Idan Shalev

Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health

223 Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, PA 16802
ius14@psu.edu
814-863-7256

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Research Summary

Interdisciplinary approach to identify mechanisms underpinning the biological embedding of stress across the lifespan with a special focus on biological aging.

Huck Graduate Students

Abner Apsley

Huck Affiliations

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Publication Tags

Telomere Child Health Genes Childhood Biomarkers Cellular Senescence Obesity Mental Disorders Epigenomics Psychiatry Exposure To Violence Hydrocortisone Sex Offenses Psychopathology Research Population Longitudinal Studies Body Mass Index Aptitude Longevity Mental Disorder Prospective Studies Telomere Shortening Depression

Most Recent Publications

Attachment insecurity and the biological embedding of reproductive strategies: Investigating the role of cellular aging

Emma Bolhuis, Jay Belsky, Willem E. Frankenhuis, Idan Shalev, Waylon J. Hastings, Marieke S. Tollenaar, Kieran J. O'Donnell, Megan G. McGill, Irina Pokhvisneva, David T.S. Lin, Julia L. MacIsaac, Michael S. Kobor, Carolina de Weerth, Roseriet Beijers, 2022, Biological Psychology

Telomere shortening and the transition to family caregiving in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study

Nicole D. Armstrong, Marguerite R. Irvin, William E. Haley, Marcela D. Blinka, Debora Kamin Mukaz, Amit Patki, Sue Rutherford Siegel, Idan Shalev, Peter Durda, Rasika A. Mathias, Jeremy D. Walston, David L. Roth, 2022, PLoS One

Obesity and accelerated epigenetic aging in a high-risk cohort of children

Laura Etzel, Waylon Hastings, Molly A. Hall, Christine M. Heim, Michael Meaney, Jennie G. Noll, Kieran J. O’Donnell, E Rose, H Schrier, Irina Pokhvisneva, C Shenk, Emma J. Rose, Hannah M.C. Schreier, I Shalev, Chad E. Shenk, Idan Shalev, 2022, Scientific Reports

Cumulative risk exposure and child cellular aging in a Dutch low-risk community sample

Roseriet Beijers, Ilse ten Thije, Emma Bolhuis, Kieran J. O'Donnell, Marieke S. Tollenaar, Idan Shalev, Waylon J. Hastings, Julia L. MacIsaac, David T.S. Lin, Michael Meaney, Michael S. Kobor, Jay Belsky, Carolina de Weerth, 2022, Psychophysiology

Immune cell dynamics in response to an acute laboratory stressor: a within-person between-group analysis of the biological impact of early life adversity

Laura Etzel, Abner T. Apsley, Brooke C. Mattern, Waylon J. Hastings, Thomas Heller, Nilam Ram, Sue Rutherford Siegel, Idan Shalev, 2022, Stress on p. 347-356

Comparing qPCR and DNA methylation-based measurements of telomere length in a high-risk pediatric cohort

Waylon Hastings, Laura Etzel, Christine M. Heim, Jennie G. Noll, Emma J. Rose, Hannah M.C. Schreier, Chad E. Shenk, X Tang, Idan Shalev, 2022, Aging on p. 660-677

The Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents

Ann Christin Haag, Christine B. Cha, Jennie G. Noll, Dylan G. Gee, Chad E. Shenk, Hannah M.C. Schreier, Christine M. Heim, Idan Shalev, Emma Jane Rose, Alana Jorgensen, George A. Bonanno, 2022, Assessment

Social evaluation under stress: Does acute stress affect social attributions and eye gaze?

Hagar Azulay, Nitzan Guy, Idan Shalev, Yoni Pertzov, Salomon Israel, 2021, Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology

Impact of Amplification Efficiency Approaches on Telomere Length Measurement via Quantitative-Polymerase Chain Reaction

Waylon J. Hastings, Daniel Einsberg, Dan T.A. Eisenberg, Idan Shalev, Sue Siegel, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics on p. 728603

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis attenuation and obesity risk in sexually abused females

Jacinda Li, Molly A. Hall, Idan Shalev, Hannah M.C. Schreier, Tom´as Gonz´alez Zarzar, Isabel Marcovici, Frank Putnam, Jennie G. Noll, 2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Most-Cited Papers

The p factor: One general psychopathology factor in the structure of psychiatric disorders?

Avshalom Caspi, Renate M. Houts, Daniel W. Belsky, Sidra J. Goldman-Mellor, Honalee Harrington, Salomon Israel, Madeline H. Meier, Sandhya Ramrakha, Idan Shalev, Richie Poulton, Terrie E. Moffitt, 2014, Clinical Psychological Science on p. 119-137

Exposure to violence during childhood is associated with telomere erosion from 5 to 10 years of age: A longitudinal study

I. Shalev, T. E. Moffitt, K. Sugden, B. Williams, R. M. Houts, A. Danese, J. Mill, L. Arseneault, A. Caspi, 2013, Molecular Psychiatry on p. 576-581

Stress and telomere biology: A lifespan perspective

Idan Shalev, Sonja Entringer, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Owen M. Wolkowitz, Eli Puterman, Jue Lin, Elissa S. Epel, 2013, Psychoneuroendocrinology on p. 1835-1842

Childhood exposure to violence and lifelong health: Clinical intervention science and stress-biology research join forces

Terrie E. Moffitt, Louise Arseneault, Andrea Danese, Helen Fisher, Jonathan Mill, Carmine Pariante, Don Baucom, Avshalom Caspi, Edith Chen, Gregory Miller, Kurt Halweg, Ann Katrin Job, Nina Heinrichs, Barbara Heiniger Haldimann, Mariann Grawe-Gerber, Misa Kuper-Yamanaka, Matt Sanders, Idan Shalev, Susanne Walitza, 2013, Development and Psychopathology on p. 1619-1634

Internalizing disorders and leukocyte telomere erosion: A prospective study of depression, generalized anxiety disorder and post-Traumatic stress disorder

I. Shalev, T. E. Moffitt, A. W. Braithwaite, A. Danese, N. I. Fleming, S. Goldman-Mellor, H. L. Harrington, R. M. Houts, S. Israel, R. Poulton, S. P. Robertson, K. Sugden, B. Williams, A. Caspi, 2014, Molecular Psychiatry on p. 1163-1170

Oxytocin receptor and vasopressin receptor 1a genes are respectively associated with emotional and cognitive empathy

F. Uzefovsky, I. Shalev, S. Israel, S. Edelman, Y. Raz, D. Mankuta, A. Knafo-Noam, R. P. Ebstein, 2015, Hormones and Behavior on p. 60-65