Leader  -  Core C: Psychosocial & Health Behavior Assessment Professor of Psychology and Psychatry, University of Pittsburgh Email: tkam@pitt.edu Phone: 412-624-2080 Fax: 412-624-2205 Assistant: Debbie Connell, 412-624-4501 Research Program Dr. Kamarck’s work is focused on the role that psychosocial factors may play in the development of hypertension and atherosclerosis in humans and the mechanisms by which they may exert their effects. Most of his current research involves characterizing disease risk in healthy individuals rather than in cardiac patients, with implications for wellness and disease prevention. A variety of research methods are used toward these ends, including laboratory research (cardiovascular psychophysiology), epidemiological research (longitudinal field studies), ecological momentary assessment (measurement of behavioral and biological variables in the natural environment using computer-assisted real-time reports), intensive interview assessments (e.g., for use in the assessment of chronic stress), and experimental research (e.g., treatment-outcome studies).

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Leadership Positions and Honors Chair, Biological and Health Psychology Training Program Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Former Associate Editor, Health Psychology Recipient, Early Career Contributions Award, Society for Psychophysiological Research Representative Publications  Kamarck TW, Everson SA, Kaplan GA, Manuck SB, Jennings JR, Salonen R, Salonen JT. Exaggerated blood pressure responses during mental stress are associated with enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged Finnish men: Findings from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Study. Circulation 96:3842-3848, 1997. Kamarck TW, Polk DE, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Muldoon MF. The incremental value of ambulatory BP persists after controlling for methodological confounds: Associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a healthy sample. J Hypertens 20:1-7, 2002. Kamarck TW, Schwartz JE, Janicki DL, Shiffman S, Raynor DA. Correspondence between laboratory and ambulatory measures of cardiovascular reactivity: A multilevel modeling approach. Psychophysiology 40:675-683, 2003. Kamarck TW, Muldoon MF, Shiffman S, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Gwaltney C, Janicki DL. Experiences of demand and control in daily life as correlates of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in a healthy older sample. Health Psychol 23:24-32, 2004. Kamarck TW, Muldoon MF, Shiffman SS, Sutton-Tyrrell K.  Experiences of demand and control during daily life are predictors ofr carotid atherosclerotic progression among healthy men.  Health Psychol 26:324-332, 2007. "Measurement of Stress" ~ June 4, 2008 (Summer Institute)

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