Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland

Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland serves as Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Associate Director of the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State University's College of Health and Human Development. Her research program examines psychosocial stress pathways in aging-related health outcomes through the MESH Lab, with particular focus on inflammation-cognition links and stress response mechanisms.

• PhD in Social/Health Psychology from Stony Brook University
• Postdoctoral training in Psychoneuroimmunology at Ohio State University

Research Themes include psychoneuroimmunology (PMID 32215283), stress and cognitive aging (BBR 2020), and social determinants of inflammation (HP 2020). Recent publications demonstrate temporal relationships between acute stress and inflammatory markers (BBR 2020), with special attention to gender differences (Psychoendocrinology 2021) and racial disparities (J Behav Med 2021).

Publications Trends show consistent investigation of:

• Stress-inflammation-cognition nexus
• Social-environmental health determinants
• Gender-specific biological pathways
• Ecological momentary assessment methods
• Family stress transmission models
• Biological aging metrics

Key Grants include:

• NIH R01 HL167642 (2023-2027): Pandemic stress and CVD risk
• P01 AG003949-38 (2022-2027): Depression and dementia pathways
• R03 AG081719 (2023-2025): Loneliness and dementia progression