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72
Citations
14885
World Ranking
19902
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9911

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Gary S. Wand is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on topics related to endocrinology, cardiology, neuroendocrine regulation, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these domains, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

Gary S. Wand's research explores a variety of interconnected topics, notably:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Their recent scholarly contributions include multiple papers published in recognized journals. Significant publications are:

  • The longitudinal association of changes in diurnal cortisol features with fasting glucose: MESA (2020), published in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Associations of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With All-Cause and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study (2022), published in JAMA Network Open
  • Cross-species Association Between Telomere Length and Glucocorticoid Exposure (2021), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Prolonged HPA axis dysregulation in postpartum depression associated with adverse early life experiences: a cross-species translational study (2024), published in Nature Mental Health
  • Changes in Hemodynamic Response Function Resulting From Chronic Alcohol Consumption (2020), published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Mary E. McCaul
  • Joshua J. Joseph
  • Songzhu Zhao
  • David Kline
  • Guy Brock

Gary S. Wand has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians, reflecting their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Stress and the HPA axis: role of glucocorticoids in alcohol dependence

    Mary Ann C. Stephens;Gary Wand

  • Sex differences in striatal dopamine release in healthy adults

    Cynthia A. Munro;Mary E. McCaul;Dean F. Wong;Lynn M. Oswald

  • Relationship between cortisol responses to stress and personality.

    Lynn M Oswald;Peter Zandi;Gerald Nestadt;James B Potash

  • The Role of Cultural Diversity Climate in Recruitment, Promotion, and Retention of Faculty in Academic Medicine

    Eboni G. Price;Aysegul Gozu;David E. Kern;Neil R. Powe

  • Gender differences in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity

    Magdalena Uhart;Rachel Y. Chong;Lynn Oswald;Ping I. Lin

  • Relationships among ventral striatal dopamine release, cortisol secretion, and subjective responses to amphetamine.

    Lynn M Oswald;Dean F Wong;Mary McCaul;Yun Zhou

  • Opioids and alcoholism.

    L.M Oswald;G.S Wand

  • Associations of Salivary Cortisol With Cognitive Function in the Baltimore Memory Study

    Brian K. Lee;Thomas A. Glass;Matthew J. McAtee;Gary S. Wand

  • Chronic Corticosterone Exposure Increases Expression and Decreases Deoxyribonucleic Acid Methylation of Fkbp5 in Mice

    Richard S. Lee;Kellie L. K. Tamashiro;Xiaoju Yang;Ryan H. Purcell

  • Stress, alcohol and drug interaction: an update of human research

    Magdalena Uhart;Gary S. Wand

  • Alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in actively drinking alcoholics.

    Gary S. Wand;Adrian S. Dobs

  • Association of IGF-I Levels with Muscle Strength and Mobility in Older Women

    Anne R. Cappola;Karen Bandeen-Roche;Gary S. Wand;Stefano Volpato

  • The mu-opioid receptor gene polymorphism (A118G) alters HPA axis activation induced by opioid receptor blockade.

    Gary S Wand;Mary McCaul;Xioaju Yang;Joanna Reynolds

  • Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis response to acute psychosocial stress: Effects of biological sex and circulating sex hormones

    Mary Ann C. Stephens;Pamela B. Mahon;Mary E. McCaul;Gary S. Wand

  • Biological Basis of Depression in Adults with Diabetes

    Shivam Champaneri;Gary S. Wand;Saurabh S. Malhotra;Sarah S. Casagrande

  • Higher Levels and Blunted Diurnal Variation of Cortisol in Frail Older Women

    Ravi Varadhan;Jeremy Walston;Anne R. Cappola;Michelle C. Carlson

  • Association of Amphetamine-Induced Striatal Dopamine Release and Cortisol Responses to Psychological Stress

    Gary S Wand;Lynn M Oswald;Lynn M Oswald;Mary E McCaul;Dean F Wong

  • The Mu-Opioid Receptor Polymorphism A118G Predicts Cortisol Responses to Naloxone and Stress

    Rachel Y. Chong;Lynn Oswald;Xiaoju Yang;Magdalena Uhart

  • The cAMP-protein kinase A signal transduction pathway modulates ethanol consumption and sedative effects of ethanol.

    Gary Wand;Michael Levine;Larry Zweifel;William Schwindinger

  • Association between the cortisol response to opioid blockade and the Asn40Asp polymorphism at the μ‐opioid receptor locus (OPRM1)

    Carlos A. Hernandez-Avila;Gary Wand;Xingguang Luo;Joel Gelernter

Frequent Co-Authors

Sherita Hill Golden
Sherita Hill Golden Johns Hopkins University
Dean F. Wong
Dean F. Wong Washington University in St. Louis
James R. Brasic
James R. Brasic New York University
Hiroto Kuwabara
Hiroto Kuwabara Johns Hopkins University
Robert F. Dannals
Robert F. Dannals Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Michael A. Levine
Michael A. Levine Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University
Betty A. Eipper
Betty A. Eipper University of Connecticut Health Center
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

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