Dr. Bell has built a program of research conducting translational, multidisciplinary, biobehavioral clinical research on the intersection of perinatal mother-infant health outcomes and the underlying oxytocin system. These factors include women’s childbirth experience, intrapartum medical interventions, the endogenous oxytocin system (hormonal, genetic, and epigenetic), maternal postnatal mood/anxiety and caregiving attitudes, newborn behaviors, and mother-infant interaction.