Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Behavioral Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.
Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Cognitive Decline: A Twin Study
Transcutaneous Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Pilot Study of Effects on PTSD Symptoms and Interleukin-6 Response to Stress
Racial Disparities in Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes After a Myocardial Infarction in Young or Middle‐Aged Patients
Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits the Reciprocal of the Pulse Transit Time’s Responses to Traumatic Stress in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Sex differences in the inflammatory response to stress and risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes among patients with coronary heart disease
Higher Activation of the Rostromedial Prefrontal Cortex During Mental Stress Predicts Major Cardiovascular Disease Events in Individuals With Coronary Artery Disease
Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation blocks stress-induced activation of Interleukin-6 and interferon-γ in posttraumatic stress disorder: A double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial
Psychological Distress and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events in Individuals With Coronary Artery Disease
Association of Transient Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Mental Stress With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Men and Women With Coronary Artery Disease
Comparison of autonomic stress reactivity in young healthy versus aging subjects with heart disease
Mental Stress–Induced-Myocardial Ischemia in Young Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction
Association of Depressive Symptoms and Heart Rate Variability in Vietnam War–Era Twins
Longitudinal association of inflammation with depressive symptoms: A 7-year cross-lagged twin difference study
Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with enhanced interleukin-6 response to mental stress in subjects with a recent myocardial infarction
Coronary and Peripheral Vasomotor Responses to Mental Stress
Brain correlates of stress‐induced peripheral vasoconstriction in patients with cardiovascular disease
Neighborhood poverty and hemodynamic, neuroendocrine, and immune response to acute stress among patients with coronary artery disease
Sex Differences in Hemodynamic and Microvascular Mechanisms of Myocardial Ischemia Induced by Mental Stress
Chest Pain and Mental Stress–Induced Myocardial Ischemia: Sex Differences
Monitoring and detecting atrial fibrillation using wearable technology
Telomere Shortening, Regenerative Capacity, and Cardiovascular Outcomes