Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland

Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland is a tenured Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State and Director of the MESH Lab (Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress, and Health). Her research focuses on psychological stress and health connections, integrating psychosocial dynamics, affect, and biomarkers like inflammatory cytokines and CRP. She has over 20 years of experience in this field.

• Research Interests: Emotion regulation, cognitive aging, psychoneuroimmunology, inflammation, gender/age differences in health outcomes, sleep quality, and stress-related health disparities.
• Grants: Principal Investigator on multiple NIH grants studying stress, mental health, and dementia risk in aging populations.

Students: Advises graduate students like Destiny Gilliland, Sarah Lipitz, Caesar Liu, and Lourdes Perez, who explore topics such as stress resilience, Latino farmworker health, and methodological approaches in daily life research.