Thomas E Kraynak, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email kraynakte2@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
Member, PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society
Research Interests
Neurobiology of stress and emotion; Brain-body interaction; Brain aging
Selected Research Publications & Products- Kraynak TE, Karim HT, Banihashemi L, Krafty RT, Butters MA, Ajilore OA, Taylor WD, Andreescu C. Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025.
- Kraynak TE, Karim HT, Banihashemi L, Tudorascu DL, Butters MA, Pascoal T, Lopresti B, Andreescu C. A preliminary investigation of worry, cortical amyloid burden, and stressor-evoked brain and cardiovascular reactivity in older adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024; 367:623-631.
- Bo K, Kraynak TE, Kwon M, Sun M, Gianaros PJ, Wager TD. A systems identification approach using Bayes factors to deconstruct the brain bases of emotion regulation. Nature Neuroscience. 2024; 27:975-987.
- Kraynak TE, Marsland AL, Hanson JL, Gianaros PJ. Retrospectively reported childhood physical abuse, systemic inflammation, and resting corticolimbic connectivity in midlife adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2019; 82:203-213.
- Kraynak TE, Marsland AL, Wager TD, Gianaros PJ. Functional neuroanatomy of peripheral inflammatory physiology: A meta-analysis of human neuroimaging studies. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 2018; 94:76-92.
Clinical Interests
Mood and anxiety disorders; Alzheimer's disease and age-related dementias
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Graduate student mentorship
