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September 1999 - August 2000

SES-health pathways:  Developing a cognitive bias measure
- Edith Chen, Ph.D.

Chronic stress and pro-inflammatory cytokine regulation
- Gregory E. Miller, Ph.D.

September 2000 - August 2001

Adjustment to lung cancer
- Angela Liegey Dougall, Ph.D.

Written emotional expression in cancer patients
- Brent N. Henderson, Ph.D.

Effect of maternal depression on children's health
- Deborah J. Jones, Ph.D.
 

. Mood and weight concerns as predictors of postpartum smoking relapses
- Michele D. Levine, Ph.D.

Predicting adjustment to diabetes:
A study of treatment preferences, self-efficacy, and barriers to adherence
- Kerry A. Reynolds, B.A.

Dynamic assessment of the autonomic nervous system activity in patients
with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
- Vladimir Shusterman, M.D., Ph.D.

The role of psychosocial factors and disease progression in patients
diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma
- Jennifer Steel, Ph.D.

Prenatal stress effects on neonatal health and infant reactivity
- Minhnoi C. Wroble, M.S.

September 2001 - August 2002

Facilitated emotion expression:  Linking relationship variables to physiological functioning
- Eli J. Finkel, Ph.D.

Functional neuroanatomy of cardiovascular reactivity
- Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D.

Development and validation of an URI verification protocol
- Natalie Hamrick, M.S.

A comparison of adolescents using CSII and MDI:  Quality of life, self-care, and metabolic control
- Sarah A. Novak, B.A.

Collecting saliva cortisol at home in antisocial girls
- Kathleen Pajer, M.D., M.P.H.

September 2002 - August 2003

Impact of violence exposure on hostility, physiological arousal, and health in youth
- Sonya S. Brady, M.S.

Reactivity to personal pictorial cues among smokers
- Cynthia A. Conklin, Ph.D.

Neuroendocrine and psychological responses to a unique model of physical and anticipatory stress
- Tanya J. Fabian, Pharm.D.

Sleep-related pathways mediating PTSD severity
- Anne Germain, Ph.D.

Plasma oxytocin, immune function and depression in women
- Anna L. Marsland, Ph.D., R.N.

The spotlight effect:  Impact on first-year college students with diabetes
- Kerry A. Reynolds, B.A.

Personality, social relationships, and health following coronary artery bypass surgery:
A 10 year prospective study
- John M. Ruiz, Ph.D.

September 2003 - August 2005

Perinatal depression and maternal nutritional status
- Lisa M. Bodnar, Ph.D.

Stress outcomes among depressed mothers of ill children
- Jill M. Cyranowski, Ph.D.

The localization of sleep homeostasis
- Jeffrey J. Johnson, B.S.

Coronary heart disease risk perception in people with Type 2 diabetes
- William M.P. Klein, Ph.D.

Rape-related PTSD and immune functioning
- Elizabeth A. Mundy, Ph.D.

Marital quality, communal strength and physical health
- Wendy M. Troxel, M.S.
September 2005 - August 2006

Metabolic, neuroendocrine and immune function in depression
- Jill Cyranowski, Ph.D.

Functional neural predictors of cardiovascular reactivity (FIESTA)
- Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D.

Chronic stress, glucocorticoid resistance and inflammatory process
- Anna Marsland, Ph.D.

A feasibility study of long-term adjustment in women treated for breast cancer
- Michael F. Scheier, Ph.D.

September 2006 - August 2007

Psychosocial factors influencing regional adiposity in postmenopausal women
- Molly Conroy, M.D.

Biofeedback for migraines - Is the therapeutic effect mediated by
psychological and physiologic correlates to stress response?
- Ronald M. Glick, M.D.

Measurement of hot flashes across ethnic groups
- Rebecca Thurston, Ph.D.

Impact of psychological stress on obstetric and neonatal outcomes among
women with preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes
- Toby Debra Yanowitz, M.D.

Pilot Projects Overview.Current Pilot Projects

  Revised 9/30/2007  la/tc

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