- Position : Postdoctoral Researcher
- Institution : University of California Irvine
- Department : Psychiatry & Human Behavior
- Location : Orange, CA, USA
- Website : http://phwww.cwis.uci.edu/cgi-bin/phonebook?Entringer
Dr. Sonja Entringer PhD
Main Research Focus
Developmental psychobiology, developmental programming of
health and disease. The focus of my research interest is on biobehavioral processes
(genetic, neuroendocrine, immune, psychosocial) in human pregnancy and health
related developmental outcomes.
Career
Awards
2008 Young Investigator Award, International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)
2008 American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Scholar Award
2006 Young Investigator Award, International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)
2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation
Publication Highlights
Entringer S, Kumsta R, Hellhammer DH, Wadhwa PD, Wüst S (2009) Prenatal exposure to maternal psychosocial stress and HPA axis regulation in young adults. Hormones and Behavior. 55: 292-298.
Entringer S, Wüst S, Kumsta R, Layes I, Hellhammer DH, Nelson E, Wadhwa PD (2008) Exposure to prenatal psychosocial stress is associated with insulin resistance in young adults. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 199(5), 498.e1-498.e7.
Entringer S, Kumsta R, Hellhammer DH, Nelson E, Wadhwa PD, Wüst S (2008) Influence of Prenatal Psychosocial Stress on Immune Function in Adult Women. Developmental Psychobiology. 50(6):579-587.
Schlotz W, Kumsta R, Layes I, Entringer S, Jones A, Wüst S (2008) Covariance between psychological and endocrine responses to pharmacological challenge and psychosocial stress: a question of timing. Psychosomatic Medicine. 70:787–796.
Kumsta R, Entringer S, Koper JW, van Rossum EF, Hellhammer DH, Wuest S (2007) Sex Specific Associations between Common Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Variants and Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Responses to Psychosocial Stress. Biological Psychiatry. 62(8):863-869.
