Mary Coussons-Read , Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Office: NC 5002M
Office Phone: 303-556-2687
Fax: 303-556-3520

E-mail: mary.coussons-read@cudenver.edu

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Research Interests

Effects of prenatal stress on maternal health and immunity.

Role of maternal stress in pregnancy complications and poor birth outcomes.

Impact of perinatal stress on early immunological and behavioral development.

Opioid-induced alterations in immune function and infection.

Pavolvian conditioning of immune responses.

Representative Publications

Coussons-Read. M.E. (in press) Neural-immune consequences of environmental and psychological stress in pregnancy, In S.G.Pandalai, (Ed.), Recent Progress in Life Sciences, Vol. 5

Coussons-Read, M.E. and Simms, S. (2003) The Psychoneuroimmunology of Pregnancy, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 21 (2), 103-112.

Coussons-Read, M.E., Mazzeo, R.S., Whitford, M.H., Schmitt, M., Moore, L.G., and Zamudio, S. (2002) Altitude-related changes in levels of catecholamines and proinflammatory cytokines in normal pregnancy. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 48, 344-354.

Mattes, C. G., Nanney, R., and Coussons-Read, M.E. (2003) The Online University: Who are its students and how are they unique? Journal of Educational Computing Psychology, 28, 89-102.