Welcome

We study how biopsychosocial factors promote healthy aging across the lifespan.

Welcome to the Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) Research Lab, directed by Dr. Rebecca Reed at the University of Pittsburgh. The goal of the PNI Research Lab is to understand the connections among biopsychosocial factors, biological aging, and health across the adult lifespan. Our ongoing research focuses on how psychosocial and biobehavioral factors impact aspects of biological and immunological aging, which in turn influence the onset and course of age-related diseases, including declines in cognition. Our interests span multiple levels of analysis and we use several methodological approaches, including biological and physiological measures; longitudinal, daily diary, and ecological momentary assessment methods; and laboratory experiments.