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Sponsored Studies Overview
The overarching objective of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology is to develop an understanding of the bi-directional interplay of psychological and biological mediators in chronic disease. Moreover, as the most explicit test of mind-body relationships and the relevance of this framework to health outcomes, the efficacy of mind-body interventions on the psychobiology and health outcomes in at-risk chronic disease populations is also being investigated.
Ongoing Projects :
 
- Aging
- Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
- Cancer
- Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS
- Mind-Body Interactions
Aging
• Enhancing Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
PI: Lynn Doering Funded by NINR
• CD8 T Cell Replicative Senescence: Impact on Aged Humans
PI: Rita Effros Funded by NIA
• Aging: Cytokine Mechanisms and Treatment of Insomnia
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NIA
• Sleep and Immune Mechanisms in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NHLBI
• Intervention Clinical Trial for Geriatric Depression
PI: Helen Lavretsky Funded by NIMH
• Aging: Insomnia Treatment and Energy Balance
PI: Sarosh Motivala Funded by NIA
• Psychological and Biological Antecedents of Health Behavior Decisions
PI: Shelley Taylor Funded by NIA
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
• Hyperalgesia in Methadone Patients: Can it be Treated?
PI: Margaret Compton Funded by NIDA
• Center for Study of Opioid Receptors and Drugs of Abuse
PI: Christopher Evans Funded by NIDA
• Assess of Stress Effects in Methamphetamine Dependence
PI: Thomas Newton Funded by NIDA
• Laboratory Models of Cocaine Self-Administration
PI: Thomas Newton Funded by NIDA
• Perindopril-Methamphetamine Interaction Study
PI: Thomas Newton Funded by NIDA
• Clinical Research Education for Drug Abuse Professionals
PI: Thomas Newton Funded by NIDA
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
• Sleep and Immune Mechanisms in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NHLBI
• Behavioral Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Perry Nicassio Funded by NIAMSD
• Efficacy of CAM Interventions in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Jennifer Pike Funded by NCCAM
Cancer
• Imputation for Moderate Sized Mental Health Studies
PI: Thomas Belin Funded by NIMH
• Mechanisms of Radiation Induced Fatigue in Cancer
PI: Julienne Bower Funded by NCI
• Iyengar Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors with Persistent Fatigue
PI: Julienne Bower Funded by NCCAM
• Combinatorial Genomics in Cancer
PI: Steve Cole Funded by NCI
• Cognitive Functioning After Breast Cancer Treatment
PI: Patricia Ganz Funded by NCI
• PTSD and Depression in Parents of Children with Cancer
PI: Dorothy Glover Funded by NIMH
• Tai Chi Effects on Chronic Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors: Immune Mechanisms
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NCI
• Immune Dysfunction and AIDS-associated B Cell Lymphoma
PI: Otoniel Martinez-Maza Funded by NCI
• Molecular Epidemiology of AIDS-associated Lymphoma
PI: Otoniel Martinez-Maza Funded by NCI
• Living Well with Breast Cancer: A Predictive Model
PI: Annette Stanton Funded by UC/Breast Cancer Research Program
Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS
• CD8 T Cell Replicative Senescence and HIV Disease
PI: Rita Effros Funded by NIAID
• Immune Dysfunction and AIDS-associated B Cell Lymphoma
PI: Otoniel Martinez-Maza Funded by NCI
• Molecular Epidemiology of AIDS-associated Lymphoma
PI: Otoniel Martinez-Maza Funded by NCI
• Prediagnostic Markers of Immune Activation and Viral Infection and Risk of NHL
PI: Otoniel Martinez-Maza Funded by NCI
Mind-Body Interactions
• Iyengar Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors with Persistent Fatigue
PI: Julienne Bower Funded by NCCAM
• The Effects of Pain on Leukocyte CAM Expression
PI: Margaret Compton Funded by NINR
• Enhancing Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
PI: Lynn Doering Funded by NINR
• Biobehavioral Issues in Physical and Mental Health
PI: Christine Dunkel Schetter Funded by NIMH
• An fMRI Study of Cytokine-Associated Depression and Social Pain
PI: Naomi Eisenberger Funded by Dana Foundation
• Anterograde Amnesia for Contextual Fear
PI: Michael Fanselow Funded by NIMH
• Aging: Cytokine Mechanims and Treatment of Insomnia
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NIA
• Tai Chi Effects on Chronic Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors: Immune Mechanisms
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NCI
• Sleep and Immune Mechanisms in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Michael Irwin Funded by NHLBI
• Intervention Clinical Trial for Geriatric Depression
PI: Helen Lavretsky Funded by NIMH
• Psychobiologic Factors of the Placebo Response in MDD
PI: Andrew Leuchter Funded by NCCAM
• Neural Mechanisms Underlying Stress Reactivity
PI: Matthew Lieberman Funded by NIMH
• Aging: Insomnia Treatment and Energy Balance
PI: Sarosh Motivala Funded by NIA
• Ethnic Variations in Anti-Depressant Response
PI: Hector Myers Funded by NIMH
• Treatment of Fear and Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
PI: Bruce Naliboff Funded by NINR
• Physiologic Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Based IBS Subgroups
PI: Bruce Naliboff Funded by NCCAM
• Assess of Stress Effects in Methamphetamine Dependence
PI: Thomas Newton Funded by NIDA
• Behavioral Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Perry Nicassio Funded by NIAMSD
• Efficacy of CAM Interventions in Rheumatoid Arthritis
PI: Jennifer Pike Funded by NCCAM
• Psychological and Biological Antecedents of Health Behavior Decisions
PI: Shelley Taylor Funded by NIA
• Self-Regulatory Aspects of Positive Illusions
PI: Shelley Taylor Funded by NIMH
• Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Action on GI Function
PI: Yvette Tache Funded by NIDDKD
• Stress-Induced Activation of Colonic Motor Function
PI: Yvette Tache Funded by NIDDKD