EDUCATION

• PhD (Biology), 1998, Stanford University
• AB (Biology), 1992, Princeton University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Relationship between depression and physical illness
• Impact of an individual's depressive symptoms on family members' emotions and psychological health
• Relationship between depression, anxiety, stress and cortisol levels
• Genetics of morning cortisol

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Goldacre MJ, Kurina LM, Wotton C, Yeates D, Seagroatt V. Schizophrenia and cancer: an epidemiological study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2005;187:334-338.
• Kurina LM, Weiss LA, Graves SW, Parry R, Williams GH, Abney M, Ober C. Sex differences in the genetic basis of morning serum cortisol levels: genome-wide screen identifies two novel loci specific to women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2005;90:4747-4752.
• Kurina LM, Gulati M, Everson-Rose SA, Chung PJ, Karavolos K, Cohen NJ, Kandula N, Lukezic R, Dugan SA, Sowers MF, Powell LH, Pickett KE. The effect of menopause on grip and pinch strength: results from the Chicago, Illinois, site of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. American Journal of Epidemiology.160(5): 484-491, 2004. Newspaper article regarding this publication.
• Kurina LM, Schneider B, Waite L. Stress, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and cortisol patterns in working parents. Stress and Health. 20: 53-63, 2004.
• Williams K, Kurina LM. The social structure, stress, and women's health. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 45: 1099-1118, 2002.
• Kurina LM, Goldacre MJ, Yeates D, Gill L. Appendicectomy, tonsillectomy and inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control record linkage study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 56:551-554, 2002.
• Kurina LM, Goldacre MJ, Yeates D, Gill L. Depression and anxiety in people with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 55:716-720, 2001.
• Goldacre MJ, Kurina LM, Seagroatt V, Yeates D, Gill L. Abortion and breast cancer: a case-control record-linkage study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 55: 336-337, 2001.
• Goldacre M, Kurina LM, Yeates D, Seagroatt V, Gill L. Use of large medical databases to study associations between diseases. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 93:669-675, 2000.
• Kurina LM, Vitousek PM. Nitrogen fixation rates of Stereocaulon vulcani on young Hawaiian lava flows. Biogeochemistry 55:179-194, 2001.
• Crews TE, Kurina LM, Vitousek PM. Organic matter and nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen fixation during early ecosystem development in Hawaii. Biogeochemistry. 52:259-279, 2001.
• Kurina LM, Vitsouek PM. Controls over the accumulation and decline of a nitrogen fixing lichen, Stereocaulon vulcani, on young Hawaiian lava flows. Journal of Ecology. 87:784-799, 1999.
• Wagner D, Kurina LM. The influence of ants and water availability on oviposition behaviour and survivorship of a facultatively ant-tended herbivore. Ecological Entomology. 22:352-360, 1997.

MAJOR COURSES

• HSTD 30900 - Principles of Epidemiology
• HSTD 30500 - Issues in Women's Health