Belsky, Daniel W.

A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety

Moffitt, T. E., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D., Dickson, N., Hancox, R. J., Harrington, H., Houts, R., Poulton, R., Roberts, B. W., Ross, S., et al. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Grit, Self-Efficacy, and MotivationDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 4,885

The p Factor: One General Psychopathology Factor in the Structure of Psychiatric Disorders?

Caspi, A., Houts, R. M., Belsky, D. W., Goldman-Mellor, S. J., Harrington, H., Israel, S., Meier, M. H., Ramrakha, S., Shalev, I., Poulton, R., et al. (2014) · Clinical Psychological Science

Mental Health Research TopicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Cited by 2,449

DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging

Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Corcoran, D. L., Sugden, K., Poulton, R., Arseneault, L., Baccarelli, A., Chamarti, K., Gao, X., Hannon, E., et al. (2022) · eLife

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 1,083

Quantification of biological aging in young adults

Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Houts, R., Cohen, H. J., Corcoran, D. L., Danese, A., Harrington, H., Israel, S., Levine, M. E., Schaefer, J. D., et al. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsAging and Gerontology Research

Cited by 1,012

Lest we forget: comparing retrospective and prospective assessments of adverse childhood experiences in the prediction of adult health

Reuben, A., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., Belsky, D. W., Harrington, H., Schroeder, F., Hogan, S., Ramrakha, S., Poulton, R., & Danese, A. (2016) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Child Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and Adoption

Cited by 835

Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals

Snyder-Mackler, N., Burger, J. R., Gaydosh, L., Belsky, D. W., Noppert, G. A., Campos, F. A., Bartolomucci, A., Yang, Y. C., Aiello, A. E., O’Rand, A., et al. (2020) · Science

Health disparities and outcomesAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 679

Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm

Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Arseneault, L., Baccarelli, A., Corcoran, D. L., Gao, X., Hannon, E., Harrington, H. L., Rasmussen, L. J., Houts, R., et al. (2020) · eLife

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 652

Is adult ADHD a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder? Evidence from a four-decade longitudinal cohort study

Moffitt, T. E., Houts, R., Asherson, P., Belsky, D. W., Corcoran, D. L., Hammerle, M., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Meier, M. H., Polanczyk, G. V., et al. (2015) · American Journal of Psychiatry

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

Cited by 618

A toolkit for quantification of biological age from blood chemistry and organ function test data: BioAge

Kwon, D., & Belsky, D. W. (2021) · GeroScience

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 410

Validation of biomarkers of aging

Moqri, M., Herzog, C., Poganik, J. R., Ying, K., Justice, J. N., Belsky, D. W., Higgins-Chen, A. T., Chen, B. H., Cohen, A. A., Fuellen, G., et al. (2024) · Nature Medicine

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 361

Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies

Belsky, D. W., Domingue, B. W., Wedow, R., Arseneault, L., Boardman, J. D., Caspi, A., Conley, D., Fletcher, J. M., Freese, J., Herd, P., et al. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 315

Accelerated biological aging and risk of depression and anxiety: Evidence from 424,299 UK Biobank participants

Gao, X., Geng, T., Jiang, M., Huang, N., Zheng, Y., Belsky, D. W., & Huang, T. (2023) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 306

Polygenic Influence on Educational Attainment: New Evidence From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

Domingue, B. W., Belsky, D. W., Conley, D., Harris, K. M., & Boardman, J. D. (2015) · AERA Open

Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 265

The Genetics of Success: How Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Educational Attainment Relate to Life-Course Development

Belsky, D. W., Moffitt, T. E., Corcoran, D. L., Domingue, B., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Houts, R., Ramrakha, S., Sugden, K., Williams, B. S., et al. (2016) · Psychological Science

Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 260

Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial

Waziry, R., Ryan, C. P., Corcoran, D. L., Huffman, K. M., Kobor, M. S., Kothari, M., Graf, G. H., Kraus, V. B., Kraus, W. E., Lin, D. T. S., et al. (2023) · Nature Aging

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 217

Measuring Aging and Identifying Aging Phenotypes in Cancer Survivors

Guida, J. L., Ahles, T. A., Belsky, D., Campisi, J., Cohen, H. J., DeGregori, J., Fuldner, R., Ferrucci, L., Gallicchio, L., Gavrilov, L., et al. (2019) · JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Cancer survivorship and careFrailty in Older Adults

Cited by 216

Development and Evaluation of a Genetic Risk Score for Obesity

Belsky, D. W., Moffitt, T. E., Sugden, K., Williams, B., Houts, R., McCarthy, J., & Caspi, A. (2013) · Biodemography and Social Biology

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

Cited by 165

Analysis of DNA methylation in young people: limited evidence for an association between victimization stress and epigenetic variation in blood

Marzi, S. J., Sugden, K., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D. W., Burrage, J., Corcoran, D. L., Danese, A., Fisher, H. L., Hannon, E., Moffitt, T. E., et al. (2018) · American Journal of Psychiatry

Child Abuse and TraumaEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 163

Associations of Loneliness and Social Isolation With Health Span and Life Span in the U.S. Health and Retirement Study

Crowe, C. L., Domingue, B. W., Graf, G. H., Keyes, K. M., Kwon, D., & Belsky, D. W. (2021) · The Journals of Gerontology: Series A

Health disparities and outcomesAging, Health, and Disability

Cited by 153

Patterns of Reliability: Assessing the Reproducibility and Integrity of DNA Methylation Measurement

Sugden, K., Hannon, E. J., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D. W., Corcoran, D. L., Fisher, H. L., Houts, R. M., Kandaswamy, R., Moffitt, T. E., Poulton, R., et al. (2020) · Patterns

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGene expression and cancer classification

Cited by 151

Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial

Bischoff-Ferrari, H. A., Gängler, S., Wieczorek, M., Belsky, D. W., Ryan, J., Kressig, R. W., Stähelin, H. B., Theiler, R., Dawson-Hughes, B., Rizzoli, R., et al. (2025) · Nature Aging

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 140

Accelerated biological aging elevates the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality

Jiang, M., Tian, S., Liu, S., Wang, Y., Guo, X., Huang, T., Lin, X., Belsky, D. W., Baccarelli, A. A., & Gao, X. (2024) · Nature Cardiovascular Research

Chronic Disease Management StrategiesFrailty in Older Adults

Cited by 117

Impact of early personal-history characteristics on the pace of aging: implications for clinical trials of therapies to slow aging and extend healthspan

Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Cohen, H. J., Kraus, W. E., Ramrakha, S., Poulton, R., & Moffitt, T. E. (2017) · Aging Cell

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsAging and Gerontology Research

Cited by 114

Life-course trajectories of body mass index from adolescence to old age: Racial and educational disparities

Yang, Y. C., Walsh, C. E., Johnson, M. P., Belsky, D. W., Reason, M., Curran, P., Aiello, A. E., Chanti-Ketterl, M., & Harris, K. M. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 112