- BS, BA: Gannon University
- MS, PhD: The Pennsylvania State University
- Postdoctoral Training: The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry and Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research within the Wexner Medical Center
Specific Research Interests:
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Biobehavioral effects of stress
- Stress-related disease development
- Health behavior interventions, emphasis mind-body
- Effects of stress across the lifespan
- Sex differences in stress and health