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Active and Completed Grants

Active:​

Integrated Cardiac Psychology (Multi-PI: Stewart, Chernyak)

1/1/25-12/31/26

IUSM/IU Health Cardiovascular Institute

This funding is to support the start-up and operations (2-3 years) costs of a new Integrated Cardiac Psychology (ICP) clinical service line available through the IUSM/IU Health Cardiovascular Medicine. Cardiac psychology addresses the behavioral, psychological, and social issues related to cardiovascular health and diseases. It has been integrated into cardiology to treat the whole person, not just the heart and the cardiovascular system. An embedded research project seeks to assess value added (e.g., improved patient outcomes, improved patient satisfaction, reduced healthcare utilization, reduced costs) and support a request for sustainability funding from IU Health.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

ADEPT-ICU: Attenuating Depression with Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Survivors (Multi-PI: Khan, Stewart, Wang)

8/15/24-6/30/29

$3,676,439

NIH/NIA

This two-arm randomized controlled trial (R01 AG084754; NCT06627894) is designed to test the efficacy of an internet CBT intervention called Good Days Ahead (GDA) to slow cognitive decline in older ICU survivors with moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms after ICU hospitalization. If our trial is successful, the GDA intervention could be an efficacious, accessible, and scalable approach to slow cognitive decline, reduce depression, and improve quality of life in older ICU survivors.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

Relationships Among Sleep Parameters, Eating Behaviors, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Biomarkers

(PI: Stewart)

7/19/24-7/31/27

$194,399

NIH/NHLBI

This NHLBI Diversity Research Supplement to the SHADES Mechanistic Trial (R01 HL165115-01A1S1) supports Clinical Psychology PhD student Timothy Lipuma’s career development. The training goals are to increase his experience in primary care-based clinical trials, expand his knowledge of insomnia screening/treatment and CVD risk screening/ management, and further develop his leadership skills. Mr. Lipuma’s ancillary study will investigate whether unhealthy eating behaviors mediate the relationship between poor sleep parameters and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

Refining and Testing an Innovative Physical Activity Implementation Strategy in Under-Resourced Children (PI: Kercher)

7/1/24-6/30/27

$231,000

American Heart Association

The career development award (24CDA1038890) is designed to support Dr. Kercher’s career goal to become an independent scientist and international leader in children’s physical activity research. The objective of the project is to refine and test a multilevel implementation strategy for a physical activity intervention in middle school children from low-socioeconomic rural communities.

Role: Co-Mentor

 

Strengthening Hearts by Addressing Disrupted Sleep (SHADES) Mechanistic Trial (PI: Stewart)

8/15/23-7/31/28

$3,040,961

NIH/NHLBI

This mechanistic randomized controlled trial (R01 HL165115; NCT06041581) seeks to determine if our modernized collaborative care intervention for insomnia improves biological factors (systemic inflammation, autonomic dysfunction, metabolic dysregulation, and proinflammatory gene expression) thought to explain how insomnia promotes cardiovascular disease and if these improvements are due to positive changes in sleep mechanisms.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

Training the Next Generation of Social and Behavioral Physician-Scientists in ADRD: The Indiana ADRD Medical Scientist Training Program (Multi-PI: Folwer, Callahan, Herbert)

9/30/21-9/29/26

$917,643

NIH/NIA

This institutional training grant (T32 AG074934) funds two MD-PhD students per year who are committed to research training in the social and behavioral sciences focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Role: Admissions Committee Member

 

Alcohol-Associated Syndemic and Microbiome Evaluation and Targeted Treatment in Persons Living with HIV (PI: Chichetto)

9/25/20-8/31/25

NIH/NIAAA

This aims of this award (K01AA029042) are to test the hypotheses that the alcohol-associated syndemic is associated with GI dysbiosis and subsequent CVD risk and that targeted supplementation may restore GI microbiome homeostasis and reduce inflammation.

Role: Collaborator on Mentoring Team

 

Completed:

Treating Insomnia to Reduce Inflammation in HIV (Multi-PI: Gupta, Stewart)

6/1/21-5/31/24

$425,537

NIH/NIMH

This pilot randomized controlled trial (R21 MH127206; NCT04721067) seeks to evaluate the effects of an internet cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) called Sleep Healthy Using The Internet (SHUTi) on biomarkers of systemic inflammation and monocyte activation in virologically-suppressed, HIV-positive adults with insomnia disorder.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

Exploring the Role of a Same (Versus Different) Race Provider and Allyship Behaviors on Maternal and Reproductive Health Outcomes among Black Women (PI: Johnson)

1/1/23-12/30/23

$10,000

Enhanced Mentoring Program with Opportunities for Ways to Excel in Research (EMPOWER)

IUPUI, Office for Women and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

This grant mechanism supports IUPUI faculty who are historically underrepresented in their discipline by providing intensive research mentoring. I served as a mentor to an Associate Professor of Psychology (India Johnson) pursuing an NIH-funded program of research addressing racial disparities in maternal health.

Role: Mentor

 

Longer-Term Cardiovascular and Psychiatric Consequences of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Prevalence and Insights into Shared Mechanisms (Multi-PI: Raman, Stewart)

5/1/21-4/30/24

$74,948

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (UL1 TR002529)

This pilot case-control study, funded by a 2021 Collaboration In Translational Research (CTR) award, seeks: (1) to assess whether recovered SARS-CoV-2 patients, versus controls, have elevated psychiatric symptoms, greater subclinical cardiac/vascular abnormalities, and increased biomarkers of systemic inflammation and coagulation 6-12 months post-diagnosis and (2) to examine whether inflammatory/coagulation biomarkers are positively associated with psychiatric factors and subclinical cardiac/vascular abnormalities.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

Depression Treatment to Reduce the Excess Diabetes Risk of People with Depression and Prediabetes

(PI: Stewart)

2/1/20-7/31/23

$412,334

NIH/NIDDK

This pilot randomized controlled trial (R21 DK123582; NCT04437485) seeks: (1) to determine the preliminary efficacy of our modernized collaborative care intervention for depression in improving the diabetes risk markers of hemoglobin A1c and insulin resistance and (2) to explore whether somatic depressive symptoms – i.e., hyperphagia (increased appetite/weight) and/or hypersomnia (increased sleep) – moderate the effect of the eIMPACT-DM intervention on diabetes risk markers.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

Modernized Collaborative Care to Reduce the Excess CVD Risk of Depressed Patients (PI: Stewart)

4/21/15-3/31/21

$2,647,352

NIH/NHLBI

The aims of this Phase II randomized controlled trial (R01 HL122245; NCT02458690) are (1) to determine whether a modernized collaborative care intervention for depression called eIMPACT reduces the excess cardiovascular disease risk of depressed primary care patients and (2) to identify the mechanisms by which this improvement may occur.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

HIV, Depression, and Cardiovascular Risk (Multi-PI: Gupta, Stewart, Freiberg)

9/19/14-8/31/19

$2,917,578

NIH/NHLBI

The overall objective of this set of projects (R01 HL126557; NCT02309372) is to examine the associations of depressive disorders and their treatment with markers of systemic inflammation, coagulation, and endothelial function in people with HIV.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

Influence of Immigrant Status on Providers’ Diabetes Treatment Decisions
7/1/18-6/30/19

$27,000
NIH/NCATS/CTSA
This Indiana CTSI Predoctoral Award is funded in part by Grant # UL1TR002529 (Shekhar, PI). The awardee is Loretta Hsueh, a clinical psychology PhD mentee of Dr. Stewart. The objective of this project is to employ virtual human technology to examine the influence of patient immigrant status on primary care providers’ treatment decisions with Mexican American adults with type 2 diabetes. This award also provides training in virtual human technologies, clinical trial design and implementation, and dissemination of research to practice.

Role: Sponsor (Co-Sponsor: Mather)

 

Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Treat Insomnia in HIV (Multi-PI: Gupta, Stewart)

10/25/17-4/30/19                             

Indiana CTSI (UL1 TR001108), IUPUI Department of Psychology, IU Center for AIDS Research

$38,214

The aims of this pilot randomized controlled trial are: (1) to evaluate the effect of internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia on insomnia symptom severity and global sleep quality and (2) to compare measures of frailty and cognitive functioning between those with and without clinical levels of insomnia in people with HIV.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multi-PI)

 

Symptom Priorities of African American Chronic Pain Patients in Primary Care Settings (PI: Rand)

01/01/16-12/31/16

$9,700

Department of Psychology, IUPUI

The aims of this pilot project were to: (1) establish the feasibility/acceptability of a symptom prioritization tool for use among African American chronic pain patients; (2) assess patient priorities of 6 cardinal symptoms (pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep, and cognitive disturbance) and their key characteristics; and (3) estimate effect sizes of pertinent relationships.

Role: Co-Investigator

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Targeting Systemic Inflammation to Concurrently Treat Late-Life Depression and Reduce Coronary Artery Disease Risk (PI: Stewart)

7/1/11-3/31/14

$465,718

NIH/NIMH

The aim of this project was to conduct a small randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether pentoxifylline is efficacious for concurrently treating late-life depression and endothelial dysfunction. This pilot trial was one of five projects funded by the Indianapolis Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Program awarded to Dr. Callahan (R24 MH080827; total direct costs: $3,184,631).

Role: Principal Investigator

 

Research in Exercise and Depression (PI: Clark)

7/1/11-3/31/14

$367,191

NIH/NIMH

This pilot project was designed to establish the feasibility and preliminary data necessary to test in a subsequent randomized controlled trial: (1) whether aerobic exercise training is effective in the treatment of depression and (2) whether changes in biological markers indicate an anti-inflammatory or neurogenesis process as a result of exercise. This pilot trial was one of five projects funded by the Indianapolis Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Program awarded to Dr. Callahan (R24 MH080827; total direct costs: $3,184,631).

Role: Co-Investigator

 

Computer-Based Depression Treatment to Reduce Coronary Artery Disease Risk (PI: Stewart)

1/1/11-7/31/13

$110,000

American Heart Association

The objective of pilot trial (National Clinical Research Program 11CRP4880000; NCT01605552) was to evaluate whether a highly disseminable, internet intervention for depression, delivered before the onset of clinical cardiovascular disease, reduces coronary artery disease risk markers. This award also provided training in the practical design and conduct of clinical trials in primary care settings; primary care research and practice, focusing on depression; and academic leadership.

Role: Principal Investigator

 

Enhancement of Clinical Health Psychology Professions via Training in Non-Self Report Methods of Data Collection (PI: Cyders)

9/1/10-8/31/11
$56,003

U.S. DHHS/HRSA

The purpose of this grant (D76HP20905) was to provide funding for the purchase of an eye-tracking device and a computer controlled olfactometer to increase the ability of IUPUI's clinical psychology PhD program to train students on non-self-report methods of data collection.

Role: Co-Investigator

Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease Costs and Transitions (PI: Callahan)

4/1/09-8/31/11

$1,297,195 ($75,000 for my subprojects)

NIH/NIA

The aim of this project (R01 AG031222) was to establish a comprehensive database linking clinical trial, electronic medical record, and Medicare/Medicaid data. I was the PI of two subprojects, which were follow-up studies of the IMPACT trial. The first examined core symptoms of depression and anxiety as predictors of incident CVD events, and the second evaluated whether collaborative care for depression reduces risk of incident CVD events over an 8-year follow-up period.

Role: Co-Investigator

 

Health and Illness Priorities, Practices, and Opportunities (PI: Clark)

1/1/08-12/31/09

$100,000

NIH/NIA

Indiana University Center for Aging Research/Indiana University Roybal Center (P30 AG024967)

The aims of this project were (1) to develop and test new survey research measures and (2) to identify existing survey research measures that could improve our understanding of chronic disease self-management behavior in socioeconomically and medically vulnerable older adults.

Role: Co-Investigator

 

Emotional Traits and Endothelial Dysfunction (PI: Stewart)           

12/15/07-1/1/09

$66,097

NIH/NIA

Indiana University Center for Aging Research/Indiana University Roybal Center (P30 AG024967)

The purpose of this observational study was to generate pilot and feasibility data to support applications for external funding for a clinical trial to determine whether depression treatment, delivered before the onset of clinical cardiovascular disease, reduces cardiovascular risk.

Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

 † represents a student working with Dr. Stewart

  1. Stewart, J.C., & France, C.R. (2001). Cardiovascular recovery from stress predicts longitudinal changes in blood pressure. Biological Psychology, 58, 105-120.

  2. France, C.R., Froese, S., & Stewart, J.C. (2002). Altered central nervous system processing of noxious stimuli contributes to decreased pain perception in individuals at risk for hypertension. Pain, 98, 101-108.

  3. Stewart, J.C., France, C.R., & Sheffield, D. (2003). Hypertension awareness and pain reports: Data from the NHANES III. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 8-14.

  4. Suhr, J.A., Stewart, J.C., & France, C.R. (2004). The relationship between blood pressure and cognitive performance in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 291-297.

  5. Stewart, J.C., France, C.R., & Suhr, J.A. (2006). The effect of cardiac cycle phase on reaction time among individuals at varying risk for hypertension. Journal of Psychophysiology, 20, 1-8.

  6. Stewart, J.C., Janicki, D.L., & Kamarck, T.W. (2006). Cardiovascular reactivity to and recovery from psychological challenge as predictors of 3-year change in blood pressure. Health Psychology, 25, 111-118.

  7. Stewart, K.R., France, C.R., Rader, A.W., & Stewart, J.C. (2006). Phlebotomist interpersonal skill predicts a reduction in reactions among volunteer blood donors. Transfusion, 46, 1394-1401.

  8. Stewart, J.C., Janicki, D.L., Muldoon, M.F., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Kamarck, T.W. (2007). Negative emotions and 3-year progression of subclinical atherosclerosis. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 225-233.

  9. Stewart, J.C., Janicki-Deverts, D., Muldoon, M.F., & Kamarck, T.W. (2008). Depressive symptoms moderate the influence of hostility on serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 197-204.

  10. Stewart, J.C., Rand, K.L., Muldoon, M.F., & Kamarck, T.W. (2009). A prospective evaluation of the directionality of the depression-inflammation relationship. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23, 936-944.

  11. Stewart, J. C., †Fitzgerald, G. J., & Kamarck, T. W. (2010). Hostility now, depression later? Longitudinal associations among emotional risk factors for coronary artery disease. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 258-266.

  12. †Brown, J.M., Stewart, J.C., Stump, T.E., and Callahan, C.M. (2011). Risk of coronary heart disease events over 15 years among older adults with depressive symptoms. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19, 721-729.

  13. †Hawkins, M.A.W, Stewart, J.C., †Fitzgerald, G.J., and †Kim, S. (2011). Combined effect of depressive symptoms and hostility on autonomic nervous system function. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 81, 317-323.

  14. Stewart, J. C., Rand, K. L., †Hawkins, M. A., & †Stines, J. (2011). Association of the shared and unique aspects of positive and negative emotional factors with sleep quality. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 609-614.

  15. †Hawkins, M.A.W., & Stewart, J.C. (2012). Do negative emotional factors have independent associations with excess adiposity? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 73, 243-250.

  16. Stewart, J.C., †Zielke, D.J., †Hawkins, M.A.W., Williams, D. R., Carnethon, M.R., Knox, S.S., & Matthews, K.A. (2012). Depressive symptom clusters and 5-year incidence of coronary artery calcification: The CARDIA Study. Circulation, 126, 410-417.

  17. Brown, L.F., Rand, K.L., Bigatti, S.M., Stewart, J.C., Theobald, D.E., Wu, J., & Kroenke, K. (2013). Longitudinal relationships between fatigue and depression in cancer patients with depression and/or pain. Health Psychology, 32, 1199-1208.

  18. Gao, S., Hendrie, H.C., Yang, L., Stump, T.E., Stewart, J.C., Kesterson, J., Clark, D.O., & Callahan, C.M. (2013). Increase in blood pressure precedes clinical depression in elderly primary care patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, 1099-1100.

  19. †Khambaty, T., & Stewart, J.C. (2013). Associations of depressive and anxiety disorders with periodontal disease prevalence in young adults: Analysis of 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 393-397.

  20. †Case, S.M., & Stewart, J.C. (2014). Race/ethnicity moderates the relationship between depressive symptom severity and C-reactive protein: 2005-2010 NHANES Data. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 41, 101-108.

  21. Gao, S., Hendrie, H.C., Wang, C., Stump, T.E., Stewart, J.C., Kesterson, J., Clark, D.O., & Callahan, C.M. (2014). Redefined blood pressure variability measure and its association with mortality in elderly primary care patients. Hypertension, 64, 45-52.

  22. †Hawkins, M.A.W., Callahan, C.M., Stump, T.E., & Stewart, J.C. (2014). Depressive symptom clusters as predictors of incident coronary artery disease events: A 15-year prospective study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 38-43.

  23. †Hickman, R.J., †Khambaty, T., & Stewart, J.C. (2014). C-reactive protein is elevated in atypical but not nonatypical depression: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 621-629.

  24. †Khambaty, T., Stewart, J. C., Muldoon, M. F., & Kamarck, T. W. (2014). Depressive symptom clusters as predictors of 6-year increases in insulin resistance: Data from the Pittsburgh Healthy Heart Project. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 363-369.

  25. Stewart, J.C., Perkins, A.J., & Callahan, C.M. (2014). Effect of collaborative care for depression on risk of cardiovascular events: Data from the IMPACT randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 29-37.

  26. Stewart, J.C., & Rollman, B.L. (2014). Optimizing approaches to addressing depression in cardiac patients: A comment on O’Neil et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 48, 142-144.

  27. †Berntson, J., Stewart, K.R., †Vrany, E., †Khambaty, T., & Stewart, J.C. (2015). Depressive symptoms and self-reported adherence to medical recommendations to prevent cardiovascular disease: NHANES 2005-2010. Social Science & Medicine, 138, 74-81.

  28. †Hawkins, M.A.W., Miller, D.K., & Stewart, J.C. (2015). A 9-year, bidirectional prospective analysis of depressive symptoms and adiposity: The African American Health Study. Obesity, 23, 192-199.

  29. White, J.R., Chang, C.H., So-Armah, K.A., Stewart, J.C., Gupta, S.K., Butt, A.A., Gibert, C.A., Rimland, D., Rodriguez-Barradas, M.C., Leaf, D.A., Bedimo, R.J., Gottdiener, J.S., Kop, W.J., Gottlieb, S.S., Budoff, M.J., Khambaty, T., Tindle, H., Justice, A.C., & Freiberg, M.S. (2015). Depression and HIV infection are risk factors for incident heart failure among Veterans: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Circulation, 132, 1630-1638.

  30. Hollingshead, N.A., Ashburn-Nardo, L., Stewart J.C., Hirsh, A.T. (2016). The pain experience of Hispanic Americans: A critical literature review and conceptual model. Journal of Pain, 17, 513-528.

  31. Hollingshead, N.A., †Vrany, E.A., Stewart, J.C., Hirsh, A.T. (2016). Differences in Mexican American’s prevalence of chronic pain and co-occurring analgesic medication and substance use relative to Non-Hispanic White and Black Americans: Results from NHANES 1999-2004. Pain Medicine, 17, 1001-1009.

  32. †Khambaty, T., Callahan, C.M., Perkins, A.J., & Stewart, J.C. (2016). Depression and anxiety screens as simultaneous predictors of 10-year incidence of diabetes among older primary care patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65, 294-300.

  33. †Khambaty, T., Stewart, J.C., Gupta, S.K., Chang, C.H., Bedimo, R.J., Budoff, M.J., Butt, A.A., Crane, H., Gilbert, C.L., Leaf, D.A., Rimland, D., Tindle, H.A., So-Armah, K., Justice, A.C., Freiberg, M.S. (2016). Association between depressive disorders and incident acute myocardial infarction in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. JAMA Cardiology, 1, 929-937.

  34. Stewart, J.C. (2016). One effect size does not fit all: Is the depression-inflammation link missing in racial/ethnic minority individuals? JAMA Psychiatry, 73, 301-302.

  35. Stewart, J.C., Hawkins, M.A.W., †Khambaty, T., Perkins, A.J., & Callahan, C.M. (2016). Depression and anxiety screens as predictors of 8-year incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke in primary care patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 78, 593-601.

  36. †Vrany, E.A., †Berntson, J.M., †Khambaty, T., & Stewart, J.C. (2016). Depressive symptom clusters and insulin resistance: Race/ethnicity as a moderator in 2005-2010 NHANES Data. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, 1-11.

  37. †Berntson, J.M., †Patel, J.S., & Stewart, J.C. (2017). Number of recent stressful life events and incident cardiovascular disease: Moderation by lifetime depressive disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 99, 149-154.

  38. Carroll, A.J., Auer, R., Colangelo, L.A., Carnethon, M.R., Jacobs, D.R., Stewart, J.C., Widome, R., Carr, J.J., Liu, K., & Hitsman, B.L. (2017). Association of the interaction between smoking and depressive symptom clusters with coronary artery calcification: The CARDIA study. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 13, 43-51.

  39. Carroll, A.J., Carnethon, M.R., Liu, K., Jacobs, D.R., Colangelo, L.A., Stewart, J.C., Carr, J.J., Widome, R., Auer, R., & Hitsman, B.L. (2017). Interaction between smoking and depressive symptoms with subclinical heart disease in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Health Psychology, 36, 101-11.

  40. Freiberg, M.S., Stewart, J.C., & †Khambaty, T. (2017). The association of depression and cardiovascular disease-reply. JAMA Cardiology, 2, 703.

  41. Merlin, J.S., Westfall, A.O., Heath, S.L., Goodin, B.R., Stewart, J.C., Sorge, R.E., & Young, J. (2017). IL-1β levels are associated with chronic multisite pain in people living with HIV. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 75, e99-e103.

  42. †Polanka, B.M., †Vrany, E.A., †Patel, J., & Stewart, J.C. (2017). Depressive disorder subtypes as predictors of incident obesity in U.S. adults: Moderation by race/ethnicity. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185, 734-742.

  43. †Case, S.M., Sawhney, M. & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Atypical depression and double depression predict new-onset cardiovascular disease in U.S. Adults. Depression and Anxiety, 35, 10-17.

  44. †Hawkins, M.A.W., †Vrany, E.A., Cyders, M.A., Ciciolla, L., Wells, T., Stewart, J.C. (2018). Association between depressive symptom clusters and food attentional bias. Eating Behaviors, 31, 24-27.

  45. †Hsueh, L., †Vrany, E.A., †Patel, J.S., Hollingshead, N.A., Hirsh A.T., de Groot, M., Stewart, J.C. (2018). Associations between immigrant status and pharmacological treatments for diabetes in U.S. Adults. Health Psychology, 37, 61-69.

  46. †Khambaty, T., Callahan, C.M., & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Effect of collaborative depression treatment on risk for diabetes: A 9-year follow-up of the IMPACT randomized controlled trial. PLoS One, 13, e0200248.

  47. †Patel, J.S., †Berntson, J., †Polanka, B.M., & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Cardiovascular risk factors as differential predictors of incident atypical and typical major depressive disorder in U.S. adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80, 508-514.

  48. †Polanka, B.M., †Berntson, J., †Vrany, E.A., & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Are cardiovascular risk factors stronger predictors of incident cardiovascular disease in U.S. Adults with versus without a history of clinical depression? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52, 1036-1045.

  49. †Vrany, E.A., Hawkins, M.A.W., Wu, W., & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Depressive symptoms and weight loss behaviors in U.S. adults. Eating Behaviors, 29, 107-113.

  50. Carroll, A.J., Huffman, M.D., Zhao, L., Jacobs D.R., Stewart, J.C., Kiefe, C., Liu, K., & Hitsman, B. (2019). Evaluating longitudinal associations between depression, smoking, and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease in The CARDIA Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 372-379.

  51. †Hsueh, L., Peña, J.M., Hirsh, A.T., de Groot, M., & Stewart, J.C. (2019). Diabetes risk perception among immigrant and racial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. The Diabetes Educator, 45, 642-651.

  52. †Patel, J.S., Oh, Y., Rand, K.L., Wu, W., Kroenke, K., & Stewart, J.C. (2019). Measurement invariance of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) depression screener in U.S. adults across sex, race/ethnicity, and education level: NHANES 2005-2014. Depression and Anxiety, 36, 813-823.

  53. †Polanka, B.M., Kundu, S., So-Armah, K.A., Freiberg, M.S., Gupta, S.K., Bedimo, R.J., Budoff, M.J., Butt, A.A., Chang, C.H., Gottlieb, S., Marconi, V.C., Womack, J.A., & Stewart, J.C. (2019). Insomnia as an independent predictor of incident cardiovascular disease in HIV: Data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS). JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 81, 110-117.

  54. So-Armah, K., Gupta, S.K., Kundu, S., Stewart, J.C., Goulet, J.L., Butt, A.A., Sico, J.J., Marconi, V.C., Crystal, S., Rodriguez-Barradas, M.C., Budoff, M., Gibert, C.L., Chang, C.H., Bedimo, R., & Freiberg, M.S. (2019). Depression and all-cause mortality risk in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected U.S. veterans: A cohort study. HIV Medicine, 20, 317-329.

  55. Anastas, T.M., Miller, M.M., Hollingshead, N.A., Stewart, J.C., Rand, K.L., & Hirsh, A.T. (2020). The unique and interactive effects of patient race, patient socioeconomic status, and provider attitudes on chronic pain care decisions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, 771-782.

  56. Carroll, A.J., Huffman, M.D., Zhao, L., Jacobs D.R., Stewart, J.C., Kiefe, C., Brunner, W., Liu, K., & Hitsman, B. (2020). Associations between depressive symptoms, cigarette smoking, and cardiovascular health: Longitudinal results from CARDIA. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 583-591.

  57. Chichetto, N.E., †Polanka, B.M., So-Armah, K.A., Sung, M, Stewart, J.C., Koethe, J.R., Edelman,  E.J., Tindle, H.A., Freiberg, M.S. (2020). Contribution of behavioral health factors to non-AIDS-related comorbidities: An updated review. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 17, 354-372.

  58. Fischer, I.C., Shanahan, M.L., Hirsh, A.T., Stewart, J.C., & Rand, K.L. (2020). The relationship between meaning in life and post-traumatic stress symptoms in US military personnel: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 658-670.

  59. Gupta, S.K., Slaven, J.E., Liu, Z., †Polanka, B.M., Freiberg, M.S., & Stewart, J.C. (2020). Effects of internet cognitive-behavioral therapy on depressive symptoms and surrogates of cardiovascular risk in HIV: A pilot, randomized, controlled trial. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7, ofaa280.

  60. †Hsueh, L., Wu, W., Hirsh, A.T., de Groot, M., Mather, K.J., & Stewart, J.C. (2020). Undiagnosed diabetes among immigrant and racial/ethnic minority adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2018. Annals of Epidemiology, 51, 14-19.

  61. †Shell, A.L., †Hsueh, L., Vrany, E.A., Clark, D.O., Keith, N.R., Xu, H., & Stewart, J.C. (2020). Depressive symptom severity as a predictor of attendance in the HOME behavioral weight loss trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 131, 1-6.

  62. Stewart, J.C., †Polanka, B.M., So-Armah, K.A., White, J.R., Gupta, S.K., Kundu, S., Chang, C.H., & Freiberg, M.S. (2020). Associations of total, cognitive/affective, and somatic depressive symptoms and antidepressant use with cardiovascular disease-relevant biomarkers in HIV: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82, 461-470.

  63. †Hsueh, L., Hirsh, A.T., Maupomé, G., & Stewart, J.C. (2021). Patient-provider language concordance and health outcomes: A systematic review, evidence map, and research agenda. Medical Care Research and Review, 78, 3-23.

  64. †Hsueh, L., Hirsh, A.T., Zapolski, T., de Groot, M., Mather, K.J., & Stewart, J.C. (2021). Influence of patient immigrant status on physician trainee diabetes treatment decisions: A virtual patient experimental study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44, 662-672.

  65. †Polanka, B.M., Kundu, S., So-Armah, K.A., Freiberg, M.S., Gupta, S.K., Bedimo, R.J., Budoff, M.J., Butt, A.A., Chang, C.H., Gottlieb, S., Marconi, V.C., Womack, J.A., & Stewart, J.C. (2021). Insomnia symptoms and biomarkers of monocyte activation, systemic inflammation, and coagulation in HIV: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. PLOS One, 9, e0246073.

  66. Procento, P.M., Rand, K.L., Stewart, J.C., & Hirsh, A.T. (2021). Pain catastrophizing mediates and moderates the link between acute pain and working memory. The Journal of Pain, 22, 981-995.

  67. Scheier, M.F., Swanson, J.D., Barlow, M.A., Greenhouse, J.B., & Tindle, H.A. for the Optimism/Pessimism Meta-Analytic Consortium.* (2021). Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical health: A comprehensive reanalysis of dispositional optimism research. American Psychologist, 76, 529-548.  *I am a member of this consortium.

  68. Shanahan, M.L., Fischer, I.C., Hirsh, A.T., Stewart, J.C., & Rand, K.L. (2021). Hope, optimism, and clinical pain: A meta-analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55, 815-832.

  69. †Shell, A.L., †Jackson, R.A., †Patel, J.S., Hirsh, A.T., Cyders, M.A., & Stewart, J.C. (2021). Associations of somatic depressive symptoms with food attentional bias and eating behaviors. Appetite, 167, 105593.

  70. †Shell, A.L., Oglesby, L., Um, M., Stewart, J.C., & Cyders, M.A. (2021). Negative urgency and central adiposity in a community sample: Moderated mediation by depressive symptoms and eating behaviors. Eating Behaviors, 43, 101576.

  71. Sico, J.J., Kundu, S., So-Armah, K., Gupta, S.K., Chang, C.H., Butt, A.A., Gibert, C.L., Marconi, V.C., Crystal, S., Tindle, H.A., Freiberg, M.S., & Stewart, J.C. (2021). Depression as a risk factor for incident ischemic stroke among HIV-positive veterans in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10, e017637.

  72. †Vrany, E.A., †Polanka, B.M., †Hsueh, L., Hill-Briggs, F., & Stewart J.C. (2021) Race/ethnicity moderates associations between depressive symptoms and diet composition among U.S. adults. Health Psychology, 40, 513-522.

  73. Algashgari, E.Y., Jung, M., Voh Ah, D., Stewart, J.C., & Pressler, S.J. (2022). Perceived facilitators and barriers to treatment fidelity in computerized cognitive training interventions. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 38, 247-255.

  74. Burg, M.M., & Stewart, J.C. (2022). If not us, who? If not now, when? Paths forward in science, patient care, and training to maximize the impact of cardiovascular behavioral medicine. Health Psychology, 41, 643-650.

  75. Hollingshead N.A., †Vrany E.A., †Hsueh L., Stewart, J.C., & Hirsh, A.T. (2022) Language use and generation status are associated with chronic pain differences in Mexican Americans. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24, 342-350.

  76. †Shell, A.L., †Gonzenbach, V., Sawhney, M., †Crawford, C.A., & Stewart, J.C. (2022). Associations between affective traits and high-frequency heart rate variability in primary care patients with depression. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 161, 110992.

  77. †Shell, A.L., †Williams, M.K., Patel, J.S., Vrany, E.A., Considine, R.V., Acton, A.J., & Stewart, J.C. (2022). Associations of somatic depressive symptoms with body mass index, systemic inflammation, and insulin resistance in primary care patients with depression. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 882-893.

  78. Anastas, T.M., Stewart, J.C., Rand, K.L., Hirsh, A.T. (2023). Pain in people experiencing homelessness: A scoping review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, 288-300.

  79. †Crawford, C.A., †Williams, M.K., †Shell, A.L, MacDonald, K.L., Considine, R.V., Wu, W., Rand, K.L., & Stewart, J.C. (2023). Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and depressive symptom clusters: Data from the eIMPACT trial. Psychiatry Research, 330, 115581.

  80. Eckerle, W., Koldhekar, A., Muldoon, M.F., Stewart, J.C., Kamarck, T.W. (2023). Independent associations between trait-anger, depressive symptoms and preclinical atherosclerotic progression. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, 409-417.

  81. †Polanka, B.M., Gupta, S.K., So-Armah, K.A., Freiberg, M.S., Zapolski, T.C.B., Hirsh, A.T., & Stewart, J.C. (2023). Examining depression as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in people with HIV: A systematic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, 1-25.

  82. Rogers, S.K., Ahamadeen, N., Chen, C.X., Mosher, C.E., Stewart, J.C., & Rand, K.L. (2023). Dysmenorrhea and psychological distress: A meta-analysis. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 26, 719-735.

  83. Stewart, J.C., †Patel, J.S., †Polanka, B.M., Gao., S., Nurnberger, J.I., MacDonald, K.L., Gupta, S.K., Considine, R.V., Kovacs, R.J., Vrany, E.A., Berntson, J., †Hsueh, L., †Shell, A.L., Rollman, B.L., & Callahan, C.M. (2023). Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers: eIMPACT randomized controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 112, 18-28.

  84. Anastas, T.M., Wu, W., Burgess, D.J., Stewart, J.C., Salyers, M.P., Kroenke, K., & Hirsh, A.T. (2024). The impact of patient race, patient socioeconomic status, and cognitive load of physician residents and fellow on chronic pain care decisions. The Journal of Pain, 25, 104489

  85. Bourgi, K., Kundu, S., Stewart, J.C., So-Armah, K., Freiberg, M., & Gupta, SK. (2024). Associations of HIV and depression with incident diabetes mellitus: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78, 378-385.

  86. Krueger, E., Secinti, E., Stewart, J.C., Rand, K.L., & Mosher, C.E. (2024). Cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions for distress in patients with advanced cancer: A meta-analysis. Psycho-Oncology, 33, e6259.

  87. †Schuiling, M.D., †Shell, A.L., Callahan, C.M., Nurnberger, J.I., MacDonald. K.L., Considine, R.V., Wu, W., Hirsh, A.T., †Crawford. C.A., †Williams, M.K., †Lipuma, T.C., Gupta, S.K., Kovacs, R.J., Rollman, B.L., Stewart, J.C. (2024). Effect of depression treatment on health behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors in primary care patients with depression and elevated cardiovascular risk: Data from the eIMPACT trial. Psychological Medicine, 54, 3303-3316.

  88. †Shell, A.L., †Crawford, C.A., Cyders, M.A., Hirsh, A.T., & Stewart, J.C. (2024). Depressive disorder subtypes, depressive symptom clusters, and risk of obesity and diabetes: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 353, 70-89.

  89. †Williams, M.K., †Crawford, C.A., Zapolski, T.C., Hirsh, A.T., & Stewart, J.C. (2024). Longer-term mental health consequences of COVID-19 infection: Moderation by race and socioeconomic status. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 111-123.

  90. †Crawford, C.A., Polanka, B.M., Wu, W., MacDonald, K.L., Gupta, S.K., & Stewart, J.C. (in press). Associations of depressive symptom clusters with biomarkers of monocyte activation, systemic inflammation, and coagulation in people with HIV and depression. Journal of Health Psychology.

  91. †Crawford, C.A., Carson, I.W., Polanka, B.M., †Williams, M.K., Higgins, A.B., †Schuiling, M.D., & Stewart, J.C. (in press). Associations between sexual orientation dimensions and cardiometabolic diseases: Data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III). Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.

  92. Burg, M.M., Stewart, J.C., Gaffey, A.E., Särnholm, J., Vela, A.M., & Kovacs, R.J. (in press). Behavioral medicine can tackle the main drivers of cardiovascular disease risk and burden: A call for new priorities. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Science.

  93. Fox, T., Garrison, A.C.S., Minor, K.S., Stewart, J.C., & Cyders, M.A. (in press). A meta-analysis on the relationship between depression and adherence to medication for opioid use disorder. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.

Awards

Dr. Stewart's Honors and Awards:

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2003-2006            Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (NIH                                                T32 HL07560), Postdoctoral Scholar in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research,                                                                Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2005                      Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society

2008                      Release for Research Time Award, IUPUI

2015                      School of Science Research Award for Tenured Faculty, IUPUI

2020                      Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research

2022                      Fellow, American Psychosomatic Society

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Selected Grants and Awards to People Under the Mentorship of Dr. Stewart:

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2010-2012             IUPUI Urban Educators Graduate Teaching Fellowship ($30,000/year) in the GK-12 Program funded by the National

Science Foundation (Misty Hawkins)

2011                      Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Research Project Award (Mary Lee)

2012                      Outstanding Oral Presentation, Indiana Psychological Association (Misty Hawkins)

2012                      Award for Research in Diversity, Indiana Psychological Association (Misty Hawkins)

2012                      Citation Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine (Tasneem Khambaty)

2012                      Meritorious Student Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine (Tasneem Khambaty)

2012                      Meritorious Student Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine (Stephanie Case)

2013                      Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Tasneem Khambaty)

2013                      Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Stephanie Case)

2014                      Young Investigator Scholarship, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (Tasneem Khambaty)

2015                      University Fellowship, Indiana University (Loretta Hsueh)

2015                      Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Elizabeth Vrany)

2016                      Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Jessica Berntson)

2016                      Minority Initiative Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Brittanny Polanka)

2017                      Meritorious Student Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine (Loretta Hsueh)   

2018                      Indiana CTSI Predoctoral Award (27,000/year; Loretta Hsueh)

2019                      IUPUI Elite 50 Award (Brittanny Polanka)

2019                      IUPUI Elite 50 Award (Loretta Hsueh)

2020                      Graduate Diversity Fellowship, Indiana University (Michelle Williams) 

2020                      Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Jay Patel)

2022                      Graduate Diversity Fellowship, Indiana University (Timothy Lipuma)

2022                      IUPUI Elite 50 Award (Aubrey Shell)

2022                      LGBT Health Scholar Trainee Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Christopher Crawford)

2023                      Diversity Scholar Travel Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Michelle Williams)

2023                      Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Christopher Crawford)

2023                      Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society (Matthew Schuiling)

2023                      Trainee Merit Award, Sleep Research Society (Matthew Schuiling)

2023-2024             Indiana University President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship (Michelle Williams)

2024                      Graduate Diversity Fellowship, Indiana University (Jihee Yoon)

2024-2025             Indiana University John H. Edwards Fellowship (Christopher Crawford)

2025                      LGBT Health Scholar Trainee Award, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (Christopher Crawford)

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