Assistant Professor of Psychology, Nursing, and Psychiatry Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Email: marsland@pitt.edu Phone: 412-624-2434 or 624-4530 Fax: 412-648-3720 Assistant: Jackie Fury, 412 624-2431 Research Program Dr. Marsland’s work focuses on whether and how psychosocial factors influence immune function and the onset and course of immune-related diseases. She currently is conducting research on the influence of stress and personality on primary and secondary immune response to vaccination with a novel antigen; the role of immune responses to acute laboratory stress in the etiology of susceptibility to infectious disease, the role of inflammation as a possible risk factor for the development of metabolic syndrome; and the impact of depression on innate inflammatory pathways possibly involved in the pathogenesis of chronic disease. In addition, she also studies the psychosocial and physical benefit of stress management/coping skills interventions for families of children newly diagnosed with cancer and for children with asthma.

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Leadership Positions and Honors Director of the Behavioral Immunology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Representative Publications  Marsland AL, Cohen S, Rabin BS, Manuck SB: Associations between stress, trait negative affect, acute immune reactivity and antibody response to hepatitis B injection. Health Psychol 20:4-11, 2001. Marsland AL, Henderson BN, Chambers W, Baum A: Stability of individual differences in cellular immune responses to two different laboratory tasks. Psychophysiology 39:865-868, 2002. Marsland AL, Bachen EA, Cohen S, Rabin B, Manuck SB: Stress, immune reactivity and susceptibility to infectious disease. Physiol Behav 77:711-716, 2002. Marsland AL, Cohen S, Rabin BS, Manuck SB: Positive affect and antibody response to hepatitis B vaccination. Brain Behav Immun 20:261-269, 2006. Marsland AL, Ewing L, Thompson A: Psychological and social effects of surviving childhood cancer.  In: RT Brown (Ed.). Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: A Biopsychosocial Approach. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

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