Kristen Weaver

Kristen Weaver, PhD, MS, BS, BA

Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Research interests

    Stress, sex hormones and microbiota as modulators of the brain-gut axis in patients with chronic abdominal pain


    Comorbid pain conditions


    Sleep, diet, exercise and personality in chronic pain


    Early life trauma, PTSD


    Complementary approaches to pain management

  • Research approaches

    Clinical studies


    Self-report measures


    Genomics, proteomics, extracellular vesicles


     

     

    ORCID ID:  0000-0002-8757-8758

Lab or individual page

 

Publications

1. Weaver, K. R., Melkus, G. D., Fletcher, J. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Serum proteomics in African American females with IBS: An exploratory study. Nursing Research, 67, 261-267. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000281

2. Weaver, K. R., Melkus, G. D., Fletcher, J. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Perceived stress, its physiological correlates, and quality of life, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Biological Research For Nursing, 20, 312-320. doi:10.1177/1099800418756733

3. Joseph, P. V., Abey, S. K., Wang, D., Fourie, N. H., Kenea, N. D., Vishnyakova, T. G., Robinson, J. M., Weaver, K. R., Boulineaux, C. M., Davidson, H. R., Sherwin, L. B., Ozoji, O., Diallo, A. F., Smyser, P. A., Patterson, A. P. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Colon Epithelial MicroRNA Network in Fatty Liver. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Article ID 8246103, 12 pages, doi: 10.1155/2018/8246103

4. Weaver, K. R., Sherwin, L. B., Walitt, B., Melkus, G. D. & Henderson, W. A. (2016). Neuroimaging the brain-gut axis in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 7, 320-33. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i2.320

5. Abey, S. K., Yuana, Y., Joseph, P. V., Kenea, N. D., Fourie, N. H., Sherwin, L. B., Goney, G. E., Smyser, P. A., Stempinski, E. S., Boulineaux, C. M., Weaver, K. R., Bleck, C. K., Henderson, W. A. (2016). Lysozyme association with circulating RNA, extracellular vesicles, and chronic stress. BBA Clinical, 7, 23-35. doi: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2016.12.003