Prior to joining the Behavioral Medicine Research Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Hamilton completed her doctoral training in Experimental Health Psychology at Ohio University and a postdoctoral position at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research at the University of California, Irvine. Broadly, her work has focused on acute and chronic stress, noninvasive interventions, lifestyle medicine, salivary assay methodology, and working with chronically ill and healthy individuals. Her research interests include: Chronic Pain; Non-invasive Interventions (e.g., lifestyle modification, MBSR); Acute and Chronic Stress; Cellular Aging; Health Disparities (e.g., SES); Psychoneuroimmunology; and translating findings into clinical application.