Jan Moynihan, Ph.D.

Academic and Clinical Appointments

The George L. Engel Professor of Psychiatry

Director, The Institute in Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences

Associate Chair for Research in Psychiatry

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Environmental Medicine

Mermber of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience
 

Contact Information

 University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14642-8409

(585) 275-4648

Jan_Moynihan@urmc.rochester.edu

Education
Ph.D. University of Rochester
   
M.S. University of Rochester
   
B.A. University of Rochester

Research
Focus and
Interests

 Psychoneuroimmunology; Mind-Body Research

Professional Overview

Dr. Moynihan's research is currently focused on mind-body interactions in humans.

Her research goals are to:

  • Examine the effects of personality, stress, life events and depression on health and, in particular, immunity.
  • Explore the moderating effects of age.
  • Explore the mediating effects of social relationships.
  • Design interventions to ameliorate negative effects in at-risk middle aged to older adults.

Selected Publications

Moynihan, J.A., Larson, M.L., Treanor, J., Duberstein, P.R., Power, A. Shore, B., and Ader, R. 2004. Psychosocial factors and the response to influenza vaccination in older adults. Psychosomatic Medicine 66:950-9533.

Moynihan, J.A. and Santiago, F. 2007. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: twenty years of T cells. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 21:872-880.

Caserta, MT, O’Connor, TG, Wyman, PA, Wang, H., Moynihan, J, Cross, W, and Tu, X. 2008. The associations between psychosocial stress and the frequency of illness, and innate and adaptive immune function in children. Brain, Behavior and Immunity 22:933-940.

Tausk, F., Elenkov, I., and Moynihan, J. 2008. Psychoneuroimmunology. Dermatologic Therapies 21:22-31.

Chapman, B.P. Khan, A., Harper, M., Stockman, D., Fiscella, K., Walton, J., Duberstein, P.R., Talbot, N., Lyness, J.M., and Moynihan, J.A. 2009. Gender, race/ethnicity, personality, and interleukin-6 in urban primary care patients. Brain, Behavior and Immunity 23:636-42.

Cankaya B., Chapman B. P., Talbot N. L., Moynihan J., and Duberstein P. R. History of sudden unexpected loss is associated with elevated interleukin-6 and decreased insulin like growth factor-1 in women in an urban primary care setting. Psychosomatic Medicine, in press.

Pertinent Web Links

The Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Research

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