Laura Klein

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Laura Klein

Research Summary

Biobehavioral effects of stress on drug abuse; sex differences in neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses; nicotine regulation of stress reactivity.

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Employee Cardiometabolic Risk Following a Cluster-Randomized Workplace Intervention From the Work, Family and Health Network, 2009-2013

L Berkman, E Kelly, L Hammer, F Mierzwa, T Bodner, T McNamara, H Koga, Soomi Lee, M Marino, Thomas W McDade, Laura C Klein, T McDade, Ginger Hanson, G Hanson, Phyllis Moen, P Moen, Orfeu Buxton, 2023, American Journal of Public Health on p. 1322-1331

Emotional State Can Affect Inflammatory Responses to Pain Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Preliminary Findings

Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Sunmi Song, Ambika Mathur, David A. Wagstaff, Laura Cousino Klein, Courtney Whetzel, William T. Ayoub, 2019, Psychological Reports on p. 2026-2049

Emotional state can affect inflammatory responses to pain among rheumatoid arthritis patients: Preliminary findings

J Graham, Sunmi Song, Ambika Mathur, David Wagstaff, Laura Klein, C Whetzel, William Ayoub, 2018, on p. 24

Asthma induction during development and adult lung function, behavior and brain gene expression

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Michael J. Caruso, Rebecca A. Bourne, Nicole R. Chirichella, Laura C. Klein, Timothy Craig, Robert H. Bonneau, Avery August, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2018, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

The influence of adolescent nicotine exposure on ethanol intake and brain gene expression

Constanza P. Silva, William J. Horton, Michael J. Caruso, Aswathy Sebastian, Laura C. Klein, Istvan Albert, Helen M. Kamens, 2018, PLoS One

Fitting a model to behavior reveals what changes cognitively when under stress and with caffeine

Sue E. Kase, Frank E. Ritter, Jeanette M. Bennett, Laura Cousino Klein, Michael Schoelles, 2017, Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures on p. 1-9

Peri-adolescent asthma symptoms cause adult anxiety-related behavior and neurobiological processes in mice

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Michael J. Caruso, Kerry C. Michael, Rebecca A. Bourne, Nicole R. Chirichella, Laura C. Klein, Timothy Craig, Robert H. Bonneau, Avery August, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2017, Behavioural Brain Research on p. 244-255

Diurnal salivary alpha-amylase dynamics among dementia family caregivers

Yin Liu, Douglas A. Granger, Kyungmin Kim, Laura C. Klein, David M. Almeida, Steven H. Zarit, 2017, Health Psychology on p. 160-168

Effects on cigarette consumption of a work-family supportive organisational intervention: 6-month results from the work, family and health network study

David A. Hurtado, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Orfeu M. Buxton, Leslie Hammer, Ginger C. Hanson, Phyllis Moen, Laura C. Klein, Lisa F. Berkman, 2016, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health on p. 1155-1161

Sleep duration and the cortisol awakening response in dementia caregivers utilizing adult day services

Amanda N. Leggett, Yin Liu, Laura Cousino Klein, Steven H. Zarit, 2016, Health Psychology on p. 465-473

Most-Cited Papers

Work-family conflict, cardiometabolic risk, and sleep duration in nursing employees

Lisa F. Berkman, Sze Yan Liu, Leslie Hammer, Phyllis Moen, Laura Cousino Klein, Erin Kelly, Martha Fay, Kelly Davis, Mary Durham, Georgia Karuntzos, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2015, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology on p. 14

A workplace intervention improves sleep: Results from the randomized controlled Work, Family, and Health Study

Ryan Olson, Tori L. Crain, Todd E. Bodner, Rosalind King, Leslie B. Hammer, Laura Cousino Klein, Leslie Erickson, Phyllis Moen, Lisa F. Berkman, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2015, Sleep Health on p. 55-65

Testosterone trajectories and reference ranges in a large Longitudinal sample of male adolescents

Ammar Khairullah, Laura Cousino Klein, Suzanne M. Ingle, Margaret T. May, Courtney A. Whetzel, Elizabeth J. Susman, Tomáš Paus, 2014, PLoS One

Associations between the awakening responses of salivary α-amylase and cortisol with self-report indicators of health and wellbeing among educators

Deirdre A. Katz, Mark T. Greenberg, Patricia A. Jennings, Laura Cousino Klein, 2016, Teaching and Teacher Education on p. 98-106

Anticipating an easier day: Effects of adult day services on daily cortisol and stress

Laura Cousino Klein, K Kim, David M. Almeida, E Femia, M Rovine, Steven Zarit, 2014, The Gerontologist on p. 303-312

Using a cognitive architecture with a physiological substrate to represent effects of a psychological stressor on cognition

Christopher L. Dancy, Frank E. Ritter, Keith A. Berry, Laura C. Klein, 2015, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory on p. 90-114

Daily stressors and adult day service use by family caregivers: Effects on depressive symptoms, positive mood, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate

Steven H. Zarit, Courtney A. Whetzel, Kyungmin Kim, Elia E. Femia, David M. Almeida, Michael J. Rovine, Laura Cousino Klein, 2014, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry on p. 1592-1602

Prenatal cocaine exposure differentially affects stress responses in girls and boys: Associations with future substance use

Tara M. Chaplin, Kari Jeanne Visconti, Peter J. Molfese, Elizabeth J. Susman, Laura Cousino Klein, Rajita Sinha, Linda C. Mayes, 2014, Development and Psychopathology on p. 163-180

The effects of a cluster randomized controlled workplace intervention on sleep and work-family conflict outcomes in an extended care setting

Miguel Marino, Marie Killerby, Soomi Lee, Laura Cousino Klein, Phyllis Moen, Ryan Olson, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Rosalind King, Leslie Erickson, Lisa F. Berkman, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2016, Sleep Health on p. 297-308

Exposure to nicotine increases nicotinic acetylcholine receptor density in the reward pathway and binge ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J adolescent female mice

Alicia R. Locker, Michael J. Marks, Helen M. Kamens, Laura Cousino Klein, 2016, Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques on p. 13-22