Area of research
Physiology · Behavioral Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Physical Activity and Health, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms.
Racial discrimination and telomere shortening among African Americans: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
Cumulative lifetime stress exposure and leukocyte telomere length attrition: The unique role of stressor duration and exposure timing
Chronic psychosocial and financial burden accelerates 5-year telomere shortening: findings from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science
A Mitochondrial Health Index Sensitive to Mood and Caregiving Stress
Aerobic exercise lengthens telomeres and reduces stress in family caregivers: A randomized controlled trial - Curt Richter Award Paper 2018
Associations between chronic caregiving stress and T cell markers implicated in immunosenescence
Depression, telomeres and mitochondrial DNA: between- and within-person associations from a 10-year longitudinal study
Associations Between Cellular Aging Markers and Metabolic Syndrome: Findings From the CARDIA Study
Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study
Systematic and Cell Type-Specific Telomere Length Changes in Subsets of Lymphocytes
Meditation and vacation effects have an impact on disease-associated molecular phenotypes
Determinants of telomere attrition over 1 year in healthy older women: stress and health behaviors matter
Chronic stress increases vulnerability to diet-related abdominal fat, oxidative stress, and metabolic risk
Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Sedentary Behavior in Adults
Stress and telomere biology: A lifespan perspective
Race, life course socioeconomic position, racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and self-rated health
Multisystem resiliency moderates the major depression–Telomere length association: Findings from the Heart and Soul Study
Indirect effect of financial strain on daily cortisol output through daily negative to positive affect index in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
Dysregulated relationship of inflammation and oxidative stress in major depression
Stress appraisals and cellular aging: A key role for anticipatory threat in the relationship between psychological stress and telomere length
An Intricate Dance: Life Experience, Multisystem Resiliency, and Rate of Telomere Decline Throughout the Lifespan
Wandering Minds and Aging Cells
Leptin concentrations in response to acute stress predict subsequent intake of comfort foods