Dinka Smajlagic

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Email dinka.smajlagic@psykologi.uio.no
Phone +47 22845126
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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Other affiliations Institutt for pedagogikk (Student)

Academic interests

  • Complex trait genetics

  • Epigenetic factors

  • Parent-of-origin effects

  • Early life stress

  • Childhood psychopathology

Primary research interests focus on identifying parental and perinatal factors involved in the development of various childhood outcomes. Currently working on examining the link between maternal stress during pregnancy and (epi)genetics of childhood outcomes such as anxiety and depression.

Background

  • Ph.D. degree in Statistical Genetics from the University of Bergen in Norway (2020)

  • M.Sc degree in Mathematical Engineering from the University of L’Aquila in Italy and the University of Hamburg in Germany (2014)

  • B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012)

Tags: Developmental psychology, genetics, epigenetics, Psychopathology

Publications

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  • Høberg, André; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Haavik, Jan; Smajlagic, Dinka; Havdahl, Alexandra & Bekkhus, Mona [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Genetically Informed Early Identification of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
  • Smajlagic, Dinka; Tsotsi, Stella; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Page, Christian Magnus; Zayats, Tetyana & Austerberry, Chloe [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2022). Parent-of-origin effects in childhood aggression.
  • Ayorech, Ziada & Smajlagic, Dinka (2022). Introduction to biology and genetics.
  • Oftedal, Aurora; Tsotsi, Stella; mayerhofer, lilian; Kaasen, Anne; Smajlagic, Dinka & Bekkhus, Mona (2022). Maternal and paternal anxiety and depression in pregnancies using assisted reproductive technology compared to spontaneous conception.
  • Tsotsi, Stella; Goh, shaun; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Smajlagic, Dinka; Coplan, Robert & Bølstad, Evalill [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). The co-occurrence of emotional difficulties and aggression in early childhood and the risk of later mental health outcomes: The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort.
  • Ulset, Vidar Sandsaunet; barker, ted; Smajlagic, Dinka; Zayats, Tetyana; Kraft, Brage & Bekkhus, Mona (2022). Prenatal dietary inflammation, language problems, and ADHD symptoms: Moderating role of polygenic risk. Poster presentation at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Beharvioral Development .
  • Corfield, Elizabeth; Smajlagic, Dinka; Connoly, Siobhan; Hakonarsen, Hakon; Waldman, Irwin & Elia, Josephine [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2019). Parent-of-origin and maternal effects in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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