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Shari R. Waldstein received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh with specialty training in cardiovascular behavioral medicine. She completed her clinical internship (specializing in neuropsychology and behavioral medicine) at Brown University. Dr. Waldstein is presently Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Medicine graduate program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; and Research Scientist for the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).

Dr. Waldstein is recipient of an Early Career Award from the American Psychosomatic Society, and an Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (Early Career) Award from Division 38 of the American Psychological Association (APA). She recently completed a 5 year term as Associate Editor for the journal Health Psychology. Dr. Waldstein has served on the Executive Council of the American Psychosomatic Society, as Member-at-Large for Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the APA, and as Chair of the Education and Training Council for the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Board of Directors. Dr. Waldstein is a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Division 38 of the APA, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.

Dr. Waldstein's research program in cardiovascular behavioral medicine combines conceptual and methodological approaches from behavioral medicine, biomedicine, neuropsychology, and psychophysiology. Her primary area of collaborative investigation examines the impact of hypertension, the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular reactivity, cardiovascular diseases (e.g., peripheral arterial disease, PAD), and chronic kidney disease (CKD) on neurocognitive function among older adults. This research also examines brain mechanisms linking cardiovascular risk factors, PAD, and CKD to cognitive dysfunction using magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance angiography, and single-photon emission computed tomography. Her collaborators on these projects include Leslie Katzel, M.D., Ph.D., Stephen Seliger, M.D., M.S., Eliot Siegel, M.D., David Lefkowitz, M.D., and many others. This work is conducted at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and UMBC, and is funded by the NIA, NIDDK, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc. and several local sources.

Dr. Waldstein's collaborative work with Alan Zonderman, Ph.D. and other colleagues from the National Institute on Aging's Intramural Research Program examines relations of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases to longitudinal decline in cognitive performance in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). The group also examines psychosocial predictors of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases using data from the BLSA and the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study.

Dr. Waldstein's second area of investigation involves the study of individual differences in the magnitude and patterning of acute cardiovascular responses to mental stress. Exaggerated stress-induced cardiovascular reactivity may play a role in the development of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and stroke. In her impedance cardiography lab at UMBC and at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, the research team examines biological, behavioral, psychological, and social predictors of cardiovascular response patterning in healthy young and older adults. The group also studies biopsychosocial predictors of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases.

Publications:

Book:

Waldstein, S.R., & Elias, M.F. (Eds.). (2001). Neuropsychology of cardiovascular disease. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (in press). Blood pressure, obesity, and cognitive function: the answers lie in the literature (Letter). International Journal of Obesity.

Novack, D.H., Cameron, O., Epel, E., Ader, R., Waldstein, S.R., Levenstein, S., Antoni,M.H., & Wainer, A.R.. (in press). Psychosomatic medicine: the scientific foundation of the biopsychosocial model. Academic Psychiatry.

Brown, J.R.P., Katzel, L.I., Neumann, S.A., Maier, K.J., & Waldstein, S.R. (in press). Silent myocardial ischemia and cardiovascular responses to mental stress in older adults. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Neumann, S.A., Brown, J.R.P., Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2006). A six-month walking program attenuates cardiovascular reactivity in apparently
healthy older adults with silent myocardial ischemia. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 14, 119-132.

Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2006). Interactive relations of central versus total obesity and blood pressure to cognitive function. International Journal of Obesity, 30, 201-207

Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2005). Stress-induced blood pressure reactivity and cognitive function. Neurology, 64, 1750-1755.

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., Brown, J.R.P., Maier, K.J., & Katzel, L.I. (2005). Diagnosis of hypertension and high blood pressure levels negatively affect cognitive function in older adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 174-180.

Cooper, D.C., & Waldstein, S.R. (2004). Hostility differentially predicts cardiovascular risk factors in African American and White young adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 491-499.

Brown, R.A., Giggey, P.P., Dennis, K.E., & Waldstein, S.R. (2004). Depression and lipoprotein lipids in healthy, postmenopausal women: The moderating effects of hormone replacement therapy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 171-176.

Neumann, S.A., Sollers, J.J., Thayer, J.F., & Waldstein, S.R. (2004). Alexithymia predicts attenuated autonomic reactivity but prolonged recovery to anger recall in young women. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 53, 183-195.

Waldstein S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2004). Gender differences in the relation of hypertension to cognitive function in older adults. Neurological Research, 26, 502-506.

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.

Neumann, S.A., Waldstein, S.R., Sollers, J.J., Thayer, J.F., & Sorkin, J.D. (2004). Hostility and distraction have differential influences on cardiovascular recovery from anger recall in women. Health Psychology, 23, 631-640.

Waldstein, S.R., & Elias, M.F. (2003). Introduction to the special section on health and cognitive function. Health Psychology, 22, 555-558.

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.

Maier, K.J., Waldstein, S.R., & Synowski, S.J. (2003). The relation of cognitive appraisal to cardiovascular reactivity, affect, and task engagement. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 32-41.

Hagemann, D., Waldstein, S.R., & Thayer, J.F. (2003). Central and autonomic nervous system integration in emotion. Brain and Cognition, 52, 79-87.

Tankard, C.F., Waldstein, S.R., Siegel, E.L., Holder, L.E., Lefkowitz, D., Anstett, F., & Katzel, L.I. (2003). Cerebral blood flow and anxiety in older men: An analysis of anterior asymmetry and prefrontal regions. Brain and Cognition, 52, 70-78.

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. (2003). The relation of hypertension to cognitive function. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 9-12.

Waldstein, S.R., Kauhanen, J., Neumann, S.A., & Katzel, L.I. (2002). Alexithymia and cardiovascular risk in older adults: Psychosocial, psychophysiological, and biomedical correlates. Psychology and Health, 17, 597-610.

Muldoon, M.F., Waldstein, S.R., Ryan, C.M., Jennings, J.R., Polefrone, J.M., Shapiro, A.P., & Manuck, S.B. (2002). Effects of six antihypertensive medications on cognitive performance. Journal of Hypertension, 20, 1643-1652.

Izquierdo-Porrera, A.M., & Waldstein, S.R. (2002). Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive function in African-Americans. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57, P377-P380.

Waldstein, S.R., Neumann, S.A., Drossman, D.A., & Novack, D.H. (2001). Teaching psychosomatic (biopsychosocial) medicine in United States medical schools: survey findings. Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 335-343.

Neumann, S.A., & Waldstein, S.R. (2001). Similar patterns of cardiovascular response during emotional activation as a function of affective valence and arousal and gender. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 50, 245-253.

Waldstein, S.R., Kop, W.J., Schmidt, L.A., Haufler, A.J., Krantz, D.S., & Fox, N.A. (2000). Frontal electrocortical and cardiovascular reactivity during happiness and anger. Biological Psychology, 55, 3-23.

Waldstein, S.R. (2000). Health effects on cognitive aging. In P.C. Stern & L.L. Carstensen (Eds.), The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research (pp. 189-217). Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Waldstein, S.R., Burns, H.O., Toth, M.J. & Poehlman, E.T. (1999). Cardiovascular reactivity and central adiposity in older African-Americans. Health Psychology, 18, 221-228.

Waldstein, S.R., Neumann, S.A., Burns, H.O., & Maier, K.J. (1998). Role-played interpersonal interaction: Ecological validity and cardiovascular reactivity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 302-309.

Waldstein, S.R., Neumann, S.A., & Merrill, J.A. (1998). Postural effects on hemodynamic response to interpersonal interaction. Biological Psychology, 48, 57-67.

Waldstein, S.R., Bachen, E.A., & Manuck, S.B. (1997). Active coping and cardiovascular reactivity: A multiplicity of influences. Psychosomatic Medicine, 59, 620-625.

Waldstein, S.R., Ryan, C.M., Jennings, J.R., Muldoon, M.F., & Manuck, S.B. (1997). Self-reported levels of anxiety do not predict neuro-psychological performance in healthy men. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 12, 567-574.

Manuck, S.B., Polefrone, J.M., Terrell, D.F., Muldoon, M.F., Kasprowicz, A.L., Waldstein, S.R., Jennings, J.R., Malkoff, S.B., Marsland, A., & Graham, R.E. (1996). Absence of enhanced sympathoadrenal activity and behaviorally evoked cardiovascular reactivity among offspring of hypertensives. American Journal of Hypertension, 9, 248-255.

Waldstein, S.R., Malloy, P.F., Stout, R., & Longabaugh, R. (1996). Predictors of neuropsychological impairment in alcoholics: Antisocial and non-Antisocial subtypes. Addictive Behaviors, 21, 21-27.

Waldstein, S.R., Jennings, J.R., Ryan, C.M., Muldoon, M.F., Shapiro, A.P., Polefrone, J.M., Fazzari, T.V., & Manuck, S.B. (1996). Hypertension and neuropsychological performance in men: Interactive effects of age. Health Psychology, 15, 102-109.

Muldoon, M.F., Waldstein, S.R., & Jennings, J.R. (1995). Neuropsychological consequences of antihypertensive medications. Experimental Aging Research, 21, 353-368.

Waldstein, S.R. (1995). Hypertension and neuropsychological function: A lifespan perspective. Experimental Aging Research, 21, 321-352.

Waldstein, S.R., Ryan, C.M., Polefrone, J.M. & Manuck, S.B. (1994). Neuropsychological performance of young men who vary in familial risk for hypertension. Psychosomatic Medicine, 56, 449-456.

Waldstein, S.R., Polefrone, J.M., Bachen, E.A., Muldoon, M.F., Kaplan, J.R., & Manuck, S.B. (1993). Relationship of cardiovascular reactivity and anger expression to serum lipid concentrations in healthy young men. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 37, 249-256.

Muldoon, M.F., Bachen, E.A., Manuck, S.B., Waldstein, S.R., Bricker, P.L., & Bennett, J.A. (1992). Acute cholesterol responses to mental stress and change in posture. Archives of Internal Medicine, 152, 775-780.

Waldstein, S.R., Manuck, S.B., Ryan, C.M., & Muldoon, M.F. (1991). Neuropsychological correlates of hypertension: Review and methodologic considerations. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 451-468.

Muldoon, M.F., Manuck, S.B., Shapiro, A.P., & Waldstein, S.R. (1991). Neurobehavioral effects of antihypertensive medications. Journal of Hypertension, 9, 549-559.

Waldstein, S.R., Ryan, C.M., Manuck, S.B., Parkinson, D.K., & Bromet, E.J. (1991). Learning and memory function in men with untreated blood pressure elevation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 513-517.

Jacob, R.G., Simons, A.D., Manuck, S.B., Rohay, J.M., Waldstein, S., & Gatsonis, C. (1989). The circular mood scale: A new technique of measuring ambulatory mood. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 11, 153-173.

Book Chapters:

Cooper, D.C., Katzel, L.I., & Waldstein, S.R. (2007). Cardiovascular reactivity in older adults. In C.M. Aldwin, C.L. Park, A. Spiro (Eds), Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging: New Directions. (pp. 142-164). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Waldstein, S.R. (2004). Cognitive function and health. In N.A. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. (pp. 197-200). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Schmidt, L.A., Waldstein, S.R., & Santesso, D.L. (2002). A frontal activation model of emotion regulation: Developmental implications. In F. Boller & J. Grafman (Series Eds), S. Segalowitz & I. Rapin (Volume Eds.), Handbook of Neuropsychology (2nd Ed., Vol. 7). (pp. 387-400). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.

Waldstein, S.R., Snow, J., Muldoon, M.F. & Katzel, L.I. (2001). Neuropsychological consequences of cardiovascular disease. In R.E. Tarter, M. Butters, & S.R. Beers (Eds.), Medical neuropsychology (2nd ed.) (pp. 51-83). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Katzel, L.I., & Waldstein, S.R. (2001). Classification of cardiovascular disease. In S.R. Waldstein & M.F. Elias (Eds.), Neuropsychology of cardiovascular disease (pp. 3-14). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Waldstein, S.R., & Katzel, L.I. (2001). Hypertension and cognitive function. In S.R. Waldstein & M.F. Elias (Eds.), Neuropsychology of cardiovascular disease (pp. 15-36). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Waldstein, S.R., Snow, J., & Muldoon, M.F. (1998). Applications of neuropsychological assessment to the study of cardiovascular disease. In D.S. Krantz & A. Baum (Eds.), Perspectives in behavioral medicine: Technology and methods in behavioral medicine (pp. 69-94). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Shapiro, A.P., Muldoon, M.F., Waldstein, S.R., Jennings, J.R., & Manuck, S.B. (1995). Blood pressure and behavioral effects of antihypertensive medications: A preliminary report. In J.E. Dimsdale & A. Baum (Eds.), Quality of life in behavioral medicine research (pp. 115-119). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Manuck, S.B., Kamarck, T.W., Kasprowicz, A.L., & Waldstein, S.R. (1993). Stability and patterning of behaviorally evoked cardiovascular reactivity. In J. Blascovich, & E.S. Katkin (Eds.), Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and disease (pp. 111-134). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Muldoon, M.F., Shapiro, A.P., Manuck, S.B., & Waldstein, S.R. (1991). Behavioral sequelae of antihypertensive therapy: A review. In A.P. Shapiro & A. Baum (Eds.), Perspectives in behavioral medicine: Behavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease (pp. 287-324). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jacob, R.G., & Waldstein, S.R. (1991). Panic disorder, anxiety, and the cardiovascular system. In A.P. Shapiro & A. Baum (Eds.), Perspectives in behavioral medicine: Behavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease (pp. 49-73). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Student Research Projects

Dissertations:

Stacey Sandusky, in preparation, Cognitive appraisal, pain coping strategies, and cardiovascular reactivity.

Denise Cooper, in progress, Relations of depression and gender to cardiovascular risk factors among African Americans in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (HANDLS) Study

Paul Giggey, in progress, Caffeinated coffee intake and longitudinal blood pressure change in men and women: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Layne Goble, in progress, Gender role differences and cardiovascular reactivity,

Stephen Synowski, in progress, Effects of carbohydrate administration on cardiovascular reactivity

Jessica Pelletier Brown, 2006, Blood pressure reactivity, heart rate variability, and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Tracy Vannorsdall, 2006, White matter hyperintensities: neuropsychological correlates in a community-based sample

Carol Tankard, 2004, Scale of anxious apprehension and anxious arousal: a clinical neuropsychological measure of anxiety

Karl Maier, 2003, Relations of dispositional hostility and perceived stress with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular reactivity in older men

Serina Neumann, 2001, The relation of hostility, trait rumination, and distraction to cardiovascular reactivity and recovery responses to anger

Anne Solomon, 2000, Cognitive performance in the multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome

Joseph Snow, 1999, Neuropsychological functioning and total plasma cholesterol levels in older adults

Master's Theses

S. Carrington Rice, 2006, The relation between depression and carotid atherosclerosis in The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Denise Cooper, 2005, Perceived racism and anger expression style in African-American women: relations to cardiovascular reactivity and post-stress recovery

Jessica Pelletier Brown, 2004, Oral contraceptives, race, and cardiovascular reactivity

Carol Tankard, 2001, Trait and state anxiety and cerebral perfusion in the right prefrontal lobe

Karl Maier, 2000, HSP, The effects of cognitive appraisal on cardiovascular reactivity

Serina Neumann, 1998, Cardiovascular responses during emotional activation: the role of affective valence and arousal and gender