Cleveland Clinic Young Investigator Research Award Nominee
Oral presentation at the 2010 Cleveland Clinic Heart-Brain Summit, September 23-24, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada.

American Psychosomatic Society Citation Poster
Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, March 4-7, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.

University of Birmingham Psychoneuroimmunology Conference Poster Presentation Award
Poster presentation at the University of Birmingham Psychoneuroimmunology Conference,
April 23, 2009, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Publications (selected)
Wawrzyniak, A.J., Bekkouche, N.S., & Krantz, D.S. (in press). Acute Behavioral & Psychological Triggers of Myocardial Infarction. In S.R. Waldstein, W.J. Kop, & L.I. Katzel, L.I. (Eds.). Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. New York: Springer.

Wawrzyniak, A.J. (in press). Framingham Heart Study. In M. Gellman & J.R. Turner (eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer.

Wawrzyniak, A.J. (in press). Framingham Offspring Study. In M. Gellman & J.R. Turner (eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer.

Whittaker, K.S., Krantz, D.S., Rutledge, T., Johnson, B.D., Wawrzyniak, A.J., Bittner, V., Eastwood, J., Etebia, W., Cornell, C.E., Pepine, C.J., Vido, D.A., Handberg, E.M., & Merz, C.N.B. (in press). Combining psychosocial data to improve prediction of cardiovascular disease risk factors and events: The NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74(3), 263-70.

Poole, L., Hamer, M., Wawrzyniak, A.J., & Steptoe, A. (2011). The effects of exercise withdrawal on mood and inflammatory cytokine responses in humans. Stress, 14(4), 439-47.

Bostock, S., Hamer, M., Wawrzyniak, A.J., Mitchell, E. S., & Steptoe, A. (2011). Positive emotional style and subjective, cardiovascular and cortisol responses to acute laboratory stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(8), 1175-83.

Hagger-Johnson, G. E., Whiteman, M. C., Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Holroyd, W. G. (2010). The SF-36 component summary scales and the daytime diurnal cortisol profile. Quality of Life Research, 19(5), 643-51.

Brydon, L., Walker, C., Wawrzyniak, A.J., Chart, H., & Steptoe, A. (2009). Dispositional optimism and stress-induced changes in immunity and negative mood. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 23(6), 810-816.

Brydon, L., O’Donnell, K., Wright, C., Wawrzyniak, A.J., Wardle, J., & Steptoe, A. (2008). Circulating leptin and stress-induced cardiovascular activity in humans. Obesity, 16(12), 2642-2647.

Brown, J., Lethaby, A., Maxwell, H., Wawrzyniak, A.J., Prins, M.H. Antiplatelet agents for preventing thrombosis after peripheral arterial bypass surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD000535. DOI: 10.1002/ 14651858.CD000535.pub2

Presentations (selected)
Wawrzyniak, A.J., Harris, K.M., Bekkouche, N.S., Whittaker, K.S., Godoy, S.M., Kop, W.J., Gottlieb, S.S. & Krantz, D.S. (2011). Perceived social support and markers of heart failure severity. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73(3), A-117. Oral presentation at the 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, American Psychosomatic Society, March 9-12, 2011, San Antonio, Texas.

Wawrzyniak, A.J., Krantz, D. S., Kop, W. J., Harris, K. M., Godoy, S. M., Whittaker, K. S., Gottdiener, J. S., & Gottlieb, S. S. (2010). Depression, cardiovascular symptom reporting, and hospitalization in heart failure patients. Poster presentation, Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference, September 1-4, 2010, Prato, Italy.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., Hamer, M., Endrighi, R., O’Donnell, K., & Steptoe, A. (2009) Greater cortisol responsivity attenuates the IL-6 response to acute stress. Oral presentation at the 40th Annual International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Conference, July 23-26, 2009, San Francisco, California.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Hagger-Johnson, G. E. (2009). Symposium organizer: Psychoneuroendocrinological and psychoneuroimmunological biomarkers: recent developments and implications for individual differences research. 14th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, July 18-22, 2009,
Evanston, Illinois.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M. C. (2009). Personality and psychosocial correlates of mucosal immunity during the first year of university. Oral presentation at the 14th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, July 18-22, 2009, Evanston, Illinois.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M. C. (2009). Personality dynamics and academic outcomes in first-year university students. Poster presentation at the 1st Annual Conference for the Association of Research in Personality, June 17-18, 2009, Evanston, Illinois.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M. C. (2009). Interaction with fellow students predicts better mucosal immunity during final exams in the first year of university. Poster presentation at the 16th Annual Meeting of the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society, June 3-6, 2009, Breckenridge, Colorado.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M.C. (2009). Positive life experiences predict better mucosal immunity only at times of low stress during the first year of university. Poster presentation at the University of Birmingham Psychoneuroimmunology Conference, April 23, 2009, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., Hamer, M., Endrighi, R., O’Donnell, K., Steptoe, A. (2009). Adiposity, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular responses to mental stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(3), A27-28. Citation Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, March 4-7, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M. C. P. (2008). Psychobiological Correlates of Personality Change and Stability During the First Year of University. Oral presentation at the 14th Biennial Meeting of the European Association for Personality Psychology, July 16-20, 2008, Tartu, Estonia.

Wawrzyniak, A. J., & Whiteman, M. (2006). Personality change correlates in biological markers of immune functioning and stress in new university students. Poster presentation at the 13th Biennial Meeting of the European Association for Personality Psychology, July 22-26, 2006, Athens, Greece.