Dr. Siobhán Howard wins Early Career Award from the Stress and Anxiety Research Society
SASHLab member and Senior Lecturer in Psychology Dr. Siobhán Howard was recently awarded the international Stress and Anxiety Research Society Early Career Award, at the society's annual meeting in Lublin, Poland. Congratulations, Siobhán! Here we chat to Siobhán about her research career so far, and the next steps in her research. For people not familiar with the area of cardiovascular reactivity – can you tell us a little bit about it? The area of cardiovascular reactivity
Independent Learning Module: The Biological Basis of Cardiovascular Reactivity
A focal point of psychosomatic research has examined the pathogenic influence of psychological stress on physical health. In particular, augmented cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress has received considerable attention due to its association with prospective adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, the precise mechanism by which psychological stress perturbs the cardiovascular system is often poorly understood. As a PhD student researching in the field of
