Presentations

Dong, L.*, Sasia, A. B., & Li, J. J. (2024, March). Gene-environment interplay underlying developmental trajectories of disinhibition and antagonism in Add Health. Poster presented at the inaugural meeting of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Conference, San Diego, CA.
Walker, G. N.*, Dong, L., Sasia, A. B., & Li, J. J. (2023, November). Gene-environment interactions on trajectories of externalizing behaviors in African Americans. Poster presented at the annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students, Phoenix, AZ.
He, Q.*, Keding, T., Zhang, Q., Miao, J., Herringa, R., Travers., B.G., & Li, J. J. (2023, September). Examination of Brain-Based Mediators of Polygenic Risk for ADHD. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO.
Zhang, Q.*, He, Q., & Li, J. J. (2023, August). Parenting and child executive function: A multi-informant, multi-method prospective study. Poster presented at American Psychological Association convention in Washington, D.C.
Dong, L.*, Sasia, A. B., & Li, J. J. (2023, June). Polygenic-environment interactions of developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors from age 13 to 41. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Murcia, Spain.
Peng, Z.*, He, Q.*, & Li, J. J. (2023, March). Use of machine learning to predict ADHD in children: A multi-wave longitudinal study. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) in Salt Lake City, UT.
Sasia, B.*, Lu, Q., Wu, Y., & Li, J. J. (2022, July). Estimating “genetic nurture” effects in polygenic scores for trajectories of antisocial behavior. Poster presented at the Add Health Users Conference in Chapel Hill, NC.
Sasia, B.*, Lu, Q., Wu, Y., & Li, J. J. (2022, June). Estimating “genetic nurture” effects in polygenic scores for trajectories of antisocial behavior. Poster submitted for presentation at the biennial meeting for the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Athens, Greece. (Conference canceled)
Zhang, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2022, June). Prospective Association of Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors and Child ADHD Symptoms: Examining Dual Pathways of Executive Function and Reward Sensitivity. Poster submitted for presentation at the biennial meeting for the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Athens, Greece. (Conference canceled)
Li, J. J. (2020, September). RDoC Mechanisms of Transdiagnostic Polygenic Risk for Trajectories of Depression: From Early Adolescence to Adulthood. Poster presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences annual conference in Boulder, CO.
Wang, S. S.* & Li, J. J. (2020, August). Trajectories of risk and resilience among maltreated youth: Prospective associations with adult social outcomes. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association convention in Washington, D.C.
Zhang, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2020, August). Parental behaviors and child ADHD: Mediation via child inhibitory control and working memory. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association convention in Washington, D.C.
Tung, S.* & Li, J. J. (2020, April). A phenotypic and polygenic model of ADHD that explains how social skills deficits in these children arise. Poster accepted for the 92nd annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL. (Conference canceled)
Gestrich, Z.* & Li, J. J. (2020, April). The role of parental stress in the association of neighborhood disadvantage and childhood ADHD. Poster accepted for 92nd annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL. (Conference canceled)
Zhang, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2020, April). Parenting, executive function and child ADHD: A multiple mediation model. Poster accepted for the 92nd annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL. (Conference canceled)
Li, J. J. (2019, October). The positive end of the polygenic score distribution for ADHD: A low risk or protective factor? Poster presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences annual conference in Boulder, CO.
Hosch, A.*, Immel, B.*, & Li, J. J. (2019, June). Evidence of an indirect effect of polygenic risk scores for childhood externalizing behavior through negative parenting behaviors. Poster presented to the biennial meeting for the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Los Angeles, CA.
He, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2019, June). Racial-ethnic differences in the factor structure of DSM-5 mental disorders in youth populations. Poster presented to the biennial meeting for the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Los Angeles, CA.
Vincent, S.*, Immel, B.*, & Li, J. J. (2019, April). Construct and predictive validity of measures of negative parenting. Poster presented at the 91st annual meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, IL.
Alpert, J.* & Li, J. J. (2019, March). A Smartphone-Based Parenting Measure: Assessing Positive and Negative Parental Consistency in Relation to Child ADHD. Poster presented for presentation at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, MD.
Immel, B.*, Hosch, A.*, & Li, J. J. (2019, March). Evidence of an indirect effect of polygenic risk scores for childhood externalizing behavior through negative parenting behaviors. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, MD.
He, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2019, March). Examining racial-ethnic differences in the factor structure of mental disorders in the DSM-5. Poster presented at biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, MD.
Hilton, E. C.* & Li, J. J. (2019, March). Reward processing/drive as a mechanism of polygenic risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Poster presented at biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, MD.
Hilton, E. C.*, Hong, J., Lu, Q., Greenberg, J., Mailick, M., Namkung, E. H., & Li, J. J. (2018, May). Interaction of polygenic scores for neuroticism and stressful life events on depression. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco, CA.
Immel, B.* & Li, J. J. (2018, July). The moderating effect of parenting behaviors on the relationship Between callous-unemotional traits and children’s social skills. Poster presented at annual Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago, IL.
Rosinsky, K.* & Li, J. J. (2018, April). Parent-child interactions and behavioral variability among children with and without ADHD. Poster presented at the annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium in Madison, WI.
Li, J. J. (2017, July). A smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment of parental behavioral consistency: Associations with parental Stress and child ADHD. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Leigh, A.* & Li, J. J. (2017, May). The association of maternal psychopathology and offspring psychopathology is mediated by parental stress. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Boston, MA.
Aguirre, S., Leon-Sanchez, E., Martinez, J. I., & Li, J. J. (2017, April). Impact of family and neighborhood characteristics on mental health outcomes and incarceration of minority youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Western Psychological Association in Sacramento, CA.
Hahn, S. E. & Li, J. J. (2017, April). Associations between callous-unemotional traits and reward responsivity in kindergarten-aged children. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Austin, TX.
Morrison, R. & Li, J. J. (2017, April). Differences in antisocial behavior developmental taxonomies: From adolescence to adulthood. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development in Austin, TX.
Reynolds, A. & Li, J. J. (2017, April). How parental stress influences parenting behaviors among young children with and without ADHD. Poster presented at the annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium in Madison, WI.
Morrison, R., Jeglum, S. , Moore, L. , Mahgoub, L. , & Li, J. J. (2017, February). Antisocial behavior trajectories across two racial-ethnic groups. Poster presented at the annual convention for the National Association of School Psychologists in San Antonio, TX.
Li, J. J., Salvatore, J., Cho, S. B., Aggen, S., & Dick, D. M. (2014, June). A prospective longitudinal analysis of polygene by environment interactions for alcohol use behaviors from adolescence to adulthood. Poster presented at annual meeting for the Behavior Genetics Association in Charlottesville, VA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2012, August). Association of DAT1 genotype and childhood ADHD: Interactions with observed parental negativity. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the American Psychological Association, Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) in Orlando, FL.
Li, J. J.** & Lee, S. S. (2012, March). Evidence of differential susceptibility in prospective models of gene-environment interaction for depression. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL. (**This poster received an honorable mention for the 2012 APS Student Research Award).
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2012, March). Interaction of dopamine transporter genotype and maltreatment for ADHD: Latent class analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL.
Li, J. J., Meza, J., Neely, B., & Lee, S. S. (2012, February). Interaction of negative emotionality and observed negative parenting on ADHD. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Western Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2011, June). Evidence of parental MAO-A x offspring ADHD interaction for positive parenting. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Chicago, IL.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2011, June). Moderators and mediators of the association of parenting and offspring ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Chicago, IL.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2011, May). Personality mediates the association Between COMT and negative parenting. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C.
Meza, J.*, Li, J. J., & Lee, S. S. (2011, May). Parenting and its effects on executive functioning in children with ADHD. Poster presented at UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
Tung, I.*, Li, J. J., & Lee, S. S. (2011, April). Measuring parenting style: Psychometric properties of ideas about parenting questionnaire. Poster presented at the Whittier Undergraduate Research Conference in Cerritos, CA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2011, March). Association of negative parenting and offspring ADHD: Interaction with child monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) genotype. Poster presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Tung, I., Li, J. J., & Lee, S. S. (2011, March). Child gender moderates the association between parental inconsistent discipline and childhood disruptive behavior disorders. Poster presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Li, J. J., Shemmassian, S. K., & Lee, S. S. (2010, May). Anxiety moderates the association between response variability and ADHD. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Association for Psychological Science in Boston, MA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2009, June). Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene and child physical abuse: Effects on ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Seattle, WA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2009, May). Subtypes of antisocial behavior: Evidence of gene-environment interplay for overt antisocial behaviors. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco, CA.
Li, J. J., Cutting, L. E., Materek, A., Prahme, C., Levine, T., Denckla, M. B., & Mahone, E. M. (2007, February). Pause time variability on rapid naming predicts reading fluency and comprehension in children. Poster presented at the annual International Neuropsychological Meeting in Portland, OR.
Li, J. J. & Gray, R. M. (2006, February). Gender differences in childhood disruptive behavior disorders. Poster presented at the Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting in Boston, MA.

Keynote Speaker (“The Spectrum of Mental Health: Beyond Autism“). The Lynn Speedie Lectureship
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. March 16, 2023
Grand Rounds Presentation (“Precision Medicine and Mental Health“). Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. August 31, 2022
Autism Day with the Experts (“ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder“). The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. January 25, 2020.
- Video and PowerPoint slides
Teaching Institute Roundtable (“How to Teach Developmental Science in the Big Data Era“). Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD. March 20, 2019.
Invited Talk at the Research Presentation Day. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute and Clinics, Madison, WI. April 9, 2019.
Invited Research Talk, Doctoral Seminar. School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. April 18, 2018.
Invited Talk at the Mental Health Liaison Training Meeting (“Juvenile Psychopathology”). Madison Police Department, Madison, WI. March 15, 2018.
2017 Annual International Conference on ADHD Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), Atlanta, GA. November 11, 2017.
- Presentation
Colloquium, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. April 20, 2017.
2016 Clinical Psychology Summer Institute, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. June 22, 2016.
Add Health Users Conference, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD. June 21, 2016.
Biology of Brain and Behavior Area Brownbag, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. April 25, 2016.
Waisman Center Early Childhood Series, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

Zhang, Q.* & Li, J. J. (2024, April). The Challenge of Integrating Multi-Modal Approaches in Studies of Parenting. Symposium talk presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America conference in Boston, MA.
Sasia, A. B.*, & Li, J. J. (2024, March). Investigating the structure of psychopathology in autistic youths. Paper presented at the inaugural meeting of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Conference, San Diego, CA.
He, Q.*, Sasia, B., & Li, J. J. (2024, March). Longitudinal Trajectories in HiTOP Dimensions in the ABCD Dataset. Flash talk presented at the 2024 Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Conference in San Diego, CA.
Dong, L.*, Sasia, A. B., & Li, J. J. (2024, March). Gene-environment interplay underlying developmental trajectories of disinhibition and antagonism in Add Health. Paper presented at the inaugural meeting of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Conference, San Diego, CA.
He, Q.* (2023, July). Apples and Oranges? Measurement Equivalence of Psychopathology across Race-ethnicity. Talk presented at the biennial APA Division 45 Conference in San Diego, CA.
Sasia, A. B.*, & Li, J. J. (2023, June). Examining a mechanism of polygenic scores on developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors. Paper presented at the inaugural meeting of The Advances in Social Genomics Conference, Madison, WI.
Sasia, A. B.*, Lu, Q., Wu, Y., & Li, J. J. (2022, July). Estimating “genetic nurture” effects in polygenic scores for trajectories of antisocial behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Add Health Users Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sasia, A. B.*, Lu, Q., Wu, Y., & Li, J. J. (2021, October). Genetic and environmental associations with trajectories of antisocial behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences, Boulder, CO.
Li, J. J. (2020, September). RDoC Mechanisms of Transdiagnostic Polygenic Risk for Trajectories of Depression: From Early Adolescence to Adulthood. Talk presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences annual conference in Boulder, CO.
Li, J. J. (2019, October). The positive end of the polygenic score distribution for ADHD: A low risk or protective factor? Paper presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences annual conference in Boulder, CO.
Schmitz, L., Li, J. J., & Lu, Q. (2019, October). Exploring the Landscape of Gene-Environment Interplay Using Functionally Annotated Polygenic Scores. Paper presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences annual conference in Boulder, CO.
Travers, B. G., Li, J. J., Surgent, O. J., Dadalko, O. I., Alexander, A. L., Kecskemeti, S., & Dean, D. (2019, October). Brainstem Correlates of Combined Autism Spectrum and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms in Children. Paper presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago, IL.
Li, J. J. (2019, June). Assessing Phenotypic and Polygenic Models of ADHD to Identify Mechanisms of Risk for Longitudinal Trajectories of Externalizing Behaviors. Abstract presented to the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Los Angeles, CA.
Tung, S. & Li, J.J. (2019, April). The effects of negative and harsh parenting behavior on childhood ADHD over time. Talk presented at the annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium in Madison, WI.
Li, J. J. (2017, April). Interplay between multigenic and environmental influences on adolescent to adult pathways of antisocial behaviors. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Austin, TX.
Salvatore, J. E., Cho, S. B., Thomas, N., Li, J. J., Kendler, K. S., & Dick, D. M. (2017, April). Peer and romantic partner influences on alcohol consumption in emerging adulthood: Independent and interactive associations. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Austin, TX.
Morrison, R. & Li, J. J. (2017, April). Differences in antisocial behavior developmental taxonomies: From adolescence to adulthood. Talk presented at the Add Health Users Conference at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
Li, J. J., Kendler, K. S., & Dick, D. M. (2015, March). A prospective study of early parental alcohol consumption and adolescent alcohol problems: Examining psychosocial mechanisms. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Philadelphia, PA.
Li, J. J., Cooke, M., Salvatore, J. E., & Dick, D. M. (2015, March). Polygenic-environment interactions: Trajectories of heavy alcohol use from mid-adolescence to early adulthood. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Philadelphia, PA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2013, April). Antisocial behaviors and substance use problems in adolescents: An LCA approach to examining GxE. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Seattle, WA.
Li, J. J. & Lee, S. S. (2011, April). Interaction of offspring DRD4 and negative parenting and endophenotypes of ADHD. Talk presented at the annual convention for the Western Psychological Association in Los Angeles, CA.
Lee, S. S. & Li, J. J. (2011, March). Parental serotonin transporter genotype and negative parenting behavior. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Lee, S. S. & Li, J. J. (2011, March). Parental dopamine transporter genotype and negative parenting behavior. Talk presented at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development in Montreal, QC, Canada.
Li, J. J., Lue, Y. H., Lydon, J. P., & Wang, C. (2003, August). The inhibitory role of progesterone receptor in the testes: Evidenced from progesterone receptor knock-out Lac-Z reporter gene knock-in mice. Talk presented at the Annual Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute Fellowship Conference, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.