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
Population Neuroscience of Aging and Alzheimers Disease, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry
Research Interests
Neurobiology of stress and emotion; Brain-body interaction; Neuromodulation
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;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.
Clinical Interests
Mood and anxiety disorders; Alzheimer's Disease and age-related dementias
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Graduate student mentorship
