Faculty

Thomas E Kraynak, PhD

Thomas E Kraynak, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Website
ARGO Neuroscience of Aging Research

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Gianaros PJ, Kraynak TE, Kuan DC-H, Gross JJ, McRae K, Hariri AR, Manuck SB, Rasero J, Verstynen TD. Affective brain patterns as multivariate neural correlates of cardiovascular disease risk. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2020; 15:1034-1045.
  4. 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.
  5. 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