Christopher G. Engeland
Christopher G. Engeland
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Summary Statement
Christopher Engeland is interested in how stress, age, gender, and hormones affect immunity, inflammation, and health.
Department
Education
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Phone
Email
Office Address
229 Biobehavioral Health
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-863-7525
Additional Websites
Interests
- Effects of stress, age, and sex on wound healing and inflammation (human, animal)
- Stress, inflammation, cognitive aging, and dementia (human)
- Inflammatory biomarkers and stress as predictors of preterm birth (human)
- Inflammation and depression (human)
Professional Experience
Current Funded Research Projects
- CTSI Bridges to Translation Award (Engeland) 11/01/2015 – 12/31/2016 $45,980 Penn State University. Hyperglycemia and impaired healing in medically complex surgical patients. Role: PI
- Inflammatory Mediators of Stress and Cognitive Aging. NIH (R01AG042595), 2012-2017. C. Engeland (MPI), J. Graham (MPI).
- Feasibility of a Stress Reduction Intervention Study in Sickle Cell Disease. UIC Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation, 2014-2015. C. Engeland (Co-I).
- Healthy Aging in a Changing Climate: Heat Wave Survival, Critical Biomarkers and Interventions. University of Sydney, 2015-2016. C. Engeland (Co-I).
Honors
2013
- Faculty Scholarship Award (Research)
2004
- 1st Place Postdoctoral Research
2004, 2005
- PNIRS Research Scholars Award
1999, 2000, 2001
- Accuscan SFN Research Award
2000, 2001, 2002
- IBNS Research Scholars Award
1999-2001
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
1999-2002
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Grants and Research Projects
How factors such as stress, age, gender, and hormones affect immunity, inflammation, and health. I am particularly interested in tissue repair (mucosal and dermal wound healing). Also the feasibility of biomarkers for predicting health outcomes. I conduct both human and animal research.
Publications