Publications

** Graff, T., Birmingham, W.C., Luke, S. Tonic Pupillary Stress Response and the Impact of Received Social Support. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research. (Jul 2018). Fort Collins, CO.

**Graff, T., Birmingham, W.C., Luke, S. Impact of received social support on pupillary stress response. Poster presented at the 75th annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. (Mar 2018). Louisville, KY.

Jorgensen, A., *Thomsen, M., *Gore, C., *Sieg, E., *Call, N., *Minga, K., *Baker, A., *Brown, S., *Williams, A., Birmingham, W.C. (2022). Associations Between a Healthy Work-Family Balance and Better Health. Poster presented at the semi-annual Mary Lou Fulton Undergraduate Research Conference. Provo, Utah.

Springer, K., Graff, T.C., Birmingham, W.C. (2023). Living with Strain: Tension from Balancing Multiple roles Negatively Influences Mothers’ Marital Relationships. Poster submitted to the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Church, L., Holland, C., Springer, K., Graff, T.C., Birmingham, W.C., (May 2022). When it Rains it Pours: Predicting Poor Marital Relationship Quality in Mothers. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL

Graff, T.C., *Lee, E., *Kaseda, E., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. The Relationship between Work Social Support and Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Martin, K., *Rolfson, M., **Graff, T., **Berrey, J., *Seipert, S., Birmingham, W.C. Working 9 to 5: Sex-role conflict and job satisfaction. National Council on Undergraduate Research (2020 April). Digital Meeting.

Birmingham, W.C. (March 2025). “While You Were Sleeping: Blunted Nocturnal Blood Pressure across Social Relationships” Invited talk given at BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID.

*Cressman, M., *Call, N., Siepert, S., **Graff, T., **Berrey, J., Birmingham, W.C. Comparing Two Measures of Relationship Quality on Systolic Blood Pressure. National Council on Undergraduate Research (2020 April). Digital Meeting.
 
Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., Hung, M., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T. Stress and marriage: Ambivalent relationships, stress and blood pressure. Poster presented at the annual mid-year conference for the American Psychosomatic Society. Oct 2017. Berkeley, CA

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., *Kaseda, E., *Wade, T.,* Eversole, K. (2017). Marital Relationship Quality Begins with Me: The Impact of One’s Own Behavior Toward Spouse on Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Poster presented at the annual conference for the American Psychological Society. March 2017. Seville, Spain.

Nielson, S.J., Birmingham, W.C., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., *Hartung, E., *Kaseda, E. (2016). Perspectives of the optimism bias on behavior modeling in new and prospective parents. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(3). A112-113

Youngmee Kim, PhD, Stephanie J. Wilson, PhD, Psychology, Wendy C. Birmingham, PhD, Psychology, Savannah M. Boyd, MS, , Robert Moulder, PhD, Theodore Robles, PhD. Perceived spousal behavior and nocturnal blood pressure dipping. American Psychosomatic Society national conference, March 2021

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., Hung, M., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T. Stress and marriage: Relationship quality, stress and blood pressure. Poster presented at the 75th annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. (Mar 2018). Louisville, KY. Citation Award Winner

*Nielson, S., Birmingham, W.C., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., *Hartung, E., *Romney, C. Affective Forecasting of Parental Health: Optimistic Behavior Modeling in Parents-to-be. Poster presentation at the annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentoring Undergraduate Research Conference; Provo, UT. (Undergraduate student presented). April, 2016. Provo, Utah.

*Nielson, S.J., Birmingham, W.C., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., Hartung, E., *Kaseda, E., *Herron, C., *Romney, C. Perspectives of the optimism bias on behavior modeling in new and prospective parents. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

* Eversole, K., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., *Kaseda, E., *Nielson, S.J., Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C., Spousal influence on health behavioral practices in young couples. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C., Uchino, B.N., Smith, T.W., Light, K.C., Bosch, J.A., *Ridley, S., Reblin, M., Carlisle, M. (Feb 2015). Parenthood and cardiovascular health in older couples: an examination of parental status, resting blood pressure and health behaviors. Poster presented at the 16th annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference. Long Beach, CA.

Kapp, K., Birmingham, W.C., Uchino, B.N., *Ridley, S., *Tyler, E., Carlisle, M. (Mar 2014). Does being a parent make one healthier, even after the children have grown? an examination of resting blood pressure and lifestyle behavior in older adults. Poster presentation at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah.

*Tyler, E., Birmingham, W.C., Uchino, B.N., *Ridley, S., *Kapp, K., Carlisle, M. (Mar 2014). Social support in an aging population: does greater church attendance indicate lower resting blood pressure and healthier lifestyle behaviors? Poster presentation at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah.

*Kapp, K., Birmingham, W.C., Uchino, B.N., *Ridley, S., *Tyler, E., Carlisle, M. (Mar 2014). Parental status, resting blood pressure and healthy behaviors: does being a parent make one healthier, even after the children have grown? Presented at the annual conference for the Utah Council on Family Relations. Provo, Utah.

*Tyler, E., Birmingham, W.C., Uchino, B.N., *Ridley, S., *Kapp, K., Carlisle, M. (Mar 2014). Resting blood pressure and healthier behaviors in an aging population: does church attendance play a role? Presented at the annual conference for the Utah Council on Family Relations. Provo, Utah.

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.M., Herr, R. M., Hung, M. Workplace support and nocturnal blood pressure dipping. Oral presentation at the International Association for Relationship Research, July, 2020. London, UK. Conference postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L M., Hung, M. What’s Happening While You Sleep? Relationship Quality and Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping. Oral presentation presented at the International Association for Relationship Research, July, 2019. Brighton, UK

Wadsworth, L., Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., *Wade, T. (2017). The Relationship Between Work Social Support and Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Oral presentation at the annual conference for the American Psychosomatic Society. March 2017. Seville, Spain

Birmingham, W.C. (April 2020) “Religious commitment, knowledge, and HPV vaccination adherence.” Invited talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Intermountain West HPV Coalition, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C. (Feb 2015). “HPV Vaccination: Understanding the LDS Perspective”. Invited talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Intermountain West HPV Vaccination Coalition. Boise, Idaho.

Brown, S.M., *Cressman, M.P., *Jenkins, L.C., Birmingham, W.C. Are Women Really Always Right? Comparing HPV Knowledge between Women and Men. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT

Deichman, C., *Kreutz, C., *Jenkins, L., **Graff, T., *Berrey, J., *Seipert, S., Birmingham, W.C. Religiosity and Perceptions of HPV Vaccine Safety. National Council on Undergraduate Research (2020 April). Digital Meeting.

Kemp, C., *Felin, M., * Kindt, C., * Fitzgerald, J., **Graff, T., Macintosh, J., Vaughn, A., Birmingham, W.C. Religiosity and HPV knowledge and adherence to vaccination. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research. (Jul 2018). Fort Collins, CO.

Kemp, C., *Felin, M., *Kindt, C.,* Fitzgerald, J., **Graff, T., Macintosh, J., Vaughn, A., Birmingham, W.C. Impact of religiosity on HPV knowledge and adherence to vaccination. Poster presented at the annual Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (Mar 2018). Cedar City, UT.

Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Sgro, J., *Hartung, E. (Oct 2015). Communication strategies associated with greater spousal influence in colorectal cancer risk prevention discussions. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. New Orleans, LA.

Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, A., Reblin, M. (June 2015). Spousal Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors and Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Perceptions of Both At-Risk Spouses and Their Partners.  Paper presented to the 2015 Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, New Brunswick, NJ.

*Hall, K., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T.C.,*Subiantoro, T., **Voss, M.M., *Bounsanga, J., Wadsworth, L., Hung, M., Birmingham, W.C. Senior Olympians: Models of Successful Aging. Paper presented at the annual conference for the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. April 2017. Salt Lake City, UT. **Diversity Award Winner**

*Wright, K., Birmingham, W.C., Reblin, M. Ignoring the Impact of Genetics: Why some high-risk individuals choose to forgo genetic testing for colorectal cancer. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Felin, M., *Kemp, C., *Strong, Y., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. Happy Wife, Happy Life: Spousal Support as a Predictor of Life Satisfaction. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University April 2017. Provo, UT. **Gerontology Award Winner**

Birmingham, W.C., Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., *Sgro, J. The Effects of Genetic Counseling Information on Spousal Influence on Modifiable Risk-Reducing Strategies for Their at-Risk Partner. Presented at the biannual conference of the International Association for Relational Research, July, 2016. Toronto, Canada.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., **Voss, M., *Bounsanga, J., Hung. M. Effects of communication and decision-making on psychological well-being in married older adults. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

Birmingham, W.C., *Romney, C., *Sgro, J., *Nielson, S., *Hartung, E., *Ray, K., *Kaseda, E. Family cancer risk: The relative accuracy of family cancer history knowledge in a younger population. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

Birmingham, W.C., *Romney, C., *Sgro, J., *Nielson, S., *Hartung, E., *Ray, K., *Kaseda, E. (March 2016). Family cancer risk: The relative accuracy of family cancer history knowledge in a younger population. Society of Behavioral Medicine.

*Eversole, K., *Sgro, J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., *Kaseda, E., *Nielson, S.J., Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C., Spousal influence on health behavioral practices in young couples. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Nielson, S., *Sgro, J., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C. Improving cancer screening behavior: How does spousal influence and communication effect behavior? Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Sgro, J., *Hartung, E. (Oct 2015). Communication strategies associated with greater spousal influence in colorectal cancer risk prevention discussions. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. New Orleans, LA.

Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., Birmingham, W.C., *Hartung, E., *Sgro, J. (July-August 2015). Spousal support can be  positive or negative: Qualitative analysis of colorectal cancer risk prevention discussions. Poster presented at the 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, American Psychosocial Oncology Society meeting. Washington, D.C.

Birmingham, W.C., Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., *Higbee, S., *Hartung, E., *Sgro, J., *Willoughby, K., *Romney, C. (August, 2015). Improving cancer screening behavior: How spousal influence and communication effect behavior. American Psychosocial Oncology Society.

Birmingham. W.C., Reblin, M., Kohlmann, W., *Higbee, S., *Hartung, E., *Sgro. J., *Willoughby, A., *Romney, C. (July-August 2015). Improving cancer screening behavior: how does spousal Influence and communication effect behavior? Poster presented to the 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, American Psychosocial Oncology Society meeting. Washington, D.C.

Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., *Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, A., Reblin, M. (June 2015). Spousal Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors and Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Perceptions of Both At-Risk Spouses and Their Partners. Paper presented to the 2015 Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, New Brunswick, NJ.

*Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, K., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M. (April 2015). Spousal influence on colorectal cancer screening behaviors: a feasibility study.  Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah

*Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., *Sgro, J., *Hanni, S., *Romney, C., *Willoughby, A., Birmingham, W.C., Kohlmann, W., Reblin, M. (Feb 2015). Spousal influence on colorectal cancer screening behavior and lifestyle choices. Poster presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research. St. George, Utah.

Birmingham, W.C. (January 2018) “Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice? “I do” and Body Image” Invited talk given at the Global Women’s Studies Capstone Seminar. Provo, UT

*Call, N.,  *Cole, J., *Jorgensen, A., *Hoskin, J., *Kreutz, C., *Seipert, S., Birmingham, W.C. Comparing religiosity and disordered eating behaviors among female university students. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT

*Lee, E.,* Lee, C., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L. He Thinks, She Thinks: Differences Between Self and Spousal Perceptions of Positivity and Negativity. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Nielson, A., *Wright, K., *Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C. (2016). I Feel Fat: Spousal Support and Body Image. Poster presentation at the annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentoring Undergraduate Research Conference; Provo, UT. (Undergraduate student presented). Award winner. April, 2016. Provo, Utah.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., Cavallini, A., *Ballew, K., *Nielson, S.J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., *Eversole, K., *Hyatt, K. Relationship quality and body image: Can supportive spouses make a difference? Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

*Ballew, K., *Sgro, J., *Kesada, E., Cavallini, A., *Nielsen, S.J., *Ray, K., *Herron, C., Eversole, K., Hyatt, K., Birmingham, W.C.  Religiosity may not predict better body image: a study in sub-clinical women. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Kaseda, E., Sgro, J., Cavallini, A., Ballew, K., Nielson, S.J., Ray, K., Herron, C., Eversole, K., Hyatt, K., Birmingham, W.C. Personal susceptibility to media influence: Body satisfaction in sub-clinical women. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C., *Sgro, J., Cavallini, A., *Kaseda, E., Ballew, K.,* Herron, C., *Nielson, S. I Do! The impact of marital relationship quality and eating behaviors on resting blood pressure in sub-clinical eating-disorder women. Oral presentation at the biannual conference of the International Association for Relational Research, July, 2016. Toronto, Canada.

**Voss, M.W., Saltzman, C.L., Gu, Y., Bounsaga, J., Greene, T., †Birmingham, W.C. responsiveness of the promis instruments for pain and function. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51, S2114-S2115.

Birmingham, W.C., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T., Wadsworth, L. Exercise and resilience after retirement. Poster presented at the 75^th annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. (Mar 2018). Louisville, KY.

*Kaseda, E., **Graff, T.C., Voss, M., Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. (Apr 2017). Retirement and Family Support: Effects on Physiological and Psychological Health. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

*Subiantoro, T., *Kaseda, E., **Graff, T.C., *Hall, K., Voss, M., Bounsanga, J., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M., Birmingham, W.C. Exercise After Retirement: The Secret to Productive Aging. Poster presented at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2017. Provo, UT.

Birmingham, W.C., Wadsworth, L., *Kaseda, E., ** Voss, M.M., Bounsanga, J., Hung, M. Spousal Retirement Communication and Decision-Making on Relationship Quality and Self-Reported Health in Older Adults. Poster presentation at the annual conference for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. March 2017. San Diego, CA.

Voss, M.W., Hung, M., Bounsanga, J., Chen, W., Crum, B., †Birmingham, W.C. (2016). Effects of marital support and strain on health outcomes. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(3). A131

Voss, M., Hung, M., Wadsworth, L., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. (2016). Late Life Unemployment and Life Satisfaction. Paper presented at the 2016 Joint Research Conference of the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA (SSO:USA) and the Canadian Society of Occupational Scientists (CSOS). September 2016. Portland, Maine

**Voss, M., Birmingham, W.C., Bounsanga, J., *Crum, A.B., Chen, W., Hung, M. Assessment of marital quality and health in the aging population. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., *Voss, M. W., *Bounsanga, J., Hung, M. Effects of frequent marital communication and decision-making on psychological outcomes: A study of older adults. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

*Sgro, J., *Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C., Carlisle, M. Effects of spousal attitudes on own exercise behavior. Presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

*Sgro, J., Birmingham, W.C., Voss, M. W., *Bousanga, J., Hung, M. Effects of frequent marital communication and decision-making on psychological outcomes: A study of older adults. Presented at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.

Birmingham, W.C. (September 2025). "How’s your heart? Students of Color on a predominately white campus.” Invited talk to be presented at BYU Idaho, Rexburg, ID.

Birmingham, W.C., *Jorgensen, A., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. (June 2023) Friends and families: the effect of network support on nocturnal blood pressure dipping. International Organization of Psychophysiology, Geneva, Switzerland

Birmingham, W.C., *Jorgensen, A., *Rolfson-Taylor, M., *Kreutz, C., *Thomsen, M., *Williams, A., Wadsworth, L.L., Hung, M. (June 2023). Differences matter: blood pressure in students of color on a predominately white campus. International Organization of Psychophysiology, Geneva, Switzerland.

Rolfson, M., *Kreutz, C., *Amdal, M., Baker, A., *Jamison, S., Birmingham, W.C. Stressed Out: Students of Color and Race-Related Stress. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (2021 Feb). St. George, UT

*Kaseda, E. Birmingham, W.C., Kirwan, C.B., *Nielson, S.J., **Anderson, M., **Blackhurst, Z., **Aaron, S., Braithwaite, S. (2017). Emotional processing in supportive marriages: increased amygdala activation in an fMRI investigation. Psychosomatic Medicine. 79(4). A129-A130

*Kaseda, E., Birmingham, W.C., Kirwan, C.B., *Nielson, S.J., Anderson, M., Blackhurst, Z., Aaron, S., & Braithwaite, S. Decreased amygdala activation in ambivalent marriages: An fMRI investigation. Paper presented at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, February, 2017. Orem, UT.

*Kaseda, E., Birmingham, W.C. Kirwan, C.B., Nielson, S.J., Anderson, M., Blackhurst, Z., Aaron, S., Braithwaite, S.R. (2017). Emotional Processing in Supportive Marriages: Increased Amygdala Activation in an FMRI Investigation. Oral presentation at the annual conference for the American Psychosomatic Society. March 2017. Seville, Spain.

*Kaseda, E., Birmingham, W.C. Family Relationships and Inhibition Control in Emerging Adults with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. (Mar 2018). New Orleans, LA.

* Kaseda, E., Blackurst, Z., Aaron, S.C., Muncy, N., Anderson. M., Kirwan, B., Braithwaite, S.R., Birmingham, W.C. The Effect of Marital Satisfaction and Neuroticism on Amygdala Activation. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. (Mar 2018). New Orleans, LA.

*Kaseda, E., *Sardoncillo, D., Birmingham, W.C. A self-report of parental behaviors and self-control among adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the 75th annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. (Mar 2018). Louisville, KY.

*Nielson, S., *Kaseda, E., *Anderson, M., **Blackhurst, Z., **Aaron, S., Birmingham, W.C., Kirwan, B., Braithwaite, S. Ambivalent Relationship Quality in Neurological Functioning: Elucidating the Physiological Pathways by Which Marriage Impacts Health. Poster presentation at the annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentoring Undergraduate Research Conference; Provo, UT. (Undergraduate student presented). April, 2016. Provo, Utah.

Cundiff, J.M., Cribbet, M.M., Birmingham, W. C. (2025). Introduction to the Special Issue Social Influences on Physical Health: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Solutions. Health Psychology.

Hung, M., Birmingham, W.C., Gardner, J., Lee, S., Eisenhuth, G., Probert, C, Schwartz, C., Stevens, R., Nader Karimi, N., Mennell, B., Moharjeri, A. (in review). Evaluating the Impact of Orthodontic Interventions on Temporomandibular Disorders: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.

Otto, A.K., Soriano, E. C., Birmingham, W.C., Vadaparampil, S.T., Heyman, R.E., Ellington, L., Reblin, M. (2022). Impact of relationship and communication variables on ambulatory blood pressure in advanced cancer caregivers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 34244701 DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaab057 IF 3.8

Brumbach, B., Birmingham, W.C., Boonyasiriwat, W., Walters, S., Kinney, A.Y. (September 2017). Intervention mediators in a randomized controlled trial to increase colonoscopy uptake among individuals at increased risk of familial colorectal cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51(5):694-706. IF 3.8

Uchino, B.N., Vaughn, A.A., Carlisle, M., & Birmingham, W. (2012). Social support and immunity. Chapter in S. Segerstrom (Ed.) Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology, Oxford Press.

Crum, A., Hung, M., **Voss, M.W., Bounsanga,J., Chen, W., †Birmingham, W.C. (2016) prevalence of depressive symptoms across the nation. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(3). A77.

Brumbach, B.H., Birmingham, W.C., Boonyasiriwat, W., Walter, S., Kinney., A.Y. Intervention Mediators in an RCT to Increase Colonoscopy Uptake among Those at Increased Risk for Familial Colorectal Cancer. Oral presentation at annual conference for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. March 2017. San Diego, CA.

Otto, A. K., Soriano, E. C., Birmingham, W. C., Vadaparampil, S. T., Heyman, R. E., Ellington, L., & Reblin, M. Effects of relationship and communication factors on ambulatory blood pressure in caregivers of advanced cancer patients. Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 41st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions (2020, April). San Francisco, CA.

Hung, M., Bounsanga, J., Tyser, A.R., Greene, T., Gu, Y., ** Voss, M.M., Birmingham, W.C., Saltzman, C.L. (2017). PROMIS Measures for Patient Centered Care. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA: March 2017.

Hung. M., **Voss, M.M., Gu, Y., *Bounsanga, J., Greene, T., Birmingham, W.C., Saltzman, C.L. (2017). Responsiveness of the PROMIS Instruments for Pain and Function. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA: March 2017.

Hung. M.,Crums, A.B., Bousanga, J., **Voss, M.W., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. (December 2016). Prevalence of depressive symptoms in the older population. Geriatric Mental Health Care. 3(3-4), 29-35.

[59] Birmingham, W.C., Holt-Lunstad, J., Herr, R.M., Barth, A. (2024). Social Connections in the Workplace. The American Journal of Health Promotion. Special Issue: Knowing Well, Being Well . Invited paper IF 2.956

Bounsanga J., Hung M., Voss M.W., * Crum A.B., Chen W., Birmingham W.C., Family support in older adults with arthritis pain and depression. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 7-9, 2016 in Asheville, NC.

Crum A.B., Birmingham W.C., * Bounsanga J., **Voss M.W., Chen W., Hung M., Regional differences in depressive symptoms in older adults. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 7-9, 2016 in Asheville, NC.

Bousanga, J., Hung, M., **Voss, M.W., *Crum, A.B., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. The impact of family support and relationships in health aging. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016.. Denver, CO.

Voss, M., Hung, M., *Bounsanga, J., Chen, W., *Crum, A.B., Birmingham, W.C. Effects of marital support and strain on health outcomes. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

*Crum, A.B., Hung, M., **Voss, M., *Bounsanga, J., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. Prevalence of depressive symptoms across the nation. Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, March, 2016. Denver, CO.

Carlise, M., *Hartung, E., Birmingham, W.C.  I know what I think about exercise, but does my spouse’s attitude matter? Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

Hung, M., *Crum. A.B., *Bounsanga, J., ** Voss, M.W., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. Prevalence of depressive symptoms in an older population by geographical region. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

Hung, M., *Bounsanga, J., **Voss, M., *Crum, A.B., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. Exploring family support in elderly with arthritis pain and depression. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, March, 2016. Washington DC.

*Crum. A.B., Hung, M., *Bounsanga, J., **Voss, M.W., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. (Feb 2016). Trends of depression across regions in the United States. Presented at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT

*Bounsanga, J., Hung, M., **Voss, M.V., *Crum, A.B., Chen, W., Birmingham, W.C. (Feb 2016). The influence of social support on health outcomes in the older population. Presented at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, February, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT

Reblin, M., Birmingham, W.C., Smith, T.W. & Uchino, B.N. (June, 2015) Multi-situational, multi-dimensional measurement of dyadic relationship quality. Poster presented to the 2015 Mini-Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, New Brunswick, NJ.

Carlisle, M., Birmingham W.C., *Hartung, E., *Higbee, S., Zimmerman, G.A., Weyrich, A.S., Rondina, M.T. (Feb 2015) Assessment of perceived social network availability for lifestyle change in obese adults. Poster presented at the 16th annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference. Long Beach, CA.