Christopher Fagundes
PhD Psychology
Associate Professor
Rice University
Working in the area of stress and health, Dr. Fagundes uses theories and methods from personality, clinical/health, and developmental psychology to examine how stress “gets under the skin” to impact diseases of older adulthood such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and cognitive decline. He has authored more than 95 articles and book chapters on stress, health, and resilience. He mentors both Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Social Health Psychology, and Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Ph.D. students, as well as clinical health psychology post-docs. He has received over 10 million dollars as a principal investigator from the National Institute of Health (NIH). Dr. Fagundes has also been the primary mentor on several NIH training grants. He was named a “Rising Star” by the Association of Psychological Science. He was the recipient of the Robert Ader New Investigator Award from the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, the Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Excellence in Health Psychology Research Award by an Early Career Professional from Division 38 of the American Psychological Association.