell

psychopathologycannabis usecocaine intakeneurosciencestress (biology)pharmacologybiological psychiatryprimate behaviorpsychopharmacologypharmacotherapyneuropsychopharmacologyclinical psychiatrymammalian biologyhealth psychologyanimal physiologyearly life stresshealth sciencesaddictionneuropharmacologymammalian physiology

Maternal Buffering Beyond Glucocorticoids: Impact of Early Life Stress on Corticolimbic Circuits That Control Infant Responses to Novelty. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (2020)

Howell, Brittany R.McMurray, Matthew S.Guzman, Dora B.Nair, GovindShi, YundiMcCormack, Kai M.Hu, XiaopingStyner, Martin A.Sanchez, Mar M.

early life stresscorticolimbic circuitsneurosciencematernal healthinfant responsesmaternal buffering

Methylation of Oxt and Oxtr Genes, Central Oxytocin, and Social Behavior in Female Macaques. Hormones and Behavior (2020)

Desirée De LeonShota NishitaniHasse WalumKai M. McCormackMark E. WilsonAlicia K. SmithLarry J. YoungMar M. Sanchez

geneticscentral oxytocingene expressionendocrinologyendocrine researchneurosciencefemale macaquesoxtr genessocial behaviormammalian biologybehavioral neuroendocrinologyphysiology

Effects of Early Life Stress on Cocaine Self-Administration in Post-Pubertal Male and Female Rhesus Macaques. Psychopharmacology (2019)

Alison G. P. WakefordElyse L. MorinSara N. BramlettBrittany R. HowellKai M. McCormackJerrold S. MeyerMichael A. NaderMar M. SanchezLeonard L. Howell

psychopathologytranslational psychiatryaddiction medicineclinical evidencepharmacologybiological psychiatrycocaine self-administrationfemale rhesus macaquespsychopharmacologypharmacotherapyneuropsychopharmacologypsychiatryhealth psychologyearly life stresshealth sciencesclinical psychologyaddictionlater adulthoodbiological psychologyneuropharmacologypost-pubertal maleclinical psychiatry

Heritability and Relationship of Oxytocin Receptor Gene Variants With Social Behavior and Central Oxytocin in Colony-Reared Adult Female Rhesus Macaques. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2019)

Desirée De LeonHasse WalumKai M. McCormackJamie L. LaPrairieStephen G. LindellAshley FiresrycheZach JohnsonMark E. WilsonChristina S. BarrMar M. SanchezLarry J. Young

animal behaviormorphology (biology)social behaviorcentral oxytocinanimal sciencegeneticsavian biologyneurosciencemolecular neurosciencebreeding behaviorgene expressionprimate behaviormammalian biologyanimal physiologyphage biologymolecular biologyhuman biologyanimal geneticsmammalian physiology

Using Ispartan to Support a Student-Centered Activity on Alkane Conformations. Journal of Chemical Education (2018)

Leyte L. WinfieldKai McCormackTiana Shaw

chemical engineeringphysical organic chemistryorganic chemistryapplied chemistrystudent-centered activitystructural chemistrychemistry educationbiomolecular engineeringmolecular sciencechemical sciencescoordination chemistryalkane conformationsanalytical chemistryphysical chemistrybottom-up synthesischemistry

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Kai McCormack, Ph.D.

G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology

Spelman College

Affiliations

Division of Social Sciences and Education

Psychology

Kai Mccormack, Ph.d. is currently serving as a Division Of Social Sciences And Education G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology at Spelman College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Kai McCormack, Ph.D.

Spelman College

G-STEM Director Professor of Psychology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Long-Term Effects of Adverse Maternal Care on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal (Hpa) Axis Function of Juvenile and Adolescent Macaques. Biology (2025)

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Improves Well-Being in Healthy Black Women: A Pilot Study. Journal of African American Studies (2024)

Early Life Exposure to Unpredictable Parental Sensory Signals Shapes Cognitive Development Across Three Species. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2022)

Elysia Poggi DavisKai McCormackHina AroraDesiree SharpeAnnabel K. ShortJocelyne BachevalierLaura M. GlynnCurt A. SandmanHal S. SternMar SanchezTallie Z. Baram

neuroscienceearly life exposuresbrain functioncognitive developmentbehavioral neuroscience

The Developmental Consequences of Early Adverse Care on Infant Macaques: A Cross-Fostering Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2022)

K M McCormackB R HowellM HigginsS BramlettD GuzmanE L MorinC VillongcoY LiuJ MeyerM M Sanchez

early adverse carehealth sciencesendocrinologyneurosciencedevelopmental biologypsychoneuroendocrinologycross-fostering studydevelopmental neurobiologyinfant macaquesdevelopmental consequences

Effects of Early Life Stress on Cocaine Intake in Male and Female Rhesus Macaques. Psychopharmacology (2020)

Alison G. P. WakefordBrik KochoianErin R. SiebertSarah KatznelsonElyse L. MorinBrittany R. HowellKai M. McCormackMichael A. NaderMar M. SanchezLeonard L. Howell

Howell, Brittany R.McMurray, Matthew S.Guzman, Dora B.Nair, GovindShi, YundiMcCormack, Kai M.Hu, XiaopingStyner, Martin A.Sanchez, Mar M.

early life stresscorticolimbic circuitsneurosciencematernal healthinfant responsesmaternal buffering

Methylation of Oxt and Oxtr Genes, Central Oxytocin, and Social Behavior in Female Macaques. Hormones and Behavior (2020)

Desirée De LeonShota NishitaniHasse WalumKai M. McCormackMark E. WilsonAlicia K. SmithLarry J. YoungMar M. Sanchez

geneticscentral oxytocingene expressionendocrinologyendocrine researchneurosciencefemale macaquesoxtr genessocial behaviormammalian biologybehavioral neuroendocrinologyphysiology

Effects of Early Life Stress on Cocaine Self-Administration in Post-Pubertal Male and Female Rhesus Macaques. Psychopharmacology (2019)

Alison G. P. WakefordElyse L. MorinSara N. BramlettBrittany R. HowellKai M. McCormackJerrold S. MeyerMichael A. NaderMar M. SanchezLeonard L. Howell

Desirée De LeonHasse WalumKai M. McCormackJamie L. LaPrairieStephen G. LindellAshley FiresrycheZach JohnsonMark E. WilsonChristina S. BarrMar M. SanchezLarry J. Young

Using Ispartan to Support a Student-Centered Activity on Alkane Conformations. Journal of Chemical Education (2018)

Leyte L. WinfieldKai McCormackTiana Shaw

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