Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Psychology

Graduate Student Advisees:​

  • Maya Martinko 
  • Chrystal Spencer

Education & Training

  • PhD, Penn State University

Research Interest Summary

Neurobiology of Stress; Socioeconomic Status; Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Research Interests

Representative Publications

de Geus EJC, Gianaros PJ, Brindle RC, Jennings JR, Berntson GG (2018). Should heart rate variability be “corrected” for heart rate? Biological, quantitative, and interpretive considerations. Psychophysiologyhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.1328

Gianaros PJ, Sheu LK, Uyar F, Koushik J, Jennings JR, Wager TD, Singh A, Verstynen T (2017). A brain phenotype for stressor-evoked cardiovascular reactivity. Journal of the American Heart Associationhttp://jaha.ahajournals.org/content/6/9/e006053

Kraynak TE, Marsland AL, Wager TD, Gianaros PJ (2018). Functional neuroanatomy of peripheral inflammatory physiology: A meta-analysis of human neuroimaging studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 94, 76-92. 

Lockwood KG, Marsland AL, Matthews KA, Gianaros PJ (2018). Perceived discrimination and cardiovascular health disparities: A multi-system review and health neuroscience perspective. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1428, 170-207.

Accepting Graduate Students

No

Program(s)