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Overview

Anna C. Phillips is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Physiology, Clinical Psychology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Nutrition and Health in Aging, Physical Activity and Health, Frailty in Older Adults, Stress Responses and Cortisol, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Cardiac Health and Mental Health, and Health Disparities and Outcomes.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The association of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with skeletal muscle strength and muscle power in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • The effects of physical activity on cortisol and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology)
  • Frailty: Pathophysiology, Theoretical and Operational Definition(s), Impact, Prevalence, Management and Prevention, in an Increasingly Economically Developed and Ageing World (2022, Gerontology)
  • The prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty among geriatric hospital inpatients and its association with economic prosperity and healthcare expenditure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 467,779 geriatric hospital inpatients (2022, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity and Health: Recent Questions and Future Directions (2021, Psychosomatic Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anna C. Phillips include:

  • Gemma C. Ryde
  • Jenni Connelly
  • Bridgitte Swales
  • Len De Nys
  • Simone A. Tomaz

Their research findings are commonly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Psychosomatic Medicine

Best Publications

  • The other side of the coin: blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity are associated with negative health outcomes.

    Anna C. Phillips;Annie T. Ginty;Brian M. Hughes

  • Morning vaccination enhances antibody response over afternoon vaccination: A cluster-randomised trial

    Joanna E. Long;Mark T. Drayson;Angela E. Taylor;Kai M. Toellner

  • The age-related increase in low-grade systemic inflammation (Inflammaging) is not driven by cytomegalovirus infection.

    David B. Bartlett;Charlotte M. Firth;Anna C. Phillips;Paul Moss

  • The behavioural, cognitive, and neural corollaries of blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress.

    Douglas Carroll;Annie T Ginty;Anna C Whittaker;William R Lovallo

  • Personality and physiological reactions to acute psychological stress

    Adam Bibbey;Douglas Carroll;Tessa J. Roseboom;Anna C. Phillips

  • Predictors of Psychological Morbidity in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

    Stephen Gallagher;Anna C. Phillips;Christopher Oliver;Douglas Carroll

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Their Comorbidity as Predictors of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality: The Vietnam Experience Study

    Anna C. Phillips;G David Batty;Catharine R. Gale;Catharine R. Gale;Ian J. Deary

  • Increased blood pressure reactions to acute mental stress are associated with 16‐year cardiovascular disease mortality

    Douglas Carroll;Annie T. Ginty;Geoff Der;Kate Hunt

  • The effects of physical activity on cortisol and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Body mass index, abdominal adiposity, obesity, and cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress in a large community sample.

    Douglas Carroll;Anna C. Phillips;Geoff Der

  • Symptoms of depression and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress: evidence from a population study.

    Douglas Carroll;Anna C. Phillips;Kate Hunt;Geoff Der

  • Blunted cardiovascular reactivity relates to depression, obesity, and self-reported health.

    Anna C. Phillips

  • Negative life events and symptoms of depression and anxiety: stress causation and/or stress generation.

    Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll;Geoffrey Der

  • Physical activity interventions for treatment of social isolation, loneliness or low social support in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Anastasia Shvedko;Anna C. Whittaker;Janice L. Thompson;Carolyn A. Greig

  • Parental stress is associated with poor sleep quality in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities

    Stephen Gallagher;Anna C Phillips;Douglas Carroll

  • Generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders, their comorbidity and hypertension in middle-aged men.

    Douglas Carroll;Anna C. Phillips;Catharine R. Gale;G David Batty

  • Disordered eating behaviour is associated with blunted cortisol and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress

    Annie T. Ginty;Anna C. Phillips;Suzanne Higgs;Jennifer L.J. Heaney

  • Depression and anxiety are associated with a diagnosis of hypertension 5 years later in a cohort of late middle-aged men and women

    Annie Ginty;Douglas Carroll;TJ Roseboom;Anna Phillips

  • Stress, ageing and their influence on functional, cellular and molecular aspects of the immune system

    Ana Vitlic;Janet M. Lord;Anna C. Phillips

  • A tale of two mechanisms: a meta-analytic approach toward understanding the autonomic basis of cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress.

    Ryan C. Brindle;Annie T. Ginty;Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll

  • Neuroticism, cortisol reactivity, and antibody response to vaccination

    Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll;Victoria E. Burns;Mark Drayson

  • Stressful life events are associated with low secretion rates of immunoglobulin A in saliva in the middle aged and elderly.

    Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll;Philip D. Evans;Jos A. Bosch

  • Ageing, depression, anxiety, social support and the diurnal rhythm and awakening response of salivary cortisol

    Jennifer L.J. Heaney;Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll

  • Bereavement and marriage are associated with antibody response to influenza vaccination in the elderly

    Anna C. Phillips;Douglas Carroll;Victoria E. Burns;Christopher Ring

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoff Der
Geoff Der University of Glasgow
Jos A. Bosch
Jos A. Bosch University of Amsterdam
Kate Hunt
Kate Hunt University of Stirling
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Christopher Ring
Christopher Ring University of Birmingham
Michaela Benzeval
Michaela Benzeval University of Essex
Chris Hatton
Chris Hatton Manchester Metropolitan University
Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver University of Birmingham
Peter J. Gianaros
Peter J. Gianaros University of Pittsburgh
William R. Lovallo
William R. Lovallo Veterans Health Administration

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