She is coinvestigator of the Simmons Longitudinal Study, a longitudinal study of mental health and adaptation from childhood through age 30, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Her work converges around the theme of mental health and adaptation across the life span, with a focus on the influence of early family experiences on pathways of adjustment during emerging adulthood. She has published work on changing relationships between fathers and adult children after parental divorce, adolescent depression and suicidal ideation, and psychiatric disorder during emerging adulthood. In addition to her studies of emerging adult development and adjustment, Dr. Tanner studies the intergenerational transmission of risk for psychopathology from emerging adult parents to their offspring. Reviews & Awards