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kerr.j@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Senior Fellow
Department of Paediatrics
ORCID

0000-0002-3150-4047

Dr Jessica Kerr

Honorary Senior Fellow
Department of Paediatrics

84 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Personality development from early to middle adulthood in the general population and those with mental health difficulties
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-55483-z
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Lancet commission definition of clinical obesity: a multi-cohort cross-sectional analysis from early childhood to older age in seven high-income countries
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104231
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
    DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00519-2
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Childhood sexual abuse and maternal social and financial resources, mental health, and parenting outcomes in pregnancy and early parenthood: a multicohort observational study
    DOI: 10.1016/s3050-5038(25)00177-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Parental care in adolescence and women’s later postpartum psychosocial wellbeing: a 20-year prospective preconception cohort study
    DOI: 10.1007/s00737-025-01641-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study
    DOI: 10.1007/s00127-025-02968-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Editorial: Longitudinal data analysis in child and adolescent mental health, volume II
    DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2026.1979900
Jessica Kerr

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Mid-Life Social and Health Outcomes Associated With Early-Onset Chronic Noncancer Pain
    DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001331
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The relationship between 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use in young adulthood and anxiety or depressive disorders in the mid-30s: Findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study
    DOI: 10.1111/add.70173
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x

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