Erin Yong Ping, M.Sc.

Erin Yong Ping is a research coordinator/assistant at the Douglas Institute Research Centre. She is presently working with Dr. Suzanne King and Dr. David Laplante on the Iowa Flood Study and the QF2011 study.

Erin Yong Ping completed her Bachelor of Science, specializing in honours psychology with a minor in biology, at the University of Western Ontario. During this time she investigated the effects of vicarious aggression on circulating testosterone levels in male undergraduate students. She then completed a Master of Science degree in psychiatry at McGill University. During her master`s research training, she investigated the relationship between symptoms of depression and anxiety, and the hormone oxytocin in community sample of prenatal women. She has since worked as a research assistant for the CIHR Team in Perinatal Mental Health investigating mental health and oxytocin levels in mothers after childbirth, as well as the effects of naturally enhanced oxytocin levels during breastfeeding on trust.  Erin`s primary research interests include perinatal mental health, neuroendocrine biological markers, and child development.

 

Contact Information

Psychosocial Research Division
Douglas Institute Research Centre
McGill University, Dept. of Psychiatry
Perry Pavilion, 3rd Floor
6875 LaSalle Blvd.
Verdun (Montréal), QC
H4H 1R3, Canada

Telephone: 514-761-6131, ext. 6189

Erin.YongPing [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (E-mail)

Posters and Presentations

  • Yong Ping, E. (June, 2011). Endogenous oxytocin levels and symptoms of psychological distress across pregnancy. Oral presentation at the ICFP Psychiatry Student Research Day, Montreal, Canada.
  • Zelkowitz, P., Hayton, B., Gold, I., Feeley, N., Yong Ping, E., Weiss, D., & Carter, S. (May, 2011). Endogenous oxytocin, attachment style, and mental illness during pregnancy. Poster presented at the meetings of the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, HI.
  • Yong Ping, E., Zelkowitz, P., Gold, I., Feeley, N., Weiss, D., & Carter, S. (September, 2010). Endogenous oxytocin levels and symptoms of psychological distress across pregnancy. Poster presented at the 30th annual conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Leuven, Belgium. 
  • Zelkowitz, P., Gold, I., Feeley, N., Yong Ping, E., Weiss, D., & Carter, S. (September, 2010). Endogenous oxytocin, psychosocial risk, and psychological distress in a community sample of pregnant women. Poster presented at the international conference of The Parental Brain: Neurobiology, Behaviour and the Next Generation, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Yong Ping, E., Snihur, A., & Hampson, E. (April, 2008). Effects of vicarious aggression on testosterone levels and affective mood state in males. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Poster Presentation Day at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

 

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