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Dr. Brooke Jenkins is an Assistant Professor at Chapman University's Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, and her academic journey includes degrees from California State University, Fullerton (BA, MA) and Chapman University (MS). Dr. Jenkins serves as a Principal Investigator at the UCI Center on Stress & Health, focusing on the interplay between emotion, stress, and health.
Her research examines how positive emotions confer health benefits through physiological mechanisms (e.g., autonomic nervous system activity, antibody response) and health behaviors (e.g., sleep, medication adherence). She develops interventions to regulate emotions and investigates health outcomes like pain, asthma symptoms, and surgical recovery in diverse populations including children with cancer, asthma, or chronic illness.
- 2024-2025: Investigated neighborhood socioeconomic effects on asthma exacerbations and affect variability's role in mental/physical health.
- 2023: Validated affect scales and studied opioid prescription disparities in pediatric settings.
- 2022-2021: Analyzed pain assessment tools, provider-patient interactions, and pandemic resilience factors.
Dr. Jenkins employs advanced methods like multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and nonlinear analytics. She has received funding from the Kay Family Foundation for her work and collaborates with institutions including the Children's Hospital of Orange County and UC Irvine. Her teaching includes Child Development (PSY 323) and Advanced Research Design (PSY 304).
