Stress: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Emma Adam

School of Education and Social Policy

Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Human Development and Social Policy

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Childhood Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Equity and Disparities, Mental Health, Poverty, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Sleep, Stress

Jacqueline Gollan

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cognitive Therapy, Decision Making, Depression and Anxiety, Psychological Counseling, Stress

Claudia Haase

School of Education and Social Policy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Human Development

Field: Aging, Human Development, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Mental Health, Parenting , Physiology, Social Psychology, Stress

Nia Heard-Garris

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Field: Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Cardiovascular Health, Childhood Development, Child Psychology, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Equity and Disparities, Pediatric Illness, Race and Ethnicity, Stress

Sara Hoffman Marchese

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

Field: Gastroenterology, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Bariatric Surgery, Behavior Change, Cognitive Therapy, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Lifestyle and Wellness, Obesity, Stress

Richard Morimoto

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology

Field: Aging, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative Disease, Stress

Melinda Ring

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University

Field: Integrative Medicine

Focus Areas: Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Lifestyle and Wellness, Menopause, Mind-Body Medicine , Nutrition, Stress, Thyroid Health, Women's Health

Stewart Shankman

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of psychology and behavioral sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Clinical Research, Cognitive Therapy, Depression and Anxiety, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling, Stress

Kathryn Tomasino

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Field: Gastroenterology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Bariatric Surgery, Chronic Pain, Depression and Anxiety, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Lifestyle and Wellness, Mental Health, Mind-Body Medicine , Obesity, Pain Management, Psychological Counseling, Stress, Therapy and Counseling, Women's Health

Alyssa M Vela

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Division of Cardiac Surgery)

Field: Cardiology, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Surgery

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cardiovascular Health, Depression and Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Heart Transplant, Lifestyle and Wellness, Stress

Dr. Jonathon William Wanta

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor in the Prtizkey Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Field: Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: ADD and ADHD, Autism, Depression and Anxiety, Stress