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Edward C Suarez

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 3328 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
490 N Orchid Tree Ln, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Research Interests


  • The effectiveness of Personalized Health Planning in the prevention and intervention of cardiometabolic disease in patients with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes with comorbid depression
  • Development of biomarker for the prediction of mood disorders and emotional stress reactivity in adults and children.
  • Sex differences in the relation of poor sleep to cardiometabolic risk factors and risk of disease.
  • Racial differences in the relation of anti-oxidant micronutrients to early risk markers of cardiometabolic diseases
  • Social justice theories and health disparities. 

Selected Grants


Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2017

Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2014

Stress and Behavior in Health and Disease

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1989 - 2011

Mechanisms of Mindfulness: Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Physiology & CVD Risk

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2010

Hostility & Chd--Sns Lipid & Cell Molecular Mechanisms

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2002

Hostility & Chd: Sns, Lipid, & Cell-Molecular Mechanisms

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999

Surveillance And Analysis Of The Unc Alumni Heart Study

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1999

Pathogenic Mechanisms Linking Hostility To Cgd In Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1997

Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1996

Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 1996

Hostility And Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Chd In Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1996

Hostility And Pathogenic Mecanisms Of Chd In Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1996

Biobehavioral Factors In Coronary Heart Disease

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1996

Biobehaviorial Factors In Coronary Heart Disease

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1996

Hostility & Coronary Risk: Role Of Weak Vagal Function

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1995