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Jennie Noll

Professor of Psychology

Executive Director, Mt. Hope Family Center

PhD in Developmental Psychology

Office Location
441 Meliora Hall
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Office Hours: By appointment

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Research Overview

Jennie Noll, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of Mount Hope Family Center (MHFC) at the University of Rochester. For the past three decades, Dr. Noll has been conducting research to strengthen causal inference regarding the developmental and biologic impacts of child abuse and neglect through longitudinal, prospective research and contiguous funding as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling over $34,000,000. Her primary research foci include: the bio-psycho-social consequences of childhood sexual abuse, pathways to teen pregnancy and high-risk sexual behaviors for abused and neglected youth, the long-term adverse health outcomes abuse survivors, midlife reversibility of neurocognitive deficits in stress-exposed populations, the impact of high-risk internet and social media behaviors on teen development, and the primary prevention of sexual abuse. She has been the Program Director of two NIH-funded Centers of Excellence in the child maltreatment sciences (P50HD089922 and P50 P50HD096698) as well a T32 training grant (T32HD101390). Results from several of Dr. Noll’s longitudinal studies are published in high-impact journals such as Nature and JAMA series and have informed public policy recommendations for child abuse prevention and treatment by Joint State Government Commissions, the Institute of Medicine, the World Health Summit, and for several U.S. Congressional briefings and hearings. The thrust and aims of Dr. Noll’s research, centers of excellence, and infrastructure grants leverage translational messaging from cutting-edge science to aid evidence-informed policymaking focused on imploring a larger public investment in the primary prevention of child maltreatment and in improving the lives of survivors.

Selected Publications

  • Noll, J.G., Haag, A.C., Kouril, M., Shenk, C.E., Wright, M.F., Barnes, J.E., Kohram, M., Malgaroli, M, Foley, D.J., & Bonanno, G.A. (2022). An observational study of Internet behaviors for adolescent females following sexual abuse. Nature Human Behaviour. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01187-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34580439.
  • Noll, J.G. (2021). Child sexual abuse as a unique risk factor for the development of psychopathology: the compounded convergence of mechanisms. Annual review of clinical psychology, 17, 439-464.
  • Guastaferro, K., Felt, J. M., Font, S. A., Connell, C. M., Miyamoto, S., Zadzora, K. M., & Noll, J. G. (2022). Parent-focused sexual abuse prevention: Results from a cluster randomized trial. Child maltreatment, 27(1), 114-125
  • Li, J.C., Hall, M.A., Shalev, I, Schreier, H.M.C., González Zarzar, T., Marcovici, I, Putnam, F.W., & Noll, J.G., (2021). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis attenuation and obesity risk in sexually abused females. Psychoneuroendocrinology 129 129:105254. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105254.
  • Noll, J.G., Guastaferro K., Beal S. J., Schreier H. M. C., Barnes J., Reader J. M., & Font S. A. (2018). Is sexual abuse a unique predictor of sexual risk behaviors, pregnancy, and motherhood in adolescence? Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi: 10.1111/jora.12436 PMID:30019514
  • Noll, J.G., Trickett, P. K., Long, J. D., Negriff, S., Susman, E. J., Shalev, I., Li, J. C., Putnam, F.W. (2017). Childhood sexual abuse and early timing of puberty. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(1), 65-71. PMID: 27836531. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.008
  • Noll, J.G., & Shenk, C. E. (2013). Teen birth rates in sexually abused and neglected females. Pediatrics, 131, e1181-e1187. PMID: 23530173 PMCID: PMC3608488. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-3072
  • Noll, J.G., Shenk, C. E., Barnes, J. E., & Haralson, K. J. (2013). Association of maltreatment with high-risk internet behaviors and offline encounters. Pediatrics, 131(2) e510-e517. PMID: 23319522 PMCID: PMC3557406. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-1281
  • Guastaferro, K., Shipe, S. L., Connell, C. M., Letourneau, E. J., & Noll, J. G. (2023). Implementation of a universal school-based child sexual abuse prevention program: a longitudinal cohort study. Journal of interpersonal violence, 08862605231158765.