Thomas E Kraynak, PhD | University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

Mood Disorders
Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
Older Adults

Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Neurobiology of stress and emotion; Brain-body interaction; Neuromodulation

Clinical Interests

Mood and anxiety disorders; Alzheimer's Disease and age-related dementias

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Graduate student mentorship

Selected Publications

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;50(6):956964
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.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education

PhD, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Postdoctoral

Population Neuroscience of Aging and Alzheimers Disease, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry