Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Summary Statement
Daily stress processes; adult development; family factors in mental health; work and family linkages; fatherhood; statistical techniques for measuring change.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Associate Director, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Associate Director, Penn State Social Science Research Institute
Summary Statement
Orfeu Buxton directs the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory and is the recipient of the 2024 Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award Lecture.
Christopher Engeland is interested in how stress, age, gender, and hormones affect immunity, inflammation, and health. He has a particular interest in wound healing and surgical recovery, dementia, depression, and preterm birth.
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Associate Professor of Psychology
Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
Summary Statement
Steffany Fredman studies the intimate relationship context of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions across the lifespan and couple-based interventions for PTSD that simultaneously treat the disorder and enhance couple/family functioning.
Associate Director, Center for Healthy Aging
Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Summary Statement
Jenn Graham-Engeland, Director of the MESH Lab, investigates the associations between psychological stress and stress responses with physical health and well-being.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (courtesy)
Summary Statement
Stephanie Lanza's career is devoted to advancing research in behavioral health through the development and application of innovative quantitative methods; much of her work leverages intensive longitudinal methods and focuses on young adult substance use behavior.
Lynn Martire’s research aims to identify the ways in which close relationships in adulthood affect health and chronic illness management, and the effects of chronic illness on close relationships.
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
ICDS Faculty Co-Hire
Summary Statement
Zita Oravecz's research work has been focused on developing and disseminating innovative computational and statistical techniques for addressing questions related to emotional and cognitive functioning and development.
