People
Peter J. Gianaros, PhD Director
Emily Jones, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow
Gina Leckie, PhD Associate Director
Mark Scudder, PhD Associate Director
Sara Snyder, BS Lab Manager
Chrystal Spencer, BS Graduate Fellow
Alumni
Layla Banihashemi, PhD
Israel Christie, PhD
Caitlin DuPont, PhD
Annie Ginty, PhD
Daniel Hackman, PhD
Jeffrey Horenstein, MD/PhD
Dana Jorgensen, PhD
Dora Kuan, MS
Thomas Kraynak, PhD
Kimberly Lockwood, PhD
Jennifer MacCormack, PhD
Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, MS
John Ryan, PhD
Lei Sheu, PhD
Peter J. Gianaros, PhD
Director, Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab
Program Director, Biobehavioral Studies of Cardiovascular Disease (P01-HL040962)
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Training Program
Emily Jones, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Training Program
Research interests: Social and developmental influences on cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic processes and health.
Gina Leckie, PhD
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Research Associate
Research interests: Effects of lifestyle factors (e.g., diet, physical activity) on the brain (structure, function, cognition); obesity and cognition; neurobiology of Type II diabetes.
Mark Scudder, PhD
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Research Associatee
Research interests: Physical activity; psychological stress; pathways linking autonomic function and cardiovascular/metabolic health.
Sara Snyder, BS
Project Coordinator
Lab Manager, Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab
Chrystal Spencer, BS
K. Leroy Irvis Fellow, The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Biological and Health Psychology Program
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Research interests: Neurobiology of stress; cognitive neuroscience; health behaviors.