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Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

Stephanie Wilson

Assistant Professor stephaniewilson@uab.edu
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Research Interests: Adulthood and aging, Close relationships, Social interaction, Psychoneuroimmunology, Ecological momentary assessment, Multitemporal longitudinal assessment

Office Hours: By appointment

Education:

  • B.A., Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, Psychology
  • M.S., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Human Development and Family Studies
  • Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Human Development and Family Studies
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, Psychoneuroimmunology

Dr. Wilson started the SHARE lab (the Study of Health, Aging, and Relationships) to investigate the biopsychosocial paths by which close relationships shape health and well-being across adulthood and older age. Her lab has studied both healthy and chronically ill populations using a variety of methods: observational and experimental designs; in the lab and daily life; with biomarker, physiological, self-report, and observational coding modalities; analyzed using a wide range of quantitative methods; and across temporal frames (i.e., across moments, hours, days, months, and years).

Funded by a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute on Aging, a central aim of Dr. Wilson’s recent work has been to integrate social-emotional theories of aging with a dyadic perspective to examine how couples’ interactions and their immune responses may evolve across adulthood. One of her long-term objectives is to understand how to optimize relational resources to extend our healthy years by applying basic biobehavioral findings to develop and improve interventions.

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