Co Leader  -  Core E: Biomedical Measurements Principal Investigator - Hearts and Minds Project Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Email: jenningsjr@upmc.edu Phone: 412-246-6220 Fax: 412-246-6210 Assistant: Kim Novak, 412-246-6200 Research Program Dr. Jennings’ research program focuses on how psychological factors act through the brain to influence normal and pathological change in the body. He currently is examining whether activated brain blood flow in hypertensives is altered when hypertension is heated; whether low and high physiological reactors to stress have different patterns of brain activation; whether vagal influences maintain health in at-risk populations; and whether there are psychological factors influencing balance in the elderly. Leadership Positions and Honors

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Member, American Psychosomatic Society, 1979-present American Psychosomatic Society Board of Directors, 1991-1994 American Psychosomatic Society President, 2001-2002 National Institute of Mental Health—MERIT Award, 1987-1992 President, Society for Psychophysiological Research, 1990 Representative Publications  Jennings JR, Kamarck TW, Everson-Rose SA, Kaplan GA, Manuck SB, Salonen JT. Exaggerated blood pressure responses during mental stress are prospectively related to enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged Finnish men. Circulation 110:2198-2203, 2004.  Jennings JR, Muldoon MF, Ryan C, Price JC, Greer P, Sutton-Tyrrell K, van der Veen FM, Meltzer CC. Reduced cerebral blood flow response and compensation among patients with untreated hypertension. Neurology 64:1358-1365, 2005.  Jennings JR, van der Molen MW. Preparation for speeded action as a psychophysiological concept. Psychol Bull 131:434-459, 2005. Gianaros PJ, Derbyshire SW, May JC, Siegle GJ, Gamalo MA, Jennings JR. Anterior cingulate activity correlates with blood pressure during stress. Psychophysiology 42:627-635, 2005.

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