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Barbara Anderson, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator
 
Todd Bear
Research Associate
Todd Bear is a graduate from the University of Pittsburgh and has his B.S. in Psychology.  He is a certified phelebotomist and is currently working towards a master’s degree in Public Health.  Todd is involved with data collection for the STAHR and PHHP studies.  
 
H.J. Decker
Data Manager
 
Thomas Kamarck, Ph.D.
Professor
 
Teresa Steigerwalt
Research Associate
Teresa Steigerwalt is a graduate from the University of Pittsburgh and has her B.A. in Music and English Literature. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Library and Information Science with a specialization in Digital Libraries. Teresa acts as the main contact for STAHR and PHHP participants. Teresa assists with data tracking, including design and maintenance of various Access databases. Her favorite task is designing the annual PHHP Holiday Newsletter.
 
Elizabeth Vella, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar

Liz Vella is a first-year postdoctoral fellow in the Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include autonomic correlates of stress and coping within the context of cardiovascular disease. Specific aims include elucidating the potential influences of personality and lifestyle factors on cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to stress, as well as the utility of trait assessments to predict daily measures of mood and autonomic function.

 

 

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