Research Scientist
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Dr. Danruo Zhong, with a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Minnesota, studies how early life stress, like poverty, affects children's health and development. She focuses on how parenting interventions can mitigate these effects, aiming to inform practices that reduce developmental disparities.

Featured Works

  • Miller, E. B., Hails, K. A., Canfield, C. F., Morris-Perez, P. A., Shaw, D. S., Mendelsohn, A. L., & Gross, R. S. (2024). Cognitive Stimulation and Maternal Feeding Styles in Families with Low Incomes: Impacts from a Randomized Clinical Trial. Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.012 

  • Miller, E. B., Canfield, C. F., Roby, E., Wippick, H., Shaw, D. S., Mendelsohn, A. L., & Morris‐Perez, P. A. (2024). Enhancing early language and literacy skills for racial/ethnic minority children with low incomes through a randomized clinical trial: The mediating role of cognitively stimulating parent–child interactions. Child Development, 95(4), 1172–1185. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14064

  • Canfield, C. F., Miller, E. B., Zhang, Y., Shaw, D., Morris, P., Galan, C., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2023). Tiered universal and targeted early childhood interventions: Enhancing attendance across families with varying needs. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 63, 362–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.01.004 

  • Roby, E., Miller, E. B., Shaw, D. S., Morris, P., Gill, A., Bogen, D. L., Rosas, J., Canfield, C. F., Hails, K. A., Wippick, H., Honoroff, J., Cates, C. B., Weisleder, A., Chadwick, K. A., Raak, C. D., & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2021). Improving parent-child interactions in pediatric health care: A two-site randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics (Evanston), 147(3), 1-. https://doi.org/10.1542/PEDS.2020-1799 

  • Miller, E. B. (2016). Child care enrollment decisions among dual language learner families: The role of Spanish language instruction in the child care setting. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 36, 223–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2016.01.003