Christopher G. Engeland

• 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)

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

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.