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Shari R. Waldstein, Ph.D.
Professor
Degree: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Area: Clinical Psychology/Cardiovascular Behavioral
Medicine
Office: MP 329 (410) 455-2374
Lab: SS 509A (410) 455-2848
E-mail: waldstei@umbc.edu
Fax: (410) 455-1055
Website: waldstein
Research Interests
My first area of research examines the impact of cardiovascular
risk factors, cardiovascular reactivity, and cardiovascular diseases
on neurocognitive function in older adults. We use neuroimaging
procedures to examine potential structural and functional brain
mechanisms that may underlie these associations. My collaborators
on these projects include colleagues from internal medicine, nephrology,
radiology, and nuclear medicine at the University of Maryland School
of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center. I also work with colleagues
from the National Institute on Aging's Intramural Research Program
to examine relations of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases
to longitudinal decline in cognitive performance in the Baltimore
Longitudinal Study of Aging. My second area of research examines
biopsychosocial predictors of individual differences in the magnitude
and patterning of acute cardiovascular responses to mental stress,
and biopsychosocial predictors of cardiovascular risk factors and
diseases.
To learn more about Dr. Waldstein's research,
please visit waldstein.
Selected Publications
Waldstein, S.R., & Elias, M.F. (Eds.) (2001). Neuropsychology
of cardiovascular disease. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Waldstein, S.R. (2003). The relation of hypertension to cognitive
function. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12,
9-12.
Waldstein, S.R., & Burns, H.O. (2003). Interactive relation
of insulin and gender to cardiovascular reactivity in healthy young
adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 163-171.
Waldstein, S.R., Tankard, C.F., Maier, K.J, Pelletier, J.R.,
Snow, J., Gardner, A.W., Macko, R., & Katzel, L.I. (2003). Peripheral
arterial disease and cognitive function. Psychosomatic Medicine,
65, 757-763.
Waldstein, S.R., Siegel, E.L., Lefkowitz, D., Maier, K.J., Pelletier
Brown, J.R., Obuchowski, A.M. & Katzel, L.I. (2004). Stress-induced
blood pressure reactivity and silent cerebrovascular disease. Stroke,
35, 1294-1298.
Waldstein, S.R., Giggey, P.P., Thayer, J.F., & Zonderman,
A.B. (2005). Nonlinear relations of blood pressure to cognitive
function: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Hypertension,
45, 374-379.
Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2005). Stress-induced blood
pressure reactivity and cognitive function. Neurology, 64,
1750-1755.
To see an extensive listing of Dr. Waldstein's publications,
please visit waldstein.
Recent Grants
2004-2009, Hypertension, Cognition, and the Brain in Older
Adults (PI), NIH/NIA
2005-2009, Hypertension, Cognition, and the Brain in Older Adults
(PI), Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc.
2004-2009, Elucidating Biopsychosocial Mediators of HIV Progression
(Co-I), NIH/NICHD
2004-2009, Neurocognitive Function in Children with Hypertension
(Co-Mentor), NIH/NHLBI
2002-2007, Chronic Renal Dysfunction and Ischemic Brain Disease
(Co-Mentor), NIH/NIDDK
2006-2007, Smoking, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Cognition, and
the Brain (Co-I), Other Tobacco Related Diseases Research Grant,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2006-2007. MRI Perfusion Imaging and Vascular Risk Factors
(Co-I), Research Enhancement Awards Program, Department of Veterans
Affairs
Recent Graduates:
Jessica Pelletier Brown, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department
of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Karl Maier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
Salisbury University
Serina Neumann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Eastern Virginia School of Medicine
Joseph Snow, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition,
National Institute of Mental Health
Anne Solomon, Ph.D., Psychologist, Baltimore City School System
Carol Tankard, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Kennedy Krieger
Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Current Graduate Students:
Denise Cooper, M.A. (degree expected 8/07)
Evie Gerber, M.A.
Paul Giggey, M.A. (degree expected 5/07)
Layne Goble, M.A. (degree expected 8/07)
Megan Hosey, B.S.
Carrington Rice, M.A.
Stacey Sandusky. M.A.
Stephen Synowski, M.A. (degree expected 8/07)
For a listing of graduate students' master's thesis and dissertation
projects, please visit waldstein.
Teaching
Dr. Waldstein teaches the following graduate courses:
Introduction to Behavioral Medicine
Topics in Behavioral Medicine
Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine
Medical Neuropsychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
Core I: Biology, Learning, and Development; Bases of Behavior
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