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Cynthia L. Loncar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, where she serves as a Clinician Educator. Her research focuses on understanding the complexities of parenting within family systems to enhance the developmental outcomes of high-risk children. Specifically, her work examines how various parenting attitudes, parenting stress, maternal depression, and maternal sensitivity influence the interactions between parents and children to optimize child development. Loncar is dedicated to researching evidence-based models of parenting to advance clinical practice. She teaches pre-doctoral and post-doctoral clinical psychologists, as well as undergraduate medical students, emphasizing the importance of understanding the parent-child dynamic in child development. Her current research interests include the impacts of prenatal medical risk factors, including maternal depression and substance exposure, on child development and psychopathology. She is involved in several funded research projects examining the outcomes of children exposed to various prenatal risks, contributing significantly to the fields of developmental pediatrics and psychology.
Center for Children and Families • Providence, RI
Overseeing clinical services for children and families at high risk.
Center for Children and Families • Providence, RI
Providing psychological assessments and therapy to children and families.
Department: Department of Economics