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Overview

Mary A Fletcher is affiliated with Nova Southeastern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to the subfields of psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, physiology, immunology, and applied psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • HIV Research and Treatment

Mary A Fletcher has published articles in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Life Sciences
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • BMC Psychology
  • Journal of Immunological Methods
  • Vaccine

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mary A Fletcher include:

  • "Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender-specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS" (2020, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
  • "A common language for Gulf War Illness (GWI) research studies: GWI common data elements" (2021, Life Sciences)
  • "The impact of post-traumatic stress on quality of life and fatigue in women with Gulf War Illness" (2022, BMC Psychology)
  • "Evaluation of natural killer cell assay performance on shipped blood specimens" (2021, Journal of Immunological Methods)
  • "The effect of stress on the transcriptomes of circulating immune cells in patients with Gulf War Illness" (2021, Life Sciences)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nancy G. Klimas
  • Travis J. A. Craddock
  • Fanny Collado
  • Amanpreet Cheema
  • Kimberly Sullivan

Best Publications

  • Immunologic abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Nancy G. Klimas;F. R. Salvato;R. Morgan;Mary A. Fletcher

  • Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Intrusive Thoughts, Loss, and Immune Function after Hurricane Andrew

    Gail Ironson;Christina Wynings;Neil Schneiderman;Andrew Baum

  • High risk of HIV-related mortality is associated with selenium deficiency

    M K Baum;G Shor-Posner;S Lai;G Zhang

  • Evaluation of heterosexual partners, children, and household contacts of adults with AIDS

    Margaret A. Fischl;Gordon M. Dickinson;Gwendolyn B. Scott;Nancy Klimas

  • Massage Therapy is Associated with Enhancement of the Immune System's Cytotoxic Capacity

    Gail Ironson;Tiffany Field;Frank Scafidi;Michiyo Hashimoto

  • Social support, positive states of mind, and HIV treatment adherence in men and women living with HIV/AIDS.

    Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Frank J. Penedo;Michael H. Antoni;Ron E. Durán

  • Psychosocial factors predict CD4 and viral load change in men and women with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral treatment.

    Gail Ironson;Conall O'Cleirigh;Mary Ann Fletcher;Jean Philippe Laurenceau

  • An Increase in Religiousness/Spirituality Occurs After HIV Diagnosis and Predicts Slower Disease Progression over 4 Years in People with HIV.

    Gail Ironson;Rick Stuetzle;Mary Ann Fletcher

  • Changes in cognitive coping skills and social support during cognitive behavioral stress management intervention and distress outcomes in symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive gay men.

    Susan K. Lutgendorf;Michael H. Antoni;Gail Ironson;Kathleen Starr

  • Mothers of infants with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Evidence for both symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers

    Gwendolyn B. Scott;Margaret A. Fischl;Nancy Klimas;Mary Ann Fletcher

  • Plasma cytokines in women with chronic fatigue syndrome

    Mary Ann Fletcher;Xiao Rong Zeng;Zachary Barnes;Silvina Levis

  • Breast cancer patients have improved immune and neuroendocrine functions following massage therapy

    Maria Hernandez-Reif;Gail Ironson;Tiffany Field;Judith Hurley

  • A formal analysis of cytokine networks in chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Gordon Broderick;Jim Fuite;Andrea Kreitz;Suzanne D. Vernon

  • Exercise intervention attenuates emotional distress and natural killer cell decrements following notification of positive serologic status for HIV-1

    Arthur R. LaPerriere;Michael H. Antoni;Neil Schneiderman;Gail Ironson

  • Randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral stress management on human immunodeficiency virus viral load in gay men treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    Michael H. Antoni;Adam W. Carrico;Ron E. Durán;Susan Spitzer

  • Dispositional optimism and the mechanisms by which it predicts slower disease progression in HIV: proactive behavior, avoidant coping, and depression.

    Gail Ironson;Elizabeth Balbin;Rick Stuetzle;Mary Ann Fletcher

  • Cognitive-behavioral stress management decreases dysphoric mood and herpes simplex virus-type 2 antibody titers in symptomatic HIV-seropositive gay men.

    Susan K. Lutgendorf;Michael H. Antoni;Gail Ironson;Nancy Klimas

  • Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention effects on anxiety, 24-hr urinary norepinephrine output, and T-cytotoxic/suppressor cells over time among symptomatic HIV-infected gay men.

    Michael H. Antoni;Dean G. Cruess;Stacy Cruess;Susan Lutgendorf

  • Active coping style is associated with natural killer cell cytotoxicity in asymptomatic HIV-1 seropositive homosexual men

    Karl Goodkin;Nancy T. Blaney;Daniel Feaster;Mary Ann Fletcher

  • Cognitive-behavioral stress management reduces distress and 24-hour urinary free cortisol output among symptomatic HIV-infected gay men.

    Michael H. Antoni;Stacy Cruess;Dean G. Cruess;Mahendra Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy G. Klimas
Nancy G. Klimas Nova Southeastern University
Gail Ironson
Gail Ironson University of Miami
Neil Schneiderman
Neil Schneiderman University of Miami
Michael H. Antoni
Michael H. Antoni University of Miami
Margaret A. Fischl
Margaret A. Fischl University of Miami
Susan K. Lutgendorf
Susan K. Lutgendorf University of Iowa
Carl Eisdorfer
Carl Eisdorfer University of Miami
Daniel J. Feaster
Daniel J. Feaster University of Miami
Frank J. Penedo
Frank J. Penedo University of Miami
Joseph R. Berger
Joseph R. Berger University of Pennsylvania

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