Chris Engeland

Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing

Chris Engeland

Research Summary

How stress, age, gender, and hormones affect inflammation / health. Biomarker feasibility for predicting health outcomes.

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Most Recent Publications

Corticosteroid modulation of oral mucosal wound healing.

Christopher Engeland, PT Marucha, Psychosomatic Medicine

Vitamin D Deficiency and IL-6: Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Black Women: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Jennifer Woo, Sarah Vaughan, Molly A. Wright, Thomas Guffey, Nadia Saadat, Dawn Misra, Carmen Giurgescu, Christopher G. Engeland, 2025, Journal of Nutrition on p. 2764-2770

Characteristics of discrimination and ambulatory cognitive performance among older Black and White adults

E Harrington, A Gamaldo, M Sliwinski, J Hakun, O Buxton, M Katz, C Derby, K Foor, Christopher Engeland, J Graham-Engeland, 2025, Current Psychology on p. 4268-4281

Neighborhood racial composition and experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with cytokines during pregnancy among African American women

Molly A. Wright, Carmen Giurgescu, Dawn P. Misra, Jaime C. Slaughter-Acey, Christopher G. Engeland, 2024, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health

Cognotoxemia: endotoxemia and gender predict changes in working memory performance in healthy adults

S McDonnell, Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Martin J. Sliwinski, Christopher G. Engeland, E Knight, 2024, Frontiers in Neuroscience on p. 1453325

Momentary loneliness and intrusive thoughts among older adults: the interactive roles of mild cognitive impairment and marital status

Karina Van Bogart, Erin Harrington, Dakota Witzel, Jee eun Kang, Martin J. Sliwinski, Christopher G. Engeland, Jennifer Graham-Engeland, 2024, Aging and Mental Health on p. 1785-1792

Sex differences in the central and peripheral omega 3 oxylipin response to acute systemic inflammation

Karolina Skibicka, J Kelliher, I Maric, Christopher Engeland, Gregory Shearer, K Skibicka, 2024, American Journal of Physiology on p. R341-R351

Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Chronological Age: Associations With Cognitive Performance in Daily Life

D Zavala, Natalie , N Dzikowski, S Gopalan, K Harrington, G Pasquini, Jacqueline Mogle, E Muñoz, K Reid, Martin Sliwinski, K Reid, Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, M Sliwinski, J Graham, Christopher G. Engeland, J Graham-Engeland, K Bernard, K Bernard, K Veeramah, S Scott, K Veeramah, S Scott, 2024, Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences on p. 10 pages

Preterm Birth in African American Women: A Multi-Omic Pilot Study in Early Pregnancy

Alexandra L. Nowak, Nadia Saadat, Jiao Sun, Anna M. Forsman, Xiaoyu Liang, Cara Joyce, Jennifer Woo, Christopher G. Engeland, Dawn P. Misra, Carmen Giurgescu, Wei Zhang, Cindy M. Anderson, 2024, Biological Research for Nursing

Racial differences in links between perceived discrimination, depressive symptoms, and ambulatory working memory

Erin Harrington, A Gamaldo, J Felt, Dakota Witzel, Martin J. Sliwinski, Kyle W. Murdock, Christopher G. Engeland, Jennifer Graham-Engeland, 2024, Aging and Mental Health on p. 1502-1510

Most-Cited Papers

Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress

D Slavish, J Graham, Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Joshua M. Smyth, Christopher G. Engeland, 2015, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity on p. 253-269

Inflammation and the dimensions of depression: A review

Marzieh Majd, Erika F.H. Saunders, Christopher G. Engeland, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

The Effects of Stress on Cognitive Aging, Physiology and Emotion (ESCAPE) Project

Stacey B. Scott, Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Christopher G. Engeland, Joshua M. Smyth, David M. Almeida, Mindy J. Katz, Richard B. Lipton, Jacqueline A. Mogle, Elizabeth Munoz, Nilam Ram, Martin J. Sliwinski, 2015, BMC Psychiatry on p. 146-160

Psychological distress and salivary secretory immunity

C. G. Engeland, F. N. Hugo, J. B. Hilgert, G. G. Nascimento, R. Junges, H. J. Lim, P. T. Marucha, J. A. Bosch, 2016, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity on p. 11-17

Perceived stress is linked to heightened biomarkers of inflammation via diurnal cortisol in a national sample of adults

Erik L. Knight, Yanping Jiang, Jacqueline Rodriguez-Stanley, David M. Almeida, Christopher G. Engeland, Samuele Zilioli, 2021, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity on p. 206-213

Racial discrimination predicts greater systemic inflammation in pregnant African American women

Carmen Giurgescu, Christopher G. Engeland, Thomas N. Templin, Shannon N. Zenk, Mary Dawn Koenig, Lindsey Garfield, 2016, Applied Nursing Research on p. 98-103

Salivary biomarkers in psychoneuroimmunology

Christopher G. Engeland, Jos A. Bosch, Nicolas Rohleder, 2019, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences on p. 58-65

The Impact of Neighborhood Environment, Social Support, andAvoidance Coping on Depressive Symptoms of Pregnant African-American Women

Carmen Giurgescu, Shannon N. Zenk, Thomas N. Templin, Christopher G. Engeland, Barbara L. Dancy, Chang Gi Park, Karen Kavanaugh, William Dieber, Dawn P. Misra, 2015, Women's Health Issues on p. 294-302

Negative and positive affect as predictors of inflammation: Timing matters

Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Nancy L. Sin, Joshua M. Smyth, Dusti R. Jones, Erik L. Knight, Martin J. Sliwinski, David M. Almeida, Mindy J. Katz, Richard B. Lipton, Christopher G. Engeland, 2018, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity on p. 222-230

Relationships among psychosocial factors, biomarkers, preeclampsia, and preterm birth in African American women: A pilot

Carmen Giurgescu, Natthananporn Sanguanklin, Christopher G. Engeland, Rosemary C. White-Traut, Chang Park, Herbert L. Mathews, Linda Witek Janusek, 2015, Applied Nursing Research on p. e1-e6