Name:
Susan Lutgendorf

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Address:
E 228 Seashore 
Department of Psychology
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1407 
Phone:
(319) 335 - 2432 
E-mail:
susan-lutgendorf@uiowa.edu
Courses Taught:
31: 013 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 
31: 266 Psychological Therapies 
31: 370 Health Psychology Seminar: Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology 
Interests:
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Biobehavioral mechanisms in Cancer, Aging and Inflammatory Diseases
  • Effects of Behavioral Medicine Interventions on Immunity: Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management, Medical Hypnosis, Relaxation, Disclosure
  • Adjustment to Chronic Illness: Cancer, HIV, Inflammatory Diseases
  • Alternative Medicine
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Research:
 Lutgendorf  Laboratory
Funding:
Current and Recent Funding

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  Selected Recent Publications
Lutgendorf, S.K., Moore, M., Bradley, S., Shelton, B., Lutz, C. (in press). Distress and Natural Killer Receptors on Lymphocytes. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
Lutgendorf, S.K., and Kreder, K.K. (in press). Central and Peripheral Mechanisms in IC Symptoms, Journal of Urology.
Costanzo, E., Lutgendorf, S., Sood, A., Anderson, B., Lubaroff, D. (in press). Psychosocial factors and Interleukin-6 among Women with Advanced Ovarian Cancer. Cancer.
Ullrich, P.M., Lutgendorf, S.K., Kreder, K.J., Leserman, J. (in press). Stress, Hostility, and Disease Parameters of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia . Psychosomatic Medicine.
Lang, E., Hatsiopoulou, O., Koch, T., Berbaum, K., Lutgendorf, S., Kettenmann, E., Logan, H., Kaptchuk, T. (in press). Patient-provider interactions during invasive procedures: Can words hurt? Pain.
Costanzo, E., Lutgendorf, S.K., Kohout, M., Nisly, N., Rozeboom, K., Spooner, S., Benda, J., McElhaney, J. (2005). Mood and Cytokine Response to Influenza Virus in Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Russell, D., Ullrich, P., Harris, T., & Wallace B. (2004). Religious Attendance, Interleukin-6 and Mortality in Older Adults. Health Psychology, 23, 465-475.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Latini, J.M., Rothrock, N., Hoffmann, A., Zimmerman, B., & Kreder, K. (2004) Autonomic Response to Stress in Interstitial Cystitis. Journal of Urology, 172,227-31.
Ullrich, P.M., Lutgendorf, S.K., Stapleton, J., & Horowitz, M.J. (2004). Self regard and concealment of homosexuality as predictors of CD4+ cell count over time among HIV seropositive gay men. Psychology & Health, 19, 183-196.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Logan, H., Costanzo, E., & Lubaroff, D. (2004). Effects of Acute Stress, Relaxation, and a Neurogenic Inflammatory Stimulus on Interleukin-6 in Humans. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 18, 55-64.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Costanzo, E. (2003). Psychoneuroimmunology and Health Psychology: An Integrative Model, Brain Behavior, and Immunity.17, 225-315.
Lutgendorf, S.K. (2003). Individual Differences and Immune Function: Implications for Cancer, Brain Behavior and Immunity, 17, S106-S108.
Lutgendorf, S., Cole, S., Costanzo, E., Bradley, S., Coffin, J., Jabbari, S., Rainwater, K., Ritchie, J.M., Yang, M., Sood, A.K. (2003). Stress-Related Mediators Stimulate Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Secretion by Two Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines. Clinical Cancer Research, 9, 4514-4521.
Ullrich, P., Carson, M., Lutgendorf, S., & Williams, R. (2003). Cancer fear and mood disturbance following radical prostatectomy: Consequences of biochemical evidence of recurrence. The Journal of Urology, 169, 1449-1452.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Johnsen, E., Cooper, B., Anderson, B., Buller, R., & Sood, A.K. (2002). Tumor angiogenesis factors and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in women with ovarian cancer. Cancer, 95, 808-815.
Lutgendorf, S.K., Anderson, B., Ullrich, P., Johnsen, E., Buller, R., Sood, A.K., Sorosky, J., & Ritchie, J. (2002). Quality of life and mood in women with gynecologic cancer: A one-year prospective study. Cancer. 94,131-140



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