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William B. Malarkey is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, psychology, and neuroscience, with a focus on behavioral neuroscience, clinical psychology, biological psychiatry, oncology, and social psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William B. Malarkey highlight a range of subjects, including cancer patient mental health, aging biomarkers, and inflammation:

  • Depression and anxiety in colorectal cancer patients: Ties to pain, fatigue, and inflammation (2022, Psycho-Oncology)
  • Omega-3 supplementation and stress reactivity of cellular aging biomarkers: an ancillary substudy of a randomized, controlled trial in midlife adults (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Worry and rumination in breast cancer patients: perseveration worsens self-rated health (2020, Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
  • Childhood abuse histories predict steeper inflammatory trajectories across time (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • The gut reaction to couples' relationship troubles: A route to gut dysbiosis through changes in depressive symptoms (2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology)

William B. Malarkey frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, including:

  • Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
  • Annelise A. Madison
  • Megan E. Renna
  • M. Rosie Shrout
  • Rebecca Andridge

Their publications often appear in specific journals with a repeated presence in:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Best Publications

  • Chronic stress and age-related increases in the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6.

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Kristopher J. Preacher;Robert C. MacCallum;Cathie Atkinson

  • Loneliness and health: potential mechanisms.

    John T Cacioppo;Louise C Hawkley;L Elizabeth Crawford;John M Ernst

  • Slowing of wound healing by psychological stress

    Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser;Phillip T Marucha;William B Malarkey;Ana M Mercado

  • Chronic stress alters the immune response to influenza virus vaccine in older adults

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Ronald Glaser;Stefan Gravenstein;William B. Malarkey

  • Hostile Marital Interactions, Proinflammatory Cytokine Production, and Wound Healing

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Timothy J. Loving;Jeffrey R. Stowell;William B. Malarkey

  • Negative Behavior During Marital Conflict Is Associated With Immunological Down-Regulation

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;William B. Malarkey;MaryAnn Chee;Tamara Newton

  • Lonely traits and concomitant physiological processes : the MacArthur social neuroscience studies

    John T Cacioppo;John M Ernst;Mary H Burleson;Martha K McClintock

  • Stress-induced redistribution of immune cells--from barracks to boulevards to battlefields: a tale of three hormones--Curt Richter Award winner

    Firdaus S. Dhabhar;William B. Malarkey;Eric Neri;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Effects of Low-Dose Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR-ld) on Working Adults

    Maryanna D. Klatt;Janet Buckworth;William B. Malarkey

  • Childhood Adversity Heightens the Impact of Later-Life Caregiving Stress on Telomere Length and Inflammation

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Jean-Philippe Gouin;Nan-ping Weng;William B. Malarkey

  • Omega-3 Supplementation Lowers Inflammation and Anxiety in Medical Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Martha A. Belury;Rebecca R. Andridge;William B. Malarkey

  • Stress-Induced Modulation of the Immune Response to Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine

    Ronald Glaser;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Robert H. Bonneau;William Malarkey

  • Stress, Inflammation, and Yoga Practice

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Lisa Christian;Heather Preston;Carrie R. Houts

  • Stress-related changes in proinflammatory cytokine production in wounds.

    Ronald Glaser;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Phillip T. Marucha;Robert C. MacCallum

  • Marital conflict in older adults: endocrinological and immunological correlates

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Ronald Glaser;John T. Cacioppo;Robert C. MacCallum

  • Yoga's Impact on Inflammation, Mood, and Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Jeanette M. Bennett;Rebecca Andridge;Juan Peng

  • Marital Conflict and Endocrine Function: Are Men Really More Physiologically Affected Than Women?

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Tamara Newton;John T. Cacioppo;Robert C. MacCallum

  • Autonomic, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Responses to Psychological Stress: The Reactivity Hypothesisa

    John T. Cacioppo;Gary G. Berntson;William B. Malarkey;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser

  • Chronic stress modulates the immune response to a pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine.

    Ronald Glaser;John Sheridan;William B. Malarkey;Robert C. MacCallum

  • Octreotide Treatment of Acromegaly: A Randomized, Multicenter Study

    Shereen Ezzat;Peter J. Snyder;William Francis Young;Louis D. Boyajy

Frequent Co-Authors

Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University
Ronald Glaser
Ronald Glaser The Ohio State University
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Gary G. Berntson
Gary G. Berntson The Ohio State University
John F. Sheridan
John F. Sheridan The Ohio State University
Jacobo Wortsman
Jacobo Wortsman Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Robert C. MacCallum
Robert C. MacCallum University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles F. Emery
Charles F. Emery The Ohio State University
Rebecca D. Jackson
Rebecca D. Jackson The Ohio State University

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