Laura
R. Stroud, PhD
Assistant
Professor (Research),
Dept.
of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
Staff Psychologist,
The Miriam Hospital
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine
Coro Building, Suite 500
One Hoppin Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Phone: (401) 793-8194 or (401) 454-3889
Email: Laura_Stroud@Brown.edu
Fax: (815) 346-1070 or (401) 793-8059
Laura Stroud, PhD, is an assistant professor of
psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital.
Her broad research interests include, physiological responses to stress,
biobehavioral mechanisms in nicotine dependence and sex differences in
depression. Stroud currently has two lines of research: the first focuses on
the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on physiological (adrenocortical)
responses to stress in adolescents and infants; the second focuses on sex
differences in physiological responses to stress and depression over puberty.
She supervises a number of undergraduate thesis projects and independent
studies. Stroud currently co-teaches an undergraduate course, Stress and
Disease, BC0121 at Brown.
- Faculty Scholar, Tobacco Etiology Research Network of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002
- Career Development Award, National Institute of Mental Health
- New Investigator Research Award from the Society for Research on
Nicotine and Tobacco, 2001
- Junior Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia and Depression
Adrenocortical Stress Reactivity and the Emergence of Sex Differences
in Depression
Laura Stroud, Ph.D. (PI)
The long-term objective of this Junior Investigator Award is to
investigate mechanisms underlying the emergence of gender differences in
depression during puberty/adolescence. This project examines
adrenocortical responses to interpersonal and instrumental stress in pre
and post-pubertal boys and girls. Results have implications for prevention
and treatment of adolescent and adult depression, and for reducing greater
rates of depression in females.
HPA Reactivity, Puberty, & Sex Differences in Depression
Laura Stroud, Ph.D. (PI)
The objective of this mentored patient-oriented research career
development award is to obtain training in stress responses and depression
in adolescents and to develop a program of research examining: a) How do
HPA responses to stress change across puberty in boys and girls? and b) Do
changes in HPA responses to stress over puberty influence the emergence of
sex differences in depression? This work has implications for targeted
intervention and prevention efforts to diminish sex differences in
adolescent depression. It should also elucidate basic interactions between
the gonadal and stress axes over puberty.
Maternal Depression during Pregnancy and Adrenocortical Stress
Reactivity in Infants
Laura Stroud, Ph.D (PI)
Infants born to mothers who are depressed during pregnancy have shown a
variety of behavioral and physiological deficits. However, despite links
between stress, hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical (HPA) functioning
and depression, and preclinical research showing effects of prenatal
stress on offspring HPA functioning, no studies have examined the effects
of maternal depression during pregnancy on infant HPA functioning. The
objective of this Junior Investigator Award is to investigate differences
in adrenocortical reactivity between infants of mothers who were depressed
during pregnancy compared to infants of control mothers.
Prenatal Smoking Exposure and Infant Cortisol Reactivity
Laura Stroud, Ph.D. (PI)
The long-term objective of this study is to elucidate neurobiological
mechanisms underlying the adverse effects of prenatal tobacco exposure.
This study examines differences in adrenocortical reactivity in infants
exposed and unexposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Results will
clarify the distinctive effects of smoking exposure in human offspring,
and should provide pilot data for a program of research examining the
effects of prenatal smoking exposure on HPA stress responses. Results may
also contribute to novel and targeted treatment strategies to reverse
deficits from smoking exposure.
Kassel, J., Stroud, L. R., & Paronis, C.
(In Press). Smoking, stress, and negative affect: Association and
mechanisms across stages of smoking. Psychological Bulletin.
Law, K., Stroud, L., Lagasse, L., Bocanegra, M.,
Niaura, R., & Lester, B. (in press). Maternal smoking during pregnancy
and newborn neurobehavior. Pediatrics.
Niaura, R. S., Todaro, J., Stroud, L.R.,
Ward, K. D., Spiro, A., Aldwin, C., Landsberg, L., & Weiss, S. T. (In
Press). Hostility, The Metabolic Syndrome, and Incident Coronary Heart
Disease. Health Psychology.
Salovey, P., Stroud, L. R., Woolery, A.,
& Epel, E. S. (2002). Perceived emotional intelligence, stress
reactivity, and health: Further explorations using the Trait Meta-Mood
Scale. Psychology and Health, 17, 611-627.
Stroud, L. R., Niaura, R. S., Stoney, C. M.
(2001). Sex differences in cardiovascular reactivity to physical
appearance and performance challenges. International Journal of
Behavioral Medicine, 8, 240-250.
Stroud, L. R., Salovey, P., & Epel, E.
(2002). Sex differences in adrenocortical responses to achievement and
interpersonal stress. Biological Psychiatry, 52, 318.
Stroud, L.
R., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Wilfley, D. E., & Salovey, P. (2000). The
Yale Interpersonal Stressor (YIPS): Affective, physiological, and behavioral
response to a novel interpersonal rejection paradigm. Annals of Behavioral
Medicine, 22, 1-11.
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