Kristen Weaver, PhD, MS, BS, BA
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
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