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Frank Puga, PhD.

March 30, 2016 by IISBR

Frank Puga, PhD.
Assistant Professor/Research
School of Nursing
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Research Interests
Dr. Puga received his graduate training in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in neural mechanisms that underlie learned and motivated behaviors. During this time, he worked with Behavioral Neuroscientists Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, Yvon Delville, and Juan Dominguez investigating neural networks, behavioral responses, and stress using Pavlovian learning paradigms and animal models of helplessness. After completing his post-doctoral training in behavioral neuroendocrinology, Dr. Puga served as a research scientist at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Nursing where he became interested in the impact of stress on performance and burnout in frontline nurses. Currently, Dr. Puga is principal investigator on several studies using salivary biomarkers to investigate the relationship between workflow processes, team behaviors, and stress experienced by frontline nurses. Findings from this research will allow us to design and test interventions that reduce the impact of stress on nurses. Dr. Puga is an Assistant Professor/Research in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Puga’s work is supported by intramural grants from the School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and extramural funding from the American Organization of Nurse Executives.

Selected Publications
Decker S. I., Anderson M., Boese T., Epps C., McCarthy J., Motola I., Palaganas J., Perry C., Puga F., Scolaro K., & Lioce L. (2015) Standard of Best Practice: Simulation Standard VIII: Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11, 293-297.

Bastida CC, Puga F, Gonzalez-Lima F, Jennings KJ, Wommack JC, Delville Y. (2014). Chronic Social Stress in Puberty Alters Appetitive Male Sexual Behavior and Neural Metabolic Activity. Horm Behav, 66, 220-227.

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Recent Publications

  • Kimonis, E. R., et al. (2018). Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its ratio to cortisol moderate associations between maltreatment and psychopathology in male juvenile offenders. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
  • Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., et al. (2018). Magnitude and Chronicity of Environmental Smoke Exposure Across Infancy and Early Childhood in a Sample of Low-Income Children. Nicotine Tob Res.
  • Pisanic, N., et al. (2018). Minimally Invasive Saliva Testing to Monitor Norovirus Infection in Community Settings. J Infect Dis.
  • Affifi, T. D., et al. (2018). Testing the theory of resilience and relational load (TRRL) in families with type I diabetes. Health Commun.
  • Wheelock, M.D., et al. (2018). Psychosocial stress reactivity is associated with decreased whole brain network efficiency and increased amygdala centrality. Behav Neurosci.
  • Kornienko, O., et al. (2018). Associations Between Secretory Immunoglobulin A and Social Network Structure. Int J Behav Med.
  • Kuhlman, K. R., et al. (2018). Interparental conflict and child HPA-axis responses to acute stress: Insights using intensive repeated measures. J Fam Psychol.
  • Kuhlman, K. R., et al. (2018). HPA-Axis Activation as a Key Moderator of Childhood Trauma Exposure and Adolescent Mental Health. Journal of abnormal child psychology.
  • Corey-Bloom, J., et al. (2018). Salivary levels of total huntingtin are elevated in Huntington’s disease patients. Sci Rep.
  • Martinez, A. D., et al. (2018). Household fear of deportation in Mexican-origin families: Relation to body mass index percentiles and salivary uric acid. Am J Hum Biol.
  • Lucas, T., et al. (2018). Justice for all? Beliefs about justice for self and others and telomere length in African Americans. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol.
  • Woerner, J., et al. (2018). Salivary uric acid: Associations with resting and reactive blood pressure response to social evaluative stress in healthy African Americans. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
  • Riis J.L., et al. (2018). The validity, stability, and utility of measuring uric acid in saliva. Biomark Med.

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