Jennifer Felder, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

To this end, she investigates innovative formats for disseminating interventions, such as digital, co-located, and integrated services. In her clinical work, Dr. Felder provides cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia for adults with chronic insomnia.

• Pregnancy-related COVID worry, depressive symptom severity, and mediation through sleep disturbance in a low-income, primarily Latinx population in California's Central valley.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2022 Felder JN, Afulani PA, Coleman-Phox K, Omowale SS, McCulloch CE, Lessard L, Kuppermann M
• Adverse infant outcomes among women with sleep apnea or insomnia during pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study.
  Sleep health 2022 Felder JN, Baer RJ, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Prather AA
• Uptake of USPSTF recommendation to refer pregnant individuals for therapy or counseling to prevent perinatal depression.
  Archives of women's mental health 2022 Felder JN, Mirchandaney R, Dimidjian S
• Trajectories of depressive symptoms among mothers of preterm and full-term infants in a national sample.
  Archives of women's mental health 2022 Roubinov D, Musci RJ, Hipwell AE, Wu G, Santos H, Felder JN, Faleschini S, Conradt E, McEvoy CT, Lester BM, Buss C, Elliott AJ, Cordero JF, Stroustrup A, Bush NR
• Lessons Learned Recruiting and Retaining Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals in Digital Trials: Viewpoint.
  JMIR pediatrics and parenting 2022 Parks AM, Duffecy J, McCabe JE, Blankstein Breman R, Milgrom J, Hirshler Y, Gemmill AW, Segre LS, Felder JN, Uscher-Pines L
• Examining Experiences of Poor Sleep During Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Prenatal Sleep Intervention.
  Global advances in health and medicine 2022 Felder JN, Mirchandaney R, Harrison J, Manber R, Cuneo J, Krystal A, Epel E, Hecht F
• Randomized controlled trial of digital cognitive behavior therapy for prenatal insomnia symptoms: effects on postpartum insomnia and mental health.
  Sleep 2022 Felder JN, Epel ES, Neuhaus J, Krystal AD, Prather AA
• The association of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy with preterm birth: A retrospective cohort study in California.
  Lancet regional health. Americas 2021 Karasek D, Baer RJ, McLemore MR, Bell AJ, Blebu BE, Casey JA, Coleman-Phox K, Costello JM, Felder JN, Flowers E, Fuchs JD, Gomez AM, Karvonen K, Kuppermann M, Liang L, McKenzie-Sampson S, McCulloch CE…
• Cannabis-related diagnosis in pregnancy and adverse maternal and infant outcomes.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2021 Bandoli G, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Schumacher B, Baer RJ, Felder JN, Fuchs JD, Oltman SP, Steurer MA, Marienfeld C
• Outcomes of Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients With Residual Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA psychiatry 2020 Segal ZV, Dimidjian S, Beck A, Boggs JM, Vanderkruik R, Metcalf CA, Gallop R, Felder JN, Levy J
• Prenatal Maternal Objective and Subjective Stress Exposures and Rapid Infant Weight Gain.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2020 Felder JN, Epel E, Coccia M, Cordeiro A, Laraia B, Adler N, Coleman-Phox K, Bush NR
• Efficacy of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Insomnia Symptoms Among Pregnant Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA psychiatry 2020 Felder JN, Epel ES, Neuhaus J, Krystal AD, Prather AA
• 855: Risk of adverse birth outcome among Black women with post-traumatic stress disorder.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Brittany D. Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Gretchen Bandoli, Jennifer Felder, Sky K. Feuer, Elena Flowers, Linda Franck, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Deborah Karasek, Nichole L. Nidey, Scott P. Oltman, …
• Insomnia During Pregnancy.
  2020 Jennifer N. Felder, Kathryn A. Lee
• Pregnant Patient Perceptions of Provider Detection and Treatment of Insomnia.
  Behavioral sleep medicine 2019 Felder JN, Hartman AR, Epel ES, Prather AA
• Associations between unstable housing, obstetric outcomes, and perinatal health care utilization.
  American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 2019 Matthew S. Pantell, Rebecca J. Baer, Jacqueline Torres, Jennifer N. Felder, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Brittany D. Chambers, Jessilyn Dunn, Nisha I. Parikh, Tania Pacheco-Werner, Elizabeth E. Rogers, Sky …
• Associations between unstable housing, obstetric outcomes, and perinatal health care utilization.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2019 Pantell MS, Baer RJ, Torres JM, Felder JN, Gomez AM, Chambers BD, Dunn J, Parikh NI, Pacheco-Werner T, Rogers EE, Feuer SK, Ryckman KK, Novak NL, Tabb KM, Fuchs J, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL
• Implementing the USPSTF Recommendations on Prevention of Perinatal Depression-Opportunities and Challenges.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Felder JN
• Association of Early Introduction of Solids With Infant Sleep.
  JAMA pediatrics 2019 Felder JN, Lee K
• Effect of prenatal mindfulness training on depressive symptom severity through 18-months postpartum: A latent profile analysis.
  Journal of clinical psychology 2018 Felder JN, Roubinov D, Bush NR, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Laraia B, Adler NE, Epel E
• Maternal depressive symptoms and infant healthcare utilization: The moderating role of prenatal mindfulness.
  General hospital psychiatry 2018 Roubinov DS, Felder JN, Vieten C, Coleman-Phox K, Laraia B, Adler N, Wilson L, Epel E, Bush NR
• Treating Depression Among Adolescent Perinatal Women With a Dialectical Behavior Therapy–Informed Skills Group.
  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 2017 Blair Vinson Kleiber, Jennifer N. Felder, Bethany Ashby, Stephen Scott, Janet Dean, Sona Dimidjian
• Sleep Disorder Diagnosis During Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Birth.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Felder JN, Baer RJ, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Prather AA
• Public Attitudes and Feelings of Warmth Toward Women and Men Experiencing Depression During the Perinatal Period.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2017 Felder JN, Banchefsky S, Park B, Dimidjian S
• Effects of daily maladaptive coping on nightly sleep in mothers.
  Psychology & health 2017 Felder JN, Epel ES, Coccia M, Puterman E, Prather AA
• Depressive symptoms and gestational length among pregnant adolescents: Cluster randomized control trial of CenteringPregnancy® plus group prenatal care.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2017 Felder JN, Epel E, Lewis JB, Cunningham SD, Tobin JN, Rising SS, Thomas M, Ickovics JR
• An Open Trial of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Perinatal Women at Risk for Depressive Relapse.
  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 2017 Jennifer N. Felder, Zindel Segal, Arne Beck, Nancy E. Sherwood, Sherryl H. Goodman, Jennifer Boggs, Elizabeth Lemon, Sona Dimidjian
• Poor Sleep Quality, Psychological Distress, and the Buffering Effect of Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy.
  Behavioral sleep medicine 2017 Felder JN, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Bush N, Suresh M, Thomas M, Adler N, Epel E, Prather AA
• Considering Meta-Analysis, Meaning, and Metaphor: A Systematic Review and Critical Examination of "Third Wave" Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
  Behavior therapy 2016 Dimidjian S, Arch JJ, Schneider RL, Desormeau P, Felder JN, Segal ZV
• Role of self-compassion in psychological well-being among perinatal women.
  Archives of women's mental health 2016 Felder JN, Lemon E, Shea K, Kripke K, Dimidjian S
• An Open Trial of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Perinatal Women at Risk for Depressive Relapse
  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 2016 Felder J.N., Segal, Z., Beck, A., Sherwood, N.E., Goodman, S.H., Boggs, J., Lemon, E., Dimidjian, S.
• Staying well during pregnancy and the postpartum: A pilot randomized trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the prevention of depressive relapse/recurrence.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2015 Dimidjian S, Goodman SH, Felder JN, Gallop R, Brown AP, Beck A
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder.
  American Journal of Psychiatry 2015 Sona Dimidjian, Jennifer Felder
• An open trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the prevention of perinatal depressive relapse/recurrence.
  Archives of women's mental health 2014 Dimidjian S, Goodman SH, Felder JN, Gallop R, Brown AP, Beck A
• Web-based Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for reducing residual depressive symptoms: An open trial and quasi-experimental comparison to propensity score matched controls.
  Behaviour research and therapy 2014 Dimidjian S, Beck A, Felder JN, Boggs JM, Gallop R, Segal ZV
• Mindful mood balance: a case report of Web-based treatment of residual depressive symptoms.
  The Permanente journal 2014 Felder J, Dimidjian S, Beck A, Boggs JM, Segal Z
• Web-based intervention in mindfulness meditation for reducing residual depressive symptoms and relapse prophylaxis: a qualitative study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2014 Boggs JM, Beck A, Felder JN, Dimidjian S, Metcalf CA, Segal ZV
• Mindfulness Meditation and Relapse Prophylaxis in Unipolar Mood Disorder.
  The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness 2014 Jennifer N. Felder, Sona Dimidjian, Zindel Segal
• Neural mechanisms of subclinical depressive symptoms in women: a pilot functional brain imaging study.
  BMC psychiatry 2012 Felder JN, Smoski MJ, Kozink RV, Froeliger B, McClernon J, Bizzell J, Petty C, Dichter GS
• Collaboration in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
  Journal of clinical psychology 2012 Felder JN, Dimidjian S, Segal Z
• Reward circuitry function in autism spectrum disorders.
  Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 2010 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Green SR, Rittenberg AM, Sasson NJ, Bodfish JW
• The effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on cognitive control in affective contexts: An fMRI investigation.
  Journal of affective disorders 2010 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Smoski MJ
• fMRI tracks reductions in repetitive behaviors in autism: two case studies.
  Neurocase 2010 Dichter GS, Sikich L, Mahorney S, Felder JN, Lam KS, Turner-Brown L, Bodfish J
• The effects of psychotherapy on neural responses to rewards in major depression.
  Biological psychiatry 2009 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Petty C, Bizzell J, Ernst M, Smoski MJ
• Autism is characterized by dorsal anterior cingulate hyperactivation during social target detection.
  Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 2009 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Bodfish JW
• The effects of repeated opioid administration on locomotor activity: I. Opposing actions of mu and kappa receptors.
  The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2009 Smith MA, Greene-Naples JL, Lyle MA, Iordanou JC, Felder JN
• The effects of repeated opioid administration on locomotor activity: II. Unidirectional cross-sensitization to cocaine.
  The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2009 Smith MA, Greene-Naples JL, Felder JN, Iordanou JC, Lyle MA, Walker KL
• fMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorder.
  Journal of affective disorders 2009 Smoski MJ, Felder J, Bizzell J, Green SR, Ernst M, Lynch TR, Dichter GS
• Mapping social target detection with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
  Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 2008 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Bodfish JW, Sikich L, Belger A
• Affective context interferes with cognitive control in unipolar depression: an fMRI investigation.
  Journal of affective disorders 2008 Dichter GS, Felder JN, Smoski MJ