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Christopher Engeland
PhD

Professor; Biobehavioral Health Joint Faculty

229 Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-4694

Email: cge2@psu.edu

Research & Publications

Research Overview

I am interested in how stress, age, gender, and hormones affect immunity, inflammation, and health; also, the feasibility of different biomarkers (e.g., from blood, saliva, wound fluid) for predicting health outcomes.                

Research Interests

• Effects of stress, age, sex & hormones on inflammation and wound healing (human, animal)
• Stress, inflammation, cognitive aging/decline, and dementia (human)
• Inflammation and mental health (e.g., depression, bipolar, PMDD) (human)
• Inflammatory biomarkers and stress as predictors of preterm birth (human)
• Salivary diagnostics and immunity (human)
• Effects of chronic stress and oxytocin on wound healing (animal)

Visit Dr. Engeland’s lab site

Stress and Immunity