Joseph Cutuli, PhD

Sr Research Scientist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

J. J. Cutuli is Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science at Nemours Children's Health. His research involves the developmental processes of resilience for children, youth, and families who experience high levels of adversity, such as homelessness, maltreatment, and poverty. Dr. Cutuli focuses on protective factors that are common in the lives of individuals who do well, and the processes through which those factors result in positive adaptation. As a developmental scientist, he has investigated how factors at different levels of the person and factors in peoples' contexts come together in complex ways over time to contribute to success or challenges in important areas like education, health, relationships, mental health, and good conduct. He received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota with dual training in child development and clinical psychology.

Medical/Dental School

  • Bachelor of Arts - University of Pennsylvania, Psychology, 2004
  • Doctorate - University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Institute of Child Development, 2011

  • Strategies to Better Identify Student Homelessness Using Data in an Urban School District; Educational Researcher; (2024).

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  • Families with young children in homeless shelters: Developmental contexts of multisystem risks and resources; Development and Psychopathology; (2023).

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  • Social support as a resilience factor for parent–infant dyads experiencing homelessness.; Journal of Family Psychology; (2023).

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  • Parental and Other Caregiver Loss Due to COVID-19 in the United States: Prevalence by Race, State, Relationship, and Child Age; Journal of Community Health; (2023).

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  • Associations of COVID-19 Stressors and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in New Mothers; Maternal and Child Health Journal; (2023).

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  • Evaluating Approaches to Linking Evictions Records:; Delaware Journal of Public Health; (2023).

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  • Hidden Pain: Children Who Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID-19 and What the Nation Can Do to Help Them; Unknown Source; (2022).

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  • Adolescent homelessness: Evaluating victimization risk based on LGBT identity and sleeping location; Journal of Adolescence; (2022).

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  • Risky sexual behavior and STI testing among teens experiencing homelessness; Children and Youth Services Review; (2022).

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  • School-based health centers as a context to engage and serve communities; Current Opinion in Pediatrics; (2022).

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  • Adaptive systems for student resilience in the context of COVID-19.; School Psychology; (2021).

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  • Promoting parent-infant responsiveness in families experiencing homelessness; Infant Mental Health Journal; (2020).

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  • Childhood homelessness, resilience, and adolescent mental health: A prospective, person-centered approach; Psychology in the Schools; (2020).

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  • Adolescent Homelessness and Associated Features: Prevalence and Risk Across Eight States; Child Psychiatry & Human Development; (2020).

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  • Early childhood risk and later adaptation: A person-centered approach using latent profiles; Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology; (2019).

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  • Introduction to the Special Issue: Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families; Psychological Services; (2019).

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  • Building early links for learning: Connections to promote resilience for young children in family homeless shelters; Zero to Three; (2019).

  • Housing Interventions and the Chronic and Acute Risks of Family Homelessness: Experimental Evidence for Education; Child Development; (2019).

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  • Medical and Psychosocial Risk Profiles for Low Birthweight and Preterm Birth; Women's Health Issues; (2019).

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  • Homelessness in High School: Population-Representative Rates of Self-Reported Homelessness, Resilience, and Risk in Philadelphia; Social Work Research; (2018).

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  • Resilience in Development; The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition; (2018).

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  • Developmental Processes of Resilience and Risk for Aggression and Conduct Problems; Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression, Edition; (2018).

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  • Resilience in the Context of Development: Introduction to the Special Issue; Journal of Early Adolescence; (2018).

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  • Health and Self-Regulation among School-Age Children Experiencing Family Homelessness; Children; (2017).

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  • Adversity and children experiencing family homelessness: Implications for health; Journal of Children and Poverty; (2017).

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  • Childhood adversity, adult homelessness and the intergenerational transmission of risk: a population-representative study of individuals in households with children; Child & Family Social Work; (2017).

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  • Mental Health and Adaptation of Children Experiencing Family Homelessness; Child and Family Well-Being and Homelessness; (2017).

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  • From foster care to juvenile justice: Exploring characteristics of youth in three cities; Children and Youth Services Review; (2016).

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  • Youth Homelessness: Prevalence and Associations with Weight in Three Regions; Health and Social Work; (2015).

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  • Academic Risk and Resilience in the Context of Homelessness; Child Development Perspectives; (2014).

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  • Asthma and Adaptive Functioning among Homeless Kindergarten-Aged Children in Emergency Housing; Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; (2014).

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  • Parenting and Coregulation: Adaptive Systems for Competence in Children Experiencing Homelessness; American Journal of Orthopsychiatry; (2014).

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  • Programs for Homeless Children and Youth: A Critical Review of Evidence; Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness; (2014).

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  • Trauma, Adversity, and Parent-Child Relationships Among Young Children Experiencing Homelessness; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; (2014).

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  • Youth Homelessness: Prevalence and Mental Health Correlates; Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research; (2014).

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  • Promoting Resilience for Children Who Experience Family Homelessness: Opportunities To Encourage Developmental Competence; Cityscape; (2014).

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  • Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students: Resilience in the Context of Chronic and Acute Risk; Child Development; (2013).

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  • Contributions of maltreatment and serotonin transporter genotype to depression in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood; Journal of Affective Disorders; (2013).

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  • Preventing adolescents' externalizing and internalizing symptoms: Effects of the Penn Resiliency Program; International Journal of Emotional Education; (2013).

  • Preventing adolescents' externalizing and internalizing symptoms: Effects of the Penn Resiliency Program; International Journal of Emotional Education; (2013).

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  • Relationship Among Adverse Childhood Experiences, History of Active Military Service, and Adult Outcomes: Homelessness, Mental Health, and Physical Health; American Journal of Public Health; (2013).

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  • Programs for Homeless Children and Youth: A Critical Review of Evidence; Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness; (2013).

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  • Resilience in Development; The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology; (2012).

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  • Executive Function Skills and School Success in Young Children Experiencing Homelessness; Educational Researcher; (2012).

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  • Early Reading Skills and Academic Achievement Trajectories of Students Facing Poverty, Homelessness, and High Residential Mobility; Educational Researcher; (2012).

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  • Genetic and Caregiving-Based Contributions to Infant Attachment; Psychological Science; (2012).

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  • CONTEXT, CORTISOL, AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AMONG CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS; Unknown Source; (2011).

  • Direct and Indirect Effects of Parenting on the Academic Functioning of Young Homeless Children; Early Education and Development; (2011).

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  • Asthma and Behavior in Homeless 4- to 7-Year-Olds; Pediatrics; (2010).

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  • Cortisol function among early school-aged homeless children; Psychoneuroendocrinology; (2010).

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  • Resilience; Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology; (2009).

  • Academic achievement of homeless and highly mobile children in an urban school district: Longitudinal evidence on risk, growth, and resilience; Development and Psychopathology; (2009).

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  • Promoting Competence and Resilience in the School Context; Professional School Counseling; (2008).

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  • Evidence-based assessment in pediatric psychology: Family measures; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2008).

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  • School success in motion: Protective factors for academic achievement in homeless and highly mobile children in Minneapolis; CURA Reporter; (2008).

  • Preventing Co-Occurring Depression Symptoms in Adolescents with Conduct Problems: The Penn Resiliency Program; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (2006).

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  • Preventing externalizing symptoms and related features in adolescence; Unpublished honors thesis, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; (2004).