Adjunct Professor
M_Psychiatry
My research goals include: 1) identifying psychobiological causes and consequences of traumatic stress symptoms; 2) utilizing fear conditioning and extinction models to better understand PTSD; 3) characterizing sex differences in the biology of PTSD; 4) improving measurement techniques in the laboratory and the field such as with mobile health devices; and 5) conducting research that will inform novel interventions for ameliorating prolonged PTSD responses.
Publications
The intersection of trauma, mental health, and reproductive health among women veterans: A scoping review.
Clinical psychology review
Military Exposures and Early Menopause: Findings From the Gulf War Era Cohort Study (GWECS).
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Low anti-Müllerian hormone mediates the association between childhood trauma and PTSD in women but not in men.
Culture, health & sexuality
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Care and Outcomes Among Female Veterans: A Scoping Review.
Health equity
PACAP associated with precise PTSD and fear extinction response in women.
Culture, health & sexuality
Military Sexual Trauma and Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife Women Veterans.
Journal of aging and health
Altered overnight levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in men and women with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Culture, health & sexuality
Sleep and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis responses to metyrapone in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Culture, health & sexuality
Hyperinsulinemic response to oral glucose challenge in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Culture, health & sexuality
Cortisol awakening response prospectively predicts peritraumatic and acute stress reactions in police officers.
SSM - population health
Increased cortisol in women with intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder.
Culture, health & sexuality