Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.A., Wake Forest University 2015
  • Ph.D., University of Miami 1986
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2015
  • Associate Research Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2015
  • Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2013
  • Associate Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2002 - 2006
  • Assistant Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2001 - 2002
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1992 - 2001
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Vice Chair of Research Administration, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2013 to present
    
    Director, Clinical Research Unit (CRU), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2012 to present
    
    Chair, CRU Directors' Quality Assurance (QA) Committee, 2014
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2017
  • Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2014
  • Stress and Behavior in Health and Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 1989 - 2011
  • Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2010
  • Hostility & Chd--Sns Lipid & Cell Molecular Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2002
  • Hostility & Chd: Sns, Lipid, & Cell-Molecular Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 1999
  • Surveillance And Analysis Of The Unc Alumni Heart Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1999
  • Pathogenic Mechanisms Linking Hostility To Cgd In Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 1991 - 1997
  • Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1996
  • Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 1992 - 1996
  • Hostility And Pathogenic Mecanisms Of Chd In Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 1991 - 1996
  • Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 1991 - 1996
  • Biobehavioral Factors In Coronary Heart Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 1996
  • Biobehaviorial Factors In Coronary Heart Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1996
  • Hostility & Coronary Risk: Role Of Weak Vagal Function awarded by National Institutes of Health 1991 - 1995
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Greeson, JM, Zarrin, H, Smoski, MJ, Brantley, JG, Lynch, TR, Webber, DM, Hall, MH, Suarez, EC, and Wolever, RQ. "Mindfulness Meditation Targets Transdiagnostic Symptoms Implicated in Stress-Related Disorders: Understanding Relationships between Changes in Mindfulness, Sleep Quality, and Physical Symptoms." Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : Ecam 2018 (January 2018): 4505191-null.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Beckham, JC, and Green, KT. "The Relation of Light-to-Moderate Alcohol Consumption to Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Adults: the Moderating Effects of Depressive Symptom Severity, Adiposity, and Sex." International journal of behavioral medicine 24, no. 6 (December 2017): 927-936.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, and Sundy, JS. "The cortisol:C-reactive protein ratio and negative affect reactivity in depressed adults." Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 36, no. 9 (September 2017): 852-862.  Full Text
    • Greeson, JM, Smoski, MJ, Suarez, EC, Brantley, JG, Ekblad, AG, Lynch, TR, and Wolever, RQ. "Decreased symptoms of depression after mindfulness-based stress reduction: potential moderating effects of religiosity, spirituality, trait mindfulness, sex, and age." Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) 21, no. 3 (March 2015): 166-174.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Sundy, JS, and Erkanli, A. "Depressogenic vulnerability and gender-specific patterns of neuro-immune dysregulation: What the ratio of cortisol to C-reactive protein can tell us about loss of normal regulatory control." Brain, behavior, and immunity 44 (February 2015): 137-147.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Sundy, JS, and Erkanli, A. "Depressogenic vulnerability and gender-specific patterns of neuro-immune dysregulation: What the ratio of cortisol to C-reactive protein can tell us about loss of normal regulatory control." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 44 (January 1, 2015): 137-147.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, and Schramm-Sapyta, NL. "Race differences in the relation of vitamins A, C, E, and β-carotene to metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers." Nutrition Research 34, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 1-10.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Schramm-Sapyta, NL, Vann Hawkins, T, and Erkanli, A. "Depression inhibits the anti-inflammatory effects of leisure time physical activity and light to moderate alcohol consumption." Brain Behav Immun 32 (August 2013): 144-152.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Schramm-Sapyta, NL, Hawkins, TV, and Erkanli, A. "Depression inhibits the anti-inflammatory effects of leisure time physical activity and light to moderate alcohol consumption." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 32 (January 1, 2013): 144-152.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, and Schramm-Sapyta, NL. "Race differences in the relation of vitamins A, C, E, and β-carotene to metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers." Nutrition Research (2013).
    • Suarez, EC. "Low Beta-Carotene Levels are Associated with Elevated Insulin and Insulin Resistance in Healthy African American Men and Women." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012).  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Depression Inhibits the Positive Effects of Exercise and Light-to-Moderate Alcohol Consumption on C-Reactive Protein Levels." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012).  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "DEPRESSION REVERSES THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF LIGHT-TO-MODERATE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 43 (April 2012): S157-S157.  Link to Item
    • Greeson, JM, Webber, DM, Smoski, MJ, Brantley, JG, Ekblad, AG, Suarez, EC, and Wolever, RQ. "Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction." Journal of Behavioral Medicine 34, no. 6 (December 2011): 508-518.  Full Text
    • Neumann, SA, Maier, KJ, Brown, JP, Giggey, PP, Cooper, DC, Synowski, SJ, Goble, LA, Suarez, EC, and Waldstein, SR. "Cardiovascular and psychological reactivity and recovery from harassment in a biracial sample of high and low hostile men and women." International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 18, no. 1 (2011): 52-64.  Full Text
    • Low, Y, Suarez, EC, Omonuwa, T, Goforth, HW, and Krystal, AD. "A PILOT STUDY: IMPROVEMENT IN INSOMNIA SEVERITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED SOLUBLE CD4-LIGAND IN HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENTS." SLEEP 33 (2010): A26-A27.  Link to Item
    • Maier, KJ, Goble, LA, Neumann, SA, Giggey, PP, Suarez, EC, and Waldstein, SR. "Dimensions Across Measures of Dispositional Hostility, Expressive Style, and Depression Show Some Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Young Adults." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 28, no. 10 (December 2009): 1199-1225.  Full Text
    • Darnall, BD, and Suarez, EC. "Sex and gender in psychoneuroimmunology research: past, present and future." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 23, no. 5 (July 2009): 595-604. (Review)  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC. "Introduction to the Special Issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: Gender, Ethnicity and Immunity: the new frontier." Brain Behav Immun 23, no. 5 (July 2009): 593-594.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Greeson, JM, Lewis, JG, Achanzar, K, Zimmerman, E, Young, KH, and Suarez, EC. "Stress-induced changes in the expression of monocytic beta2-integrins: the impact of arousal of negative affect and adrenergic responses to the Anger Recall Interview." Brain Behav Immun 23, no. 2 (February 2009): 251-256.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Shill, JE, Feinglos, MN, and Suarez, EC. "Offspring of patients with diabetes exhibit a clustering of psychosocial distress and inflammatory and metabolic risk factors." Diabetes Care 31, no. 11 (November 2008): e86-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Self-reported symptoms of sleep disturbance and inflammation, coagulation, insulin resistance and psychosocial distress: evidence for gender disparity." Brain Behav Immun 22, no. 6 (August 2008): 960-968.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Shill, JE, Feinglos, MN, and Suarez, EC. "Psychosocial distress, metabolic and inflammatory abnormalities in first-degree relatives of diabetic subjects." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S108-S108.  Link to Item
    • Boyle, SH, Jackson, WG, and Suarez, EC. "Hostility, anger, and depression predict increases in C3 over a 10-year period." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 21, no. 6 (August 2007): 816-823.  Full Text
    • Boyle, SH, Michalek, JE, and Suarez, EC. "Covariation of psychological attributes and incident coronary heart disease in U.S. Air Force veterans of the Vietnam war." Psychosom Med 68, no. 6 (November 2006): 844-850.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Boyle, SH, Lewis, JG, Hall, RP, and Young, KH. "Increases in stimulated secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by blood monocytes following arousal of negative affect: the role of insulin resistance as moderator." Brain Behav Immun 20, no. 4 (July 2006): 331-338.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Sex differences in the relation of depressive symptoms, hostility, and anger expression to indices of glucose metabolism in nondiabetic adults." Health Psychol 25, no. 4 (July 2006): 484-492.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, and Krishnan, KRR. "The relation of free plasma tryptophan to anger, hostility, and aggression in a nonpatient sample of adult men and women." Ann Behav Med 31, no. 3 (June 2006): 254-260.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Lewis, JG, Krishnan, RR, and Young, KH. "Enhanced expression of cytokines and chemokines by blood monocytes to in vitro lipopolysaccharide stimulation are associated with hostility and severity of depressive symptoms in healthy women." Psychoneuroendocrinology 29, no. 9 (October 2004): 1119-1128.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC. "C-reactive protein is associated with psychological risk factors of cardiovascular disease in apparently healthy adults." Psychosomatic Medicine 66, no. 5 (September 2004): 684-691.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Saab, PG, Llabre, MM, Kuhn, CM, and Zimmerman, E. "Ethnicity, gender, and age effects on adrenoceptors and physiological responses to emotional stress." Psychophysiology 41, no. 3 (May 2004): 450-460.  Full Text
    • Kahn, JP. "Hostility, coronary risk, and alpha-adrenergic to beta-adrenergic receptor density ratio." Psychosomatic Medicine 66, no. 2 (March 2004): 289-290. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Sherwood, A, Hughes, JW, Blumenthal, JA, Suarez, EC, and Hinderliter, AL. "Hostility, coronary risk, and alpha-adrenergic to beta-adrenergic receptor density ratio - Response." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 66, no. 2 (2004): 290-290.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Plasma interleukin-6 is associated with psychological coronary risk factors: moderation by use of multivitamin supplements." Brain Behav Immun 17, no. 4 (August 2003): 296-303.  Link to Item
    • Hughes, JW, Sherwood, A, Blumenthal, JA, Suarez, EC, and Hinderliter, AL. "Hostility, social support, and adrenergic receptor responsiveness among African-American and white men and women." Psychosom Med 65, no. 4 (July 2003): 582-587.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Joint effect of hostility and severity of depressive symptoms on plasma interleukin-6 concentration." Psychosom Med 65, no. 4 (July 2003): 523-527.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Krishnan, RR, and Lewis, JG. "The relation of severity of depressive symptoms to monocyte-associated proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in apparently healthy men." Psychosomatic Medicine 65, no. 3 (May 2003): 362-368.  Full Text
    • Williams, RB, Marchuk, DA, Gadde, KM, Barefoot, JC, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Lewis, JG, Schanberg, SM, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, Clary, GL, Svenson, IK, and Siegler, IC. "Serotonin-related gene polymorphisms and central nervous system serotonin function." Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 28, no. 3 (March 2003): 533-541.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Lewis, JG, and Kuhn, C. "The relation of aggression, hostility, and anger to lipopolysaccharide-stimulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha by blood monocytes from normal men." Brain Behav Immun 16, no. 6 (December 2002): 675-684.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Krishnan, RR, and Lewis, JG. "Severity of depressive symptoms and hostility jointly predict interleukin-6 levels in healthy men." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 64, no. 1 (2002): 112-112.  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Marchuk, DA, Gadde, KM, Barefoot, JC, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Lewis, JG, Schanberg, SM, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, Clary, GL, Svenson, IK, and Siegler, IC. "Psychosocial risk factors for CHD and biobehavioral mechanisms: The role of CNS serotonin and serotonin-related genes." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 64, no. 1 (2002): 86-87.  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Marchuk, DA, Gadde, KM, Barefoot, JC, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Lewis, JG, Schanberg, SM, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, Clary, GL, Svenson, IK, and Siegler, IC. "Central nervous system serotonin function and cardiovascular responses to stress." Psychosomatic Medicine 63, no. 2 (March 2001): 300-305.  Full Text
    • Bardwell, WA, Heeren, MM, Suarez, EC, and Mills, PJ. "Gender, hostility & lymphocyte CD62L." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 63, no. 1 (2001): 136-136.  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Marchuk, DA, Gadde, KM, Barefoot, JC, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Lewis, JG, Schanberg, SM, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, Clary, GL, Svenson, IK, and Siegler, IC. "Lower SES and increased illness risk: A role for gene-environment interactions?." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 63, no. 1 (2001): 111-111.  Link to Item
    • Bunting, CJ, Tolson, H, Kuhn, C, Suarez, E, and Williams, RB. "Physiological stress response of the neuroendocrine system during outdoor adventure tasks." Journal of Leisure Research 32, no. 2 (June 1, 2000): 191-207.
    • Williams, RB, Barefoot, JC, Clary, G, Gadde, KM, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Marchuk, DA, Schanberg, SM, Siegler, IC, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, and Svenson, IK. "Serotonin transporter genotypes, CSF5HIAA, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress." BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 47, no. 8 (April 15, 2000): 10S-10S.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Barefoot, JC, Gadde, KM, Helms, MJ, Grichnik, K, Kuhn, CM, Lewis, JG, Schanberg, SM, Siegler, IC, Stafford-Smit, M, and Williams, RB. "CSF-5-HIAA, stress, and cytokine and adhesion molecule expression on blood monocytes." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 62, no. 1 (2000): 150-150.  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Barefoot, JC, Clary, GL, Gadde, KM, Grichnik, K, Helms, MJ, Kuhn, CM, Marchuk, DA, Schanberg, SM, Siegler, IC, Stafford-Smith, M, Suarez, EC, and Svenson, IK. "Serotonin transporter promoter genotypes, CNS serotonin turnover, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 62, no. 1 (2000): 101-101.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC. "Relations of trait depression and anxiety to low lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in healthy young adult women." Psychosomatic Medicine 61, no. 3 (May 1999): 273-279.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, and Harralson, TL. "Hostility-related differences in the associations between stress-induced physiological reactivity and lipid concentrations in young healthy women." Int J Behav Med 6, no. 2 (1999): 190-203.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Sherwood, A, and Hinderliter, AL. "Hostility and adrenergic receptor responsiveness: evidence of reduced beta-receptor responsiveness in high hostile men." J Psychosom Res 44, no. 2 (February 1998): 261-267.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Bates, MP, and Harralson, TL. "The relation of hostility to lipids and lipoproteins in women: evidence for the role of antagonistic hostility." Ann Behav Med 20, no. 2 (1998): 59-63.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Kuhn, CM, Schanberg, SM, Williams, RB, and Zimmermann, EA. "Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and emotional responses of hostile men: the role of interpersonal challenge." Psychosomatic Medicine 60, no. 1 (January 1998): 78-88.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Shiller, AD, Kuhn, CM, Schanberg, S, Williams, RB, and Zimmermann, EA. "The relationship between hostility and beta-adrenergic receptor physiology in health young males." Psychosomatic Medicine 59, no. 5 (September 1997): 481-487.  Full Text
    • Luecken, LJ, Suarez, EC, Kuhn, CM, Barefoot, JC, Blumenthal, JA, Siegler, IC, and Williams, RB. "Stress in employed women: impact of marital status and children at home on neurohormone output and home strain." Psychosomatic Medicine 59, no. 4 (July 1997): 352-359.  Full Text
    • Williams, RB, Barefoot, JC, Blumenthal, JA, Helms, MJ, Luecken, L, Pieper, CF, Siegler, IC, and Suarez, EC. "Psychosocial correlates of job strain in a sample of working women." Archives of General Psychiatry 54, no. 6 (June 1997): 543-548.  Full Text
    • Harralson, TL, Suarez, EC, and Lawler, KA. "Cardiovascular reactivity among hostile men and women: the effects of sex and anger suppression." Women's health (Hillsdale, N.J.) 3, no. 2 (1997): 151-164.
    • Siegler, HC, Blumenthal, JA, Barefoot, JC, Peterson, BL, Saunders, WB, Dahlstrom, WG, Costa, PT, Suarez, EC, Helms, MJ, Maynard, KE, and Williams, RB. "Personality factors differentially predict exercise behavior in men and women." Womens Health 3, no. 1 (1997): 61-70.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Bartolome, JV, Kuhn, CB, Schanberg, SM, Williams, RB, and Zimmermann, EA. "The influence of dietary cholesterol on cardiac and hepatic Beta-adrenergic receptors in egyptian sand rats." Int J Behav Med 4, no. 2 (1997): 179-188.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Szczepanski, R, Napolitano, M, Feaganes, JR, Barefoot, JC, Luecken, L, Swoap, RS, Kuhn, C, Suarez, E, Siegler, IC, Williams, RB, and Blumenthal, JA. "Relation of mood ratings and neurohormonal responses during daily life in employed women." Int J Behav Med 4, no. 1 (1997): 1-16.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Sasaki, M, Lewis, JG, Kuhn, CM, Schanberg, SM, Suarez, EC, Feaganes, JR, and Adams, DO. "Differential responsivity of monocyte cytokine and adhesion proteins in high- and low-hostile humans." Int J Behav Med 4, no. 3 (1997): 264-272.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • CURTIN, SG, WALTON, OE, BAREFOOT, JC, FREDRICKSON, B, HELMS, MJ, KUHN, CM, SUAREZ, EC, and WILLIAMS, RB. "VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA - EFFECTS OF AFFECTIVE RESPONSE, GENDER AND HOSTILITY OF THE VIEWER UPON NEUROENDOCRINE REACTIVITY." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 57, no. 1 (1995): 73-73.  Link to Item
    • SUAREZ, EC, HARRALSON, TL, BATES, MP, TYREY, M, and MCNEER, TC. "NEUROENDOCRINE RESPONSES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LIPIDS IN HOSTILE WOMEN." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 57, no. 1 (1995): 92-92.  Link to Item
    • SUAREZ, EC, HARRALSON, TL, TYREY, MJ, BATES, MP, and MCNEER, TC. "INCREASED DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER LIPIDS." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 57, no. 1 (1995): 67-67.  Link to Item
    • SHILLER, AD, SUAREZ, EC, KUHN, CM, SCHANBERG, SM, and WILLIAMS, RB. "HOSTILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHOCYTE BETA2 ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR ADENYLATE-CYCLASE ACTIVITY." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 56, no. 2 (1994): 174-174.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Harlan, E, Peoples, MC, and Williams, RB. "Cardiovascular and emotional responses in women: the role of hostility and harassment." Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 12, no. 6 (November 1993): 459-468.  Full Text
    • Brindley, DN, McCann, BS, Niaura, R, Stoney, CM, and Suarez, EC. "Stress and lipoprotein metabolism: Modulators and mechanisms." Metabolism 42, no. 9 SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 1993): 3-15.  Full Text
    • Brindley, DN, McCann, BS, Niaura, R, Stoney, CM, and Suarez, EC. "Stress and lipoprotein metabolism: Modulators and mechanisms." Metabolism 42, no. 9 SUPPL. 1 (1993): 3-15.  Full Text
    • Suarez, EC, Williams, RB, Kuhn, CM, Zimmerman, EH, and Schanberg, SM. "Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-age men. Part II: Serum cholesterol, the Type A behavior pattern, and hostility as interactive modulators of physiological reactivity." Psychosom Med 53, no. 5 (September 1991): 528-537.  Link to Item
    • Williams, RB, Suarez, EC, Kuhn, CM, Zimmerman, EA, and Schanberg, SM. "Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-aged men. Part I: Evidence for chronic SNS activation in Type As." Psychosomatic Medicine 53, no. 5 (September 1991): 517-527.  Full Text
    • SUAREZ, EC, WILLIAMS, RB, HARLAN, ES, and PEOPLES, MC. "DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF ANTAGONISTIC AND NEUROTIC HOSTILITY ON CARDIOVASCULAR-RESPONSES IN WOMEN." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 53, no. 2 (1991): 234-234.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, and Blumenthal, JA. "Ambulatory blood pressure responses during daily life in high and low hostile patients with a recent myocardial infarction." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 11, no. 3 (January 1, 1991): 169-175.  Full Text
    • SIEGLER, IC, PETERSON, BL, BAREFOOT, JC, DAHLSTROM, WG, SUAREZ, EC, and WILLIAMS, RB. "HOSTILITY LEVELS AT AGE-19 PREDICT LIPID RISK PROFILES AT AGE-42." CIRCULATION 82, no. 4 (October 1990): 228-228.  Link to Item
    • SUAREZ, EC, WILLIAMS, RB, HARLAN, ES, and PEOPLES, MC. "ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE AFFECTS CARDIOVASCULAR-RESPONSES IN LOW HOSTILE WOMEN." CIRCULATION 82, no. 4 (October 1990): 577-577.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, and Williams, RB. "The relationships between dimensions of hostility and cardiovascular reactivity as a function of task characteristics." Psychosomatic Medicine 52, no. 5 (September 1990): 558-570.  Full Text
    • SUAREZ, EC, and BLUMENTHAL, JA. "CARDIOVASCULAR LEVELS DURING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN HIGH AND LOW HOSTILE PATIENTS WITH A RECENT MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 52, no. 2 (1990): 235-235.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, and Williams, RB. "Situational determinants of cardiovascular and emotional reactivity in high and low hostile men." Psychosom Med 51, no. 4 (July 1989): 404-418.  Link to Item
    • SUAREZ, EC, WILLIAMS, RB, KUHN, CM, and SCHANBERG, SM. "TYPE-A BEHAVIOR AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS PREDICT NEURO-ENDOCRINE REACTIVITY TO MENTAL ARITHMETIC STRESS." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 51, no. 2 (1989): 250-250.  Link to Item
    • Muranaka, M, Lane, JD, Suarez, EC, Anderson, NB, Suzuki, J, and Williams, RB. "Stimulus-specific patterns of cardiovascular reactivity in type A and B subjects: evidence for enhanced vagal reactivity in type B." Psychophysiology 25, no. 3 (May 1988): 330-338.  Link to Item
    • SUAREZ, EC, WILLIAMS, RB, and MCRAE, AR. "HIGH SCORES ON THE COOK AND MEDLEY HOSTILITY (HO) SCALE PREDICT INCREASED CARDIOVASCULAR-RESPONSES TO HARASSMENT." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 50, no. 2 (1988): 192-192.  Link to Item
    • WILLIAMS, RB, SUAREZ, EC, MCCOWN, NO, KUHN, CM, and SCHANBERG, SM. "BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF CORONARY-PRONE BEHAVIOR IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 50, no. 2 (1988): 202-202.  Link to Item
    • MURANAKA, M, LANE, JD, SUAREZ, EC, ANDERSON, NB, SUZUKI, J, and WILLIAMS, RB. "AUTONOMIC BALANCE IN TYPE-A AND TYPE-B PERSONS - LARGER FOREARM VASOCONSTRICTION AND VAGAL REFLEX IN TYPE-BS DURING COLD FACE STIMULUS." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 49, no. 2 (1987): 207-207.  Link to Item
    • Llabre, MM, and Suarez, E. "Predicting Math Anxiety and Course Performance in College Women and Men." Journal of Counseling Psychology 32, no. 2 (April 1, 1985): 283-287.  Full Text
    • Lake, BW, Suarez, EC, Schneiderman, N, and Tocci, N. "The type A behavior pattern, physical fitness, and psychophysiological reactivity." Health Psychology 4, no. 2 (1985): 169-187.

  • Book Sections

    • Suarez, EC. "The Association Between Measures of Inflammation and Psychological Factors Associated with an Increased Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Hostility, Anger and Depressed Mood and Symptoms." In The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology. November 21, 2012.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Suarez, EC, and Sundy, JS. "Abstract # 1718 Neuro-immune dysregulation and depressive vulnerability: The Cortisol:C-reactive protein ratio predicts context-dependent negative affect reactivity in men and women with elevated symptoms of depression." : Elsevier BV, October 2016.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Smoski, MJ, Suarez, EC, Brantley, J, Wolever, RQ, and Greeson, JM. "Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Across the Adult Lifespan." March 2015.  Full Text
    • Shill, JE, Feinglos, MN, and Suarez, EC. "Gender as moderator of inflammatory markers and risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy subjects." June 2007.  Link to Item
    • Suarez, EC, Shiller, AD, Kuhn, CM, Schanberg, SM, Williams, RB, and Zimmermann, EA. "The joint effect of social support and hostility on beta2-adrenoceptor function." 1998.  Full Text  Link to Item

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