Dr Samantha Garay
BSc, MSc, PhD
Timau a rolau for Samantha Garay
Cydymaith Ymchwil, DECIPher
Trosolwyg
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n Gydymaith Ymchwil sy'n gweithio yn nhîm PHIRST Insight yn DECIPHer.
Mae fy niddordebau ymchwil yn amrywiol ond yn cynnwys
- Seicoleg Iechyd
- ymddygiadau iechyd, yn enwedig yn ystod beichiogrwydd e.e. gweithgarwch corfforol, deiet, ysmygu a chymryd alcohol
- Iechyd a lles mamau
- Iechyd a lles babanod a phlant
Mae gen i radd israddedig mewn Seicoleg a gradd Meistr mewn Seicoleg Iechyd o Brifysgol Caerfaddon. Ariannwyd fy PhD gan DTP Biomed MRC GW4 ac fe'i gwnaed ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Roedd hyn yn cynnwys gweithio gyda charfan geni hydredol Grown in Wales i ymchwilio i ddylanwad ymddygiad iechyd mamau yn ystod beichiogrwydd ar iechyd a datblygiad mamau a babanod.
Byddwn yn awyddus i gydweithio ag unrhyw un sydd â diddordebau ymchwil tebyg.
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- de Vocht, F. et al., 2025. Impacts of the Mindset Teams programme on teacher outcomes and pupil educational attainment: secondary data analysis. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 18 (4), pp.1008-1024. (10.1080/19345747.2024.2403989)
2024
- Morgan, K. et al. 2024. Factors underpinning the adoption of a school-based growth mindset intervention: a qualitative study. Educational Psychology in Practice 40 (4), pp.509-530. (10.1080/02667363.2024.2414455)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2024. Perceived impacts of a school-based growth mindset programme ‘Mindset Teams’ in Scotland: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 24 2199. (10.1186/s12889-024-19611-6)
2022
- Garay, S. M. , Sumption, L. and John, R. 2022. Prenatal health behaviours as predictors of human placental lactogen levels. Frontiers in Endocrinology 13 946539. (10.3389/fendo.2022.946539)
- Dingsdale, H. et al. 2022. Cord serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels at birth associate with temperament outcomes at one year. Journal of Psychiatric Research 150 47-53. (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.009)
- Garay, S. M. 2022. Exploring the influence of maternal health behaviours in pregnancy on maternal and infant health and development. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2021
- Savory, N. A. et al. 2021. Prevalence and predictors of poor mental health among pregnant women in Wales using a cross-sectional survey. Midwifery 103 103103. (10.1016/j.midw.2021.103103)
- Garcia Martin, I. et al. 2021. Symptoms of prenatal depression associated with shorter telomeres in female placenta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (14) 7458. (10.3390/ijms22147458)
- Dingsdale, H. et al. 2021. The placenta protects the fetal circulation from anxiety-driven elevations in maternal serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Translational Psychiatry 11 (1) 62. (10.1038/s41398-020-01176-8)
- Garay, S. et al. 2021. Risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain in a UK population: A biopsychosocial model approach. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 21 43. (10.1186/s12884-020-03519-1)
2020
- Sumption, L. A. , Garay, S. M. and John, R. M. 2020. Low serum placental lactogen at term is associated with postnatal symptoms of depression and anxiety in women delivering female infants. Psychoneuroendocrinology 116 104655. (10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104655)
- Savory, K. et al. 2020. Prenatal symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with sex differences in both maternal perceptions of one year old infant temperament and researcher observed infant characteristics. Journal of Affective Disorders 264 , pp.383-392. (10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.057)
2019
- Garay, S. M. et al. 2019. Seasonal variation in salivary cortisol but not symptoms of depression and trait anxiety in pregnant women undergoing an elective caesarean section. Psychoneuroendocrinology 108 , pp.14-19. (10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.029)
- Garay, S. M. et al. 2019. The Grown in Wales Study: Examining dietary patterns, custom birthweight centiles and the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational age (SGA) infant. PLoS ONE 14 (3) e0213412. (10.1371/journal.pone.0213412)
2018
- Janssen, A. et al., 2018. Persistence of anxiety symptoms after elective caesarean delivery. Bjpsych Open 4 (5), pp.354-360. (10.1192/bjo.2018.48)
Erthyglau
- de Vocht, F. et al., 2025. Impacts of the Mindset Teams programme on teacher outcomes and pupil educational attainment: secondary data analysis. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 18 (4), pp.1008-1024. (10.1080/19345747.2024.2403989)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2024. Factors underpinning the adoption of a school-based growth mindset intervention: a qualitative study. Educational Psychology in Practice 40 (4), pp.509-530. (10.1080/02667363.2024.2414455)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2024. Perceived impacts of a school-based growth mindset programme ‘Mindset Teams’ in Scotland: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 24 2199. (10.1186/s12889-024-19611-6)
- Garay, S. M. , Sumption, L. and John, R. 2022. Prenatal health behaviours as predictors of human placental lactogen levels. Frontiers in Endocrinology 13 946539. (10.3389/fendo.2022.946539)
- Dingsdale, H. et al. 2022. Cord serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels at birth associate with temperament outcomes at one year. Journal of Psychiatric Research 150 47-53. (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.009)
- Savory, N. A. et al. 2021. Prevalence and predictors of poor mental health among pregnant women in Wales using a cross-sectional survey. Midwifery 103 103103. (10.1016/j.midw.2021.103103)
- Garcia Martin, I. et al. 2021. Symptoms of prenatal depression associated with shorter telomeres in female placenta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (14) 7458. (10.3390/ijms22147458)
- Dingsdale, H. et al. 2021. The placenta protects the fetal circulation from anxiety-driven elevations in maternal serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Translational Psychiatry 11 (1) 62. (10.1038/s41398-020-01176-8)
- Garay, S. et al. 2021. Risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain in a UK population: A biopsychosocial model approach. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 21 43. (10.1186/s12884-020-03519-1)
- Sumption, L. A. , Garay, S. M. and John, R. M. 2020. Low serum placental lactogen at term is associated with postnatal symptoms of depression and anxiety in women delivering female infants. Psychoneuroendocrinology 116 104655. (10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104655)
- Savory, K. et al. 2020. Prenatal symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with sex differences in both maternal perceptions of one year old infant temperament and researcher observed infant characteristics. Journal of Affective Disorders 264 , pp.383-392. (10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.057)
- Garay, S. M. et al. 2019. Seasonal variation in salivary cortisol but not symptoms of depression and trait anxiety in pregnant women undergoing an elective caesarean section. Psychoneuroendocrinology 108 , pp.14-19. (10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.029)
- Garay, S. M. et al. 2019. The Grown in Wales Study: Examining dietary patterns, custom birthweight centiles and the risk of delivering a small-for-gestational age (SGA) infant. PLoS ONE 14 (3) e0213412. (10.1371/journal.pone.0213412)
- Janssen, A. et al., 2018. Persistence of anxiety symptoms after elective caesarean delivery. Bjpsych Open 4 (5), pp.354-360. (10.1192/bjo.2018.48)
Gosodiad
- Garay, S. M. 2022. Exploring the influence of maternal health behaviours in pregnancy on maternal and infant health and development. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
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