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
Veterans Health Administration Screening for Military Sexual Trauma May Miss Over Half of Cases Among Midlife Women Veterans.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
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