Maternal Health and Its Effects on Offspring Development, with a Particular Focus on the Cumulative Risks, Sensitive Windows, and Causal Pathways of Perinatal Stress on Offspring Neuropsychiatric Development

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), Effects of Maternal Circadian Rhythms during Pregnancy on Offspring Neuropsychiatric Development and Programming Mechanisms, 2025.1–2027.12, Principal Investigator, RMB 300,000, Ongoing.

Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Project, Effects of 24-Hour Activity Behaviors during Pregnancy on Antenatal Depression: Based on Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention, 2025.1–2027.12, Principal Investigator, RMB 80,000, Ongoing.

Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Youth Project), Effects of Maternal Health Behavior Patterns during Pregnancy on Infant Regulatory Difficulties and the Mechanistic Role of Gut Microbiota, 2024.1–2026.12, Principal Investigator, RMB 150,000, Ongoing.

Shandong University Science and Technology Management Soft Science Project, Establishment of a Predictive Model for Mental Health Problems among Young University Researchers and a Study on Digital Interventions, 2022.11–2025.10, Co-Investigator (3rd), RMB 30,000, Ongoing.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Mechanisms by which Maternal Psychological Stress Responses during Pregnancy Influence Offspring Neuropsychiatric Development via Regulation of Neonatal Gut Microbiota, 2021.1–2024.12, Co-Investigator (5th), RMB 560,000, Completed.

Shandong University COVID-19 Emergency Research Project, Psychological Stress Symptom Clusters under COVID-19 and Multidimensional Psychological Intervention Research, 2020.2–2021.1, Co-Investigator (5th), RMB 150,000, Completed.

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