Angela Grippo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Phone: (815) 753-7070
Fax: (815) 753-8088
E-mail: angelagrippo@niu.edu
Homepage: www.grippo.weebly.com
Office: PM 357

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: The University of Iowa, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Interactions among social behavior, stress, and the heart; association of depression and heart disease; animal models of psychological disorders and stress.

FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES

• Psyc 300, Introduction to Brain and Behavior
• Psyc 481/581, Drugs and Behavior

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Grippo AJ.  The utility of animal models in understanding links between psychosocial processes and cardiovascular health.  Social and Personality Psychology Compass 5/4: 164-179, 2011.
• Grippo AJ, Carter CS, McNeal N, Chandler DL, LaRocca MA, Bates SL, Porges SW.  24-Hour autonomic dysfunction and depressive behaviors in an animal model of social isolation: implications for the study of depression and cardiovascular disease.  Psychosomatic Medicine 73: 59-66, 2011.
• Grippo AJ, Sgoifo A, Mastorci F, McNeal N, Trahanas DM.  Cardiac dysfunction and hypothalamic activation during asocial crowding stressor in prairie voles.  Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 156: 44-50, 2010 (PMC2914185).
• Williamson JB, Lewis G, Grippo AJ, Lamb D, Harden E, Handelman M, Lebow J, Carter CS, Porges SW.  Autonomic predictors of recovery following surgery: a comparative study.  Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 156: 60-66, 2010.
• Grippo AJ, Trahanas DM, Zimmerman RR, Porges SW, Carter CS.  Oxytocin protects against negative behavioral and autonomic consequences of long-term social isolation.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 34: 1542-1553, 2009.  (PMC19553027)
• Grippo AJ.  Mechanisms underlying altered mood and cardiovascular dysfunction: the value of neurobiological and behavioral research with animal models.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 33: 171-180, 2009.  (PMC18703084)
• Grippo AJ, Johnson AK.  Stress, depression and cardiovascular dysregulation: a review of neurobiological mechanisms and the integration of research from preclinical disease models.  Stress 12: 1-21, 2009.  (PMC19116888)
• Grippo AJ, Moffitt JA, Johnson AK.  Evaluation of baroreceptor reflex function in the chronic mild stress rodent model of depression.  Psychosomatic Medicine 70: 435-443, 2008.  (PMC18480191)
• Grippo AJ, Wu KD, Hassan I, Carter CS.  Social isolation in prairie voles induces behaviors relevant to negative affect: toward the development of a rodent model focused on co-occurring depression and anxiety.  Depression and Anxiety 25: E17-E26, 2008.  (PMC17935206)
• Grippo AJ, Cushing BS, Carter CS.  Depression-like behavior and stressor-induced neuroendocrine activation in female prairie voles exposed to chronic social isolation.  Psychosomatic Medicine 69: 149-157, 2007.  (PMC17289829)
• Grippo AJ, Gerena D, Huang J, Kumar N, Shah M, Ughreja R, Carter CS.  Social isolation induces behavioral and neuroendocrine disturbances relevant to depression in female and male prairie voles.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 32: 966-980, 2007.  (PMC2174914)
• Grippo AJ, Lamb DG, Carter CS, Porges SW.  Cardiac regulation in the socially monogamous prairie vole.  Physiology and Behavior 90: 386-393, 2007.  (PMC1839927)
• Grippo AJ, Lamb DG, Carter CS, Porges SW.  Social isolation disrupts autonomic regulation of the heart and influences negative affective behaviors.  Biological Psychiatry 62: 1162-1170, 2007.  (PMC2144909)

REPRESENTATIVE GRANTS

• Awardee, Great Journeys Assistantship Award; Northern Illinois University Research and Graduate Studies Development Council; Depression and heart disease: studies of negative social experiences in an animal model; $14,295 (total costs); 1 academic year, 08/15/11 - 05/15/12
• Awardee, Research and Artistry Award; Northern Illinois University Division of Research and Graduate Studies; Depression and heart disease: investigating the role of the social environment in an animal model; $14,765 (total costs); 1 year, 07/01/11 - 06/30/12
• Principal Investigator, NIH Exploratory Research Grant (R21); NIMH; Behavioral, autonomic, and endocrine regulation in depression and heart disease; $388,575 (total costs); 4 years, 02/01/08 – 01/31/12