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Aug 17
New gift from the Prentiss Foundation creates research opportunities for Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
A $150,000 gift from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation will enable a new direction for the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research: to translate basic scientific research into clinically useful information and methods...
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Jul 17
Exposure to intimate partner violence in utero and infant internalizing behaviors: Moderation by salivary cortisol-alpha amylase asymmetry.
Guided by the main tenets of contemporary models of the developmental origins of health and disease, this study evaluated whether individual differences in reactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) moderate the effect of....
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Jul 17
Assistant/Associate Professor, Salivary Bioscience and Clinical Psychology
The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a full-time, tenure‐track or tenured faculty position in Salivary Bioscience and Clinical Psychology. The position will be at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. Candidates must have...
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Jul 17
Salivary biomarkers for Huntington’s disease
Peripheral biomarkers are greatly needed in the field of neurodegenerative disorders to anticipate onset of disease symptoms, monitor disease progression, and track potential therapeutic effects. HD is a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by...
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Jun 17
The “yin and yang” of the adrenal and gonadal systems in elite military men.
We recently established daily, free-living profiles of the adrenal hormone cortisol, the (primarily adrenal) anabolic precursor dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and the (primarily gonadal) anabolic hormone testosterone in elite military...
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Jun 17
Social Ecology hires two new faculty members to collaborate with Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
The School of Social Ecology has hired two new assistant professors, Jenna Riis and Kate Kuhlman, to work in...
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Jun 17
Anabolic hormone profiles in elite military men: Robust associations with age, stress, and fatigue.
We recently established stable daily profiles of the anabolic hormones dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone in 57 elite military men. In this follow-on study, we explored associations of salivary anabolic hormone profiles with...
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Jun 17
IISBR Affiliate Faculty Peter G. Roma, Ph.D., Accepts Position as Senior Scientist and Director of the Behavioral Health & Performance Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Salivary bioscience researcher and Affiliate Faculty at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR), Peter G. Roma, Ph.D., has accepted a position as Senior Scientist and Director of the Behavioral Health & Performance Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas...
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May 17
Development of an oral fluid immunoassay to assess past and recent hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection.
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly among pregnant women. In clinical settings blood-based...
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May 17
Granger appointed Chancellor’s Professor
Doug Granger, director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research and a professor of psychology and social behavior, public...
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