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Aoife O'Donovan is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a primary focus on Clinical Psychology. They have contributed substantially to subfields including Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organic Chemistry, and General Health Professions.

The main topics of O'Donovan's work include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Psilocybin for Trauma-Related Disorders," 2022, published in Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
  • "Relationships of inflammation trajectories with white matter volume and integrity in midlife," 2020, published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infection Among Vaccinated Adults," 2022, published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Compounding Stress: Childhood Adversity as a Risk Factor for Adulthood Trauma Exposure in the Health and Retirement Study," 2020, published in Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • "Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Mobile-Based Attention-Bias Modification for Posttraumatic Stress Using Personalized Word Stimuli," 2020, published in Clinical Psychological Science

O'Donovan collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Thomas C. Neylan
  • Kristen Nishimi
  • Paige Tripp
  • David Bürgin
  • Sabra S. Inslicht

Best Publications

  • Good Stress, Bad Stress and Oxidative Stress: Insights from Anticipatory Cortisol Reactivity

    Kirstin Aschbacher;Aoife O’Donovan;Aoife O’Donovan;Owen M. Wolkowitz;Firdaus S. Dhabhar

  • The Power of Exercise: Buffering the Effect of Chronic Stress on Telomere Length

    Eli Puterman;Jue Lin;Elizabeth Blackburn;Aoife O'Donovan;Aoife O'Donovan

  • Black sheep get the blues: A psychobiological model of social rejection and depression

    George M. Slavich;Aoife O’Donovan;Elissa S. Epel;Margaret E. Kemeny

  • Clinical anxiety, cortisol and interleukin-6: evidence for specificity in emotion-biology relationships.

    Aoife O’Donovan;Brian M. Hughes;George M. Slavich;Lydia Lynch

  • Childhood Trauma Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Aoife O'Donovan;Elissa Epel;Jue Lin;Owen Wolkowitz

  • Elevated risk for autoimmune disorders in iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Aoife O’Donovan;Aoife O’Donovan;Beth E. Cohen;Beth E. Cohen;Karen H. Seal;Karen H. Seal;Dan Bertenthal

  • Suicidal ideation is associated with elevated inflammation in patients with major depressive disorder

    Aoife O'Donovan;M B Gavin Rush;Gerard Hoatam;Brian M. Hughes

  • Does cellular aging relate to patterns of allostasis? An examination of basal and stress reactive HPA axis activity and telomere length

    A. Janet Tomiyama;Aoife O'Donovan;Jue Lin;Eli Puterman

  • Pessimism correlates with leukocyte telomere shortness and elevated interleukin-6 in post-menopausal women.

    A. O’Donovan;A. O’Donovan;J. Lin;F.S. Dhabhar;O. Wolkowitz

  • Stress appraisals and cellular aging: A key role for anticipatory threat in the relationship between psychological stress and telomere length

    Aoife O’Donovan;A. Janet Tomiyama;Jue Lin;Eli Puterman

  • Exaggerated neurobiological sensitivity to threat as a mechanism linking anxiety with increased risk for diseases of aging

    Aoife O’Donovan;George M. Slavich;Elissa S. Epel;Thomas C. Neylan

  • Educational attainment and late life telomere length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

    Nancy Adler;Matthew S. Pantell;Aoife O’Donovan;Aoife O’Donovan;Elizabeth Blackburn

  • Physical activity moderates effects of stressor-induced rumination on cortisol reactivity

    Eli Puterman;Aoife O'Donovan;Nancy E. Adler;A. Janet Tomiyama

  • Transcriptional control of monocyte gene expression in post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Aoife O'Donovan;Bing Sun;Steve Cole;Hans Rempel

  • Oxytocin administration enhances controlled social cognition in patients with schizophrenia

    J.D. Woolley;J.D. Woolley;B. Chuang;O. Lam;W. Lai

  • Citation Analysis of Skinner’s Verbal Behavior: 1984–2004

    Simon Dymond;Denis O'Hora;Robert Whelan;Aoife O'Donovan

  • Lifetime exposure to traumatic psychological stress is associated with elevated inflammation in the heart and soul study

    Aoife O’Donovan;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas Metzler;Beth E. Cohen

  • Anxiety is associated with higher levels of global DNA methylation and altered expression of epigenetic and interleukin-6 genes.

    Therese M. Murphy;Aoife O’Donovan;Niamh Mullins;Cliona O’Farrelly

  • Altered inflammatory activity associated with reduced hippocampal volume and more severe posttraumatic stress symptoms in Gulf War veterans.

    Aoife O’Donovan;Linda L. Chao;Jennifer Paulson;Kristin W. Samuelson

  • Suppressed monocyte gene expression profile in men versus women with PTSD.

    Thomas C. Neylan;Bing Sun;Bing Sun;Hans Rempel;Hans Rempel;Jessica Ross;Jessica Ross

  • Current posttraumatic stress disorder and exaggerated threat sensitivity associated with elevated inflammation in the Mind Your Heart Study.

    Aoife O’Donovan;Ashkan J. Ahmadian;Thomas C. Neylan;Mark A. Pacult

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Anne Richards
Anne Richards Birkbeck, University of London
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Elizabeth H. Blackburn University of California, San Francisco
Daniel H. Mathalon
Daniel H. Mathalon University of California, San Francisco
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
George M. Slavich
George M. Slavich University of California, Los Angeles
Margaret E. Kemeny
Margaret E. Kemeny University of California, San Francisco
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco

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