Allison E. Gaffey, PhD
Instructor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Research & Publications
Biography
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Research Summary
Dr. Gaffey's research addresses the independent and bidirectional roles of psychological stress and sleep in cardiovascular and psychiatric conditions, social determinants modulating those outcomes, and sex differences in biobehavioral risk factors. This work has included both basic and epidemiologic investigations of risk among adults across the lifespan.
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Research Interests
Emotions; Heart Diseases; Hypertension; Psychophysiology; Sleep; Social Support; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological; Social Determinants of Health
Public Health Interests
Behavioral Health; Cardiovascular Diseases; Mental Health; Women's Health
Selected Publications
- The Yale Roadmap for Health Psychology and Integrated Cardiovascular CareGaffey AE, Harris KM, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinha R, Jacoby DL, Smolderen KG. The Yale Roadmap for Health Psychology and Integrated Cardiovascular Care. Health Psychology 2022, 41: 779-791. PMID: 35201804, DOI: 10.1037/hea0001152.
- Screening for Psychological Distress and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Related MortalityGaffey AE, Gathright EC, Fletcher LM, Goldstein CM. Screening for Psychological Distress and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Related Mortality. Journal Of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation And Prevention 2022, 42: 404-415. PMID: 36342683, PMCID: PMC9646240, DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000751.
- Military sexual trauma and incident hypertension: a 16-year cohort study of young and middle-aged men and womenGaffey AE, Rosman L, Sico JJ, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Bathulapalli H, Han L, Dziura J, Skanderson M, Burg MM. Military sexual trauma and incident hypertension: a 16-year cohort study of young and middle-aged men and women. Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 40: 2307-2315. PMID: 35983872, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000003267.
- Intensive Behavioral Counseling in Cardiovascular Care Opportunities to Improve Health EquityVela A, Gaffey A, Carroll A, Cavanagh C, Brewer L, Hayman L, Burg M. Intensive Behavioral Counseling in Cardiovascular Care Opportunities to Improve Health Equity. JACC Advances 2023, 2: 100678. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100678.
- Insomnia and Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A 16-Year Cohort Study of Younger Men and Women Veterans.Gaffey A, Rosman L, Lampert R, Yaggi H, Haskell S, Brandt C, Enriquez A, Mazzella A, Skanderson M, Burg M. Insomnia and Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A 16-Year Cohort Study of Younger Men and Women Veterans. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e030331. PMID: 37791503, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030331.
- Psychological Risk Factors in Cardiac Rehabilitation: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND ANGER/HOSTILITY.Gaffey A, Gaffey A, Goldstein C, Goldstein C, Hays M, Hays M, Lee S, Lee S, Gaalema D, Gaalema D. Psychological Risk Factors in Cardiac Rehabilitation: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND ANGER/HOSTILITY. Journal Of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation And Prevention 2023 PMID: 37729630, DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000828.
- The Perceived Stress Scale as a Measure of Stress: Decomposing Score Variance in Longitudinal Behavioral Medicine StudiesHarris K, Gaffey A, Schwartz J, Krantz D, Burg M. The Perceived Stress Scale as a Measure of Stress: Decomposing Score Variance in Longitudinal Behavioral Medicine Studies. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 2023, 57: 846-854. PMID: 37084792, PMCID: PMC10498818, DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaad015.
- Post-9/11 deployment history and the incidence of breast cancer among women veteransGaffey A, Han L, Ramsey C, Skanderson M, Dziura J, Driscoll M, Burg M, Brandt C, Bastian L, Haskell S. Post-9/11 deployment history and the incidence of breast cancer among women veterans. Annals Of Epidemiology 2022, 77: 98-102. PMID: 36470323, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.11.010.
- Gender Differences in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young VeteransDhruva SS, Dziura J, Bathulapalli H, Rosman L, Gaffey AE, Davis MB, Brandt CA, Haskell SG. Gender Differences in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Veterans. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 806-815. PMID: 36042086, PMCID: PMC9481764, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07595-1.
- Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and WomenGaffey AE, Cavanagh CE, Rosman L, Wang K, Deng Y, Sims M, O’Brien E, Chamberlain AM, Mentz RJ, Glover LM, Burg MM. Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e022514. PMID: 35191315, PMCID: PMC9075063, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022514.
- Post-9/11 Veterans’ Heart Disease Knowledge, Self-Perceived Risk, and Prevention Beliefs and BehaviorsGaffey AE, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Bastian LA, Meadows JL, Burg MM. Post-9/11 Veterans’ Heart Disease Knowledge, Self-Perceived Risk, and Prevention Beliefs and Behaviors. Health Psychology 2021, 40: 737-746. PMID: 34780203, DOI: 10.1037/hea0001110.
- Establishing a Global Standard for Wearable Devices in Sport and Exercise Medicine: Perspectives from Academic and Industry StakeholdersAsh GI, Stults-Kolehmainen M, Busa MA, Gaffey AE, Angeloudis K, Muniz-Pardos B, Gregory R, Huggins RA, Redeker NS, Weinzimer SA, Grieco LA, Lyden K, Megally E, Vogiatzis I, Scher L, Zhu X, Baker JS, Brandt C, Businelle MS, Fucito LM, Griggs S, Jarrin R, Mortazavi BJ, Prioleau T, Roberts W, Spanakis EK, Nally LM, Debruyne A, Bachl N, Pigozzi F, Halabchi F, Ramagole DA, Janse van Rensburg DC, Wolfarth B, Fossati C, Rozenstoka S, Tanisawa K, Börjesson M, Casajus JA, Gonzalez-Aguero A, Zelenkova I, Swart J, Gursoy G, Meyerson W, Liu J, Greenbaum D, Pitsiladis YP, Gerstein MB. Establishing a Global Standard for Wearable Devices in Sport and Exercise Medicine: Perspectives from Academic and Industry Stakeholders. Sports Medicine 2021, 51: 2237-2250. PMID: 34468950, PMCID: PMC8666971, DOI: 10.1007/s40279-021-01543-5.
- Baseline Characteristics from the Women Veterans Cohort Study: Gender Differences and Similarities in Health and Healthcare UtilizationGaffey AE, Burg MM, Rosman L, Portnoy GA, Brandt CA, Cavanagh CE, Skanderson M, Dziura J, Mattocks KM, Bastian LA, Haskell SG. Baseline Characteristics from the Women Veterans Cohort Study: Gender Differences and Similarities in Health and Healthcare Utilization. Journal Of Women's Health 2021, 30: 944-955. PMID: 33439756, PMCID: PMC8290312, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8732.
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Antidepressant Use, and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Young Men and WomenGaffey AE, Rosman L, Burg MM, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Skanderson M, Dziura J, Sico JJ. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Antidepressant Use, and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Young Men and Women. Stroke 2020, 52: 121-129. PMID: 33297868, PMCID: PMC7770089, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.030379.
- Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women.Gaffey AE, Schwartz JE, Harris KM, Hall MH, Burg MM. Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2020, 26: 93-101. PMID: 33136653, PMCID: PMC7933045, DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000494.
- Postpartum Depression in a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans: The Role of Military Stress and TraumaCombellick J, Gaffey A, Driscoll M, Foley T, Ronzitti S, Dziura J, Bastian L, Zephyrin L, Mattocks K, Haskell S. Postpartum Depression in a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans: The Role of Military Stress and Trauma. Military Behavioral Health 2020, 8: 345-352. DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2020.1751351.
- The role of insomnia in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension.Gaffey AE, Redeker NS, Rosman L, Mullington JM, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Burg MM. The role of insomnia in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension. Journal Of Hypertension 2020, 38: 641-648. PMID: 31725076, PMCID: PMC8176546, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002311.
- Chapter 4 Intervention research on therapies that aim to treat depression and cardiovascular diseaseCavanagh C, Gaffey A, Rosman L, Burg M. Chapter 4 Intervention research on therapies that aim to treat depression and cardiovascular disease. 2020, 61-84. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-815015-3.00004-0.
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Stroke in Young and Middle-Aged AdultsRosman L, Sico JJ, Lampert R, Gaffey AE, Ramsey CM, Dziura J, Chui PW, Cavanagh CE, Brandt C, Haskell S, Burg MM. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Stroke in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Stroke 2019, 50: 2996-3003. PMID: 31619151, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.026854.
- Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Psychological Stress: Age and Sex Differences in AdultsGaffey A, Martinez B. Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Psychological Stress: Age and Sex Differences in Adults. 2019 DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.280.
- Cognitive and systemic sensitivity to glucocorticoids in women with varying levels of depression and early adverse caregivingGaffey A, Hoks R, Walsh E, Ladd C, Abercrombie H. Cognitive and systemic sensitivity to glucocorticoids in women with varying levels of depression and early adverse caregiving. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019, 100: s22-s23. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.087.
- Stress, rejection, and hormones: Cortisol and progesterone reactivity to laboratory speech and rejection tasks in women and menGaffey A, Wirth M. Stress, rejection, and hormones: Cortisol and progesterone reactivity to laboratory speech and rejection tasks in women and men. F1000Research 2014, 3: 208. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5142.1.