Grant S. Shields

Federal Grant PI High Impact

Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

36 h-index 137 pubs 5,785 cited

Research Areas

Behavioral and Psychological Studies Mental Health Research Topics Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Immune Response and Inflammation Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Health Sciences Research and Education Stress Responses and Cortisol

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Grant S. Shields' research program investigates the complex interplay between stress, psychological well-being, and physiological health. His work has explored how various forms of stress, including cumulative lifetime exposure and subjective stress severity, predict mental health outcomes such as depression and anxiety. Shields also examines the biological underpinnings of these relationships, with publications investigating the role of inflammation, gene expression, and epigenetic modifications in stress response and mental health.

His research extends to specific populations and developmental stages, including studies on early life adversity and its effects on pubertal timing, as well as the health and social support needs of autistic adults. Shields has also contributed to understanding executive function in children and its association with future behavioral problems. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 36 and over 5,700 citations across 137 publications. He has received federal funding, including an NSF CAREER award for $453,764, to support his work on inhibitory control under stress. Shields collaborates with several faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Colton L. Hunter and Zach J. Gray.

Metrics

h-index: 36
Publications: 137
Citations: 5,785

Selected Publications

Lifetime stressor exposure and depression among patients with pancreatic cancer: insights from the Florida Pancreas Collaborative (2025) DOI
Multimodal stress assessment: Connecting task-related changes in self-reported stress, salivary biomarkers, heart rate, and facial expressions in the context of the stress response to the Trier Social Stress Test (2025) DOI
Lifetime Stressor Severity and Diurnal Cortisol in Older African American Adults: A Comparison of Three Theoretical Models (2025) DOI
Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis (2025) DOI
Acute stress differentially influences risky decision-making processes by sex: A hierarchical bayesian analysis (2024) DOI
Lifetime stressor exposure is related to suicidality in autistic adults: A multinational study (2024) DOI
The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G) (2024) DOI
Cumulative stressor exposure predicts menstrual cycle affective changes in a transdiagnostic outpatient sample with past-month suicidal ideation (2024) DOI
Immune response and intergroup bias: Vaccine-induced increases in cytokine activity are associated with worse evaluations of resume for Latina job applicant (2024) DOI
Neonatal Hair Cortisol and Birth Outcomes: An Empirical Study and Meta-Analysis (2024) DOI
Writing about a stressful experience can impair visual working memory (2024) DOI
Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure impairs stimulus–response but not contextual learning (2024) DOI
Neural activity and connectivity are related to food preference changes induced by food go/no-go training (2024) DOI
Evidence for response inhibition as a control process distinct from the common executive function: A two-study factor analysis. (2024) DOI
A mismatch between early and recent life stress predicts better response inhibition, but not cognitive inhibition (2024) DOI