Prof. Dr. Brigitte M. Kudielka

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

ab 04/2025	Vorsitzende des Promotionsausschusses der Fakult?t für Humanwissenschaften
03/2025	Gutachterin für "The UKRI Funding Service - UK Research and Innovation Funding Agency" und "L’OR?AL ?sterreich in Zusammenarbeit mit der ?sterreichischen UNESCO-Kommission und der ?sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften"
09/2023	Mitglied der Preis Jury "AstraZeneca Health at Work Award" der Funds for Scientific Research in Belgien (FNRS/FWO)
09/2019-09/2021	Dekanin der Fakult?t für Psychologie, P?dagogik und Sportwissenschaft
2018-2019	Co-Editor des Special Issue in Psychoneuroendocrinology: "Trier School of Psychoneuroendocrinology"
2014-2019	Mentorin im Max Weber-Programm Bayern der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
ab 04/2011	Lehrstuhlinhaberin: Professur für Medizinische Psychologie, Psychologische Diagnostik und Methodenlehre
2009-2019	Mitglied der Ethik-Kommission der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
2009/2010	Rufe an die Universit?t Regensburg und die Johannes-Gutenberg Universit?t Mainz (Professur für Gesundheits-Psychologie)
ab 06/2008	Professorin für Health Psychology am Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University Bremen
07/2006	Habilitation: Verleihung der Venia legendi für das Fach Psychologie
ab 10/2004	Leiterin einer unabh?ngigen DFG Emmy-Noether-Nachwuchswissenschaftlergruppe an der Universit?t Trier
ab 08/2002	Post-Doc Aufenthalt am Institut für Verhaltenswissenschaften der ETH Zürich, Schweiz
ab 08/2001	Post-Doc Aufenthalt am Institute for Mind and Biology der University of Chicago, USA
ab 10/1999	Wiss. Mitarbeiterin an der Abteilung für Experimentelle Psychologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universit?t Düsseldorf
02/2000	Promotion zum Dr. rer.nat. an der Universit?t Trier
10/1996	Diplom in Psychologie an der Universit?t Trier

Stipendien, Preise, Auszeichnungen

2024	EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLE in?Psychoneuroendocrinology (B?rtl, Henze?et al., 2024).
2023	EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLE in?Psychoneuroendocrinology (B?rtl, Kreuzpointner?et al., 2023).
2017	Gutachterin in der Promotionsf?rderung der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes e.V.
2017	Innovative Research on Aging Award 2017 für das Paper Jansen et al.? (2016). Effects of Karate training versus mindfulness training on emotional wellbeing and cognitive performance in later life. Research on Aging, 1-27.
2014	Platz 1 der meist zitierten Artikel seit 2009 im Journal Psychoneuroendocrinology (Hellhammer, Wüst & Kudielka, 2009)
2014	Platz 2 der meist zitierten Artikel seit 2009 im Journal Psychoneuroendocrinology (Kudielka, Hellhammer & Wüst, 2009)
2013	Berufung zur Mentorin im Max Weber-Programm Bayern der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
2010	Aufnahme als korrespondierendes Mitglied in die Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
2010	Aufnahme in AcademiaNet, das Internetportal zu exzellenten Wissenschaftlerinnen
2009	Herbert Weiner Early Career Award: American Psychosomatic Society
2008	Elsevier Author Award for the Top Cited Paper in 2006 & 2007 im Journal Biological Psychology
2008	Charlotte-und-Karl-Bühler-Preis: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie
2006	Peter-Jacobi-F?rderpreis: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie
2004	Young Investigator Award: International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology
2004	Scholar Award: American Psychosomatic Society
2001	Dissertationspreis: Freundeskreis Trierer Universit?t e.V.
1998	Young Investigator Award: International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology
1996–1999	Promotionsstipendium im Rahmen des Landesgraduiertenf?rderungsprogramms Rheinland Pfalz
1994–1996	Studienf?rderung: Konrad Adenauer Studienstiftung

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ARTIKEL

in Druck

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2025

Giglberger M., Peter H.L., Henze G.-I., B?rtl C., Konzok J., Kirsch P., Kudielka B.M., Kreuzpointner L. & Wüst S. (2025). Associations between neural stress responses and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 103:e70019.?https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.70019?

Weidacker K., K?rgel C., Massau C., Konzok J., Brand A.-L., Wetzel K., Weckes K., Kudielka B.M., Wüst S., Eisenbarth H. & Schiffer B. (2025). Superior Temporal Gyrus activation modulates revenge-like aggressive response tendencies in antisocial men after provocation: evidence from an fMRI study using a modified Taylor aggression paradigm. Neuropsychologia, 109133.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2025.109133?

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2024

EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLE: B?rtl C., Henze G.-I., Peter H.L., Giglberger M., Bohmann P., Speicher N., Konzok J., Kreuzpointner L., Wüst S. &?Kudielka B.M.?(2024).?Neural and cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress in work-related burnout: The Regensburg Burnout Project. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 161:106926.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106926

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2023

EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLE: B?rtl C., Kreuzpointner L., Wüst S. &?Kudielka B.M.?(2023).?Investigation of cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between work-related burnout and hair cortisol: The Regensburg Burnout?Project. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 149:106026.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106026?

Giglberger M., Peter H.L., Henze, G.-I., Kraus, E., B?rtl, C., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B.M. & Wüst, S. (2023). Neural responses to acute psychosozial stress predict chronic stress perception in daily life over 13 months. Scientific Reports, 13:19990. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46631-w

Henze G.-I., Konzok J.,?Kudielka B.M., Wüst S., Nichols, T.E. & Kreuzpointner L. (2023).?Associations between cortisol stress responses and limbic volume and thickness in young adults: An exploratory study.?European Journal of Neuroscience, 1-19.?https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16161?

Henze G.-I., Rosenbaum D., B?rtl C., Laicher H., Konzok J.,?Kudielka B.M., Fallgatter A.J., Wüst S., Ehlis A.-C. & Kreuzpointner L. (2023).?Comparing two psychosocial stress paradigms for imaging environments – ScanSTRESS and fNIRS-TSST: correlation structures between stress responses. Behavioural Brain Research,?436:114080.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114080

Peter H.L., Giglberger M., Streit F., Frank J., Kreuzpointner L., Rietschel M.,?Kudielka B.M.?& Wüst S. (2023).?Association of polygenic scores for depression and neuroticism with perceived stress in daily life during a long-lasting stress period. Genes, Brain & Behavior, e12872. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12872

Speicher N.*, Henze G.-I.*, B?rtl C., B?hm F., Sommer M., Wüst S. & Kudielka B.M. (2023). Neural correlates of everyday moral decision-making: an exploratory ScanSTRESS study. Psychology & Neuroscience, 16:71-95.?https://doi.org/10.1037/pne0000306?*geteilte Erstautorenschaft

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2022

B?rtl C., Henze G.-I., Giglberger M., Peter H.L., Konzok J., Wallner S., Kreuzpointner L., Wüst S. &?Kudielka B.M.?(2022).?Higher allostatic load in work-related burnout: The Regensburg Burnout Project.?Psychoneuroendocrinology, 143:105853.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105853

Stalder T., Lupien S., Kudielka B.M., Adam E.K., Pruessner J.C., Wüst S., Dockray S., Smyth N., Evans P., Kirschbaum C., Miller R., Wetherell M.A., Finke J.B., Kucken T. & Clow A. (2022). Evaluation and update of the expert consensus guidelines for the assessment of the cortisol awakening response (CAR). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 146:105946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105946?

Triantafyllopoulos A., Z?nkert S., Baird A., Konzok J.,?Kudielka B.M. &?Schuller B.W. (2022).?Insights on modelling physiological, appraisal, and affective indicators of stress using audio features. 44th?Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology – Proceedings. International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 2619-2622.?https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9872012

Z?nkert S., Lindl A., Schmitz A., Kudielka B.M., Mühlberger A., & Wüst S. (2022). Sustained threat and phasic fear in the laboratory and cognitive-emotional processes of anxiety in everyday life - an ambulatory assesment study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 175:8-17.?https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.02.009

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2021

Baird A., Triantafyllopoulos A., Z?nkert S., Ottl S., Christ L., Stappen L., Konzok J., Sturmbauer S., Messner E.-M., Kudielka B.M., Rohleder N., Baumeister H. & Schuller B. (2021). An evaluation of speech-based recognition of emotional an physiological markers of stress. Frontiers in Computer Science, section Human-Media Interaction, 3:750284.?https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.750284

Eisenbarth H., Hart C.M.,Zechmeister J., Kudielka B.M. & Wüst S. (2021). Exploring the differential contribution of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition to explain externalising and internalising symptoms across genders. Current Psychology.?https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02134-3

Henze G.-I., Konzok J., Kreuzpointner L., B?rtl C., Giglberger M., Peter H., Streit F., Kudielka B.M., Kirsch P. & Wüst S. (2021). Sex-specific interaction between cortisol and striato-limbic responses to psychosocial stress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 972-984. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab062

Konzok J., Henze G.-I., Peter H., Giglberger M., B?rtl C., Massau C., Schiffer B., Eisenbarth H., Wüst S. & Kudielka B.M. (2021). Externalizing behavior in healthy young adults is associated with lower cortisol responses to acute stress and altered neural activation in the dorsal striatum. Psychophysiology, 58:12. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13936

Singer N., Binapfl J., Sommer M., Wüst S.,?Kudielka B.M.?(2021).?Everyday moral decision-making after acute stress exposure: do social closeness and timing matter??Stress?– The International Journal on the Biology of Stress.?24:468-473?https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2020.1846029

Singer N., Sommer M., Wüst S.,?Kudielka B.M.?(2021).?Effects of gender and personality on everyday moral decision-making after acute stress exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 124:105084.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105084

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2020

Henze G.-I., Konzok J., Kreuzpointner L., B?rtl C., Peter H., Giglberger M., Streit F., Kudielka B.M., Kirsch P. & Wüst S. (2020). Increasing deactivation of limbic structures over psychosocial stress exposure time. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5:697-704.?doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.04.002

Konzok J., Kreuzpointner L., Henze G.I., Wagels L., K?rgel C., Weidacker K., Schiffer B., Eisenbarth H., Wüst S., Kudielka B.M. (2020). Validation of a monetary Taylor Aggression Paradigm: associations with trait aggression and role of provocation sequence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88:103960.?doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103960

Kudielka B.M. (2020). Dexamethasone suppression test. In: M.D. Gellman, J.R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine, 2nd Edition, Springer: New York.

Z?nkert S., Kudielka B.M. & Wüst S. (2020). Effect of sugar administration on cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress, 114:1-5. Psychoneuroendocrinology.?doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104607

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2019

Kirschbaum C., Kudielka B., Wolf O. (2019). Editorial for the Special Issue Festschrift for Dirk Hellhammer. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105:1-2.

Santl J. / Shiban Y.*, Plab A., Wüst S., Kudielka B.M. & Mühlberger A. (2019). Gender differences in stress responses during a virtual reality Trier Social Stress Test. International Journal of Virtual Reality, 19:63. doi.org/10.20870/IJVR.2019.19.2.2912?
* shared first authorship

Singer, N., Kreuzpointner L., Sommer, M., Wüst S., Kudielka B.M. (2019). Decision-making in everyday moral conflict situations: Development and validation of a new measure. PLoS one, 14(4):e0214747.

Z?nkert S., Bellingrath S., Wüst S. & Kudielka B.M. (2019). HPA axis responses to psychological stress: What do we know on sources of intra- and interindividual variability? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105:86-97.

Z?nkert S. & Kudielka B.M. (2019). In: O.C. Schultheiss & P.H. Mehta (Eds.). Routledge international handbook of social neuroendocrinology, chapter 26, pages 454–475. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

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2018

Ceccato S., Kettner S.E., Kudielka B.M., Schwieren C. & Voss A.?(2018). Social preferences under chronic stress.?PLoS one, 13: e0199528.

Siegrist J., Kudielka B.M. & Bellingrath S. (2018). Stress and emotions. In: E.B. Fisher, L.D. Cameron, A.J. Christensen, U. Ehlert, B. Oldenburg, F.J. Snoek, Y. Guo (Eds.). Principles and concepts of behavioral medicine: a global handbook, part III, chapter 11, pages 319-340. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.

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2017

Bellingrath S. & Kudielka B.M. (2017). Biological pathways to stress-related disease vulnerability in educators. In: T. McIntyre, S. McIntyre & D. Francis (Eds.). Educator stress: an occupational health perspective. Springer: Berlin.

Buckert M., Schwieren C., Kudielka B.M.?& Fiebach C.J. (2017). How stressful are economic competitions in the lab? An investigation with physiological measures.?Journal of Economic Psychology,?62: 231-245.

Henze G.-I., Z?nkert S., Urschler D., Hiltl T.-J., Kudielka B.M., Pruessner J.C., & Wüst S. (2017). Testing the ecological validity of the TSST: Associations with real-life exam stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75:52-55.

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON AGING AWARD 2017:?Jansen P., Schulz A., Zimmer-Dahmen K. &?Kudielka B.M.?(2017). Effects of Karate training versus mindfulness training on emotional wellbeing and cognitive performance in later life.?Research on Aging,?39:1118-1144.

Kudielka B.M. (2017). Dexamethasone suppression test. In: M.D. Gellman, J.R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine, 2nd Edition, Springer: New York.

Schladt T.M., Nordmann G.C., Emilius R., Kudielka B.M., de Jong T.R., Neumann, I.D. (2017). Choir versus solo singing: effects on mood and salivary oxytocin and cortisol concentrations.?Frontiers of Economic Psycholgy,?11:430.

Singer N., Sommer M., D?hnel K, Z?nkert S., Wüst S. & Kudielka B.M. (2017). Acute psychosocial stress and everyday moral decision-making in young healthy men: The impact of cortisol. Hormones & Behavior, 93:72-81.

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2016

Bellingrath S. & Kudielka B.M. (2016). Psychobiological pathways from work stress to reduced health: naturalistic and experimental studies on the model of Effort-Reward-Imbalance. In: J. Siegrist, M. Wahrendorf (Eds.). Work stress and health in a globalized economy - The model of effort-reward imbalance, chapter 7, 145-170. Springer: Berlin.

Kudielka B.M. (2016). Chronischer Stress am Arbeitsplatz und Burnout- Eine biopsychologische Perspektive. Blick in die Wissenschaft,?33:28-32.

Ceccato S., Kudielka B.M. & Schwieren C. (2016). Increased risk taking in relation to chronic stress in adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 6:2036.

Quaiser-Pohl C., Jansen P., Lehmann J. & Kudielka B.M. (2016). Is there a relationship between the performance in a chronometric mental-rotations test and salivary testosterone and estradiol levels in children aged 9 to 14 years? Developmental Psychobiology, 58:120-128.

Stalder T., Kirschbaum C., Kudielka B.M., Adam E.K., Pruessner J.C., Wüst S., Dockray S., Smyth N., Evans P., Hellhammer D.H., Miller R., Wetherell M.A., Lupien S. & Clow A. (2016). Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: expert consensus guidelines. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63:114-132.

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2015

DeSantis A., Adam E.K., Hawkley L.C., Kudielka B.M. & Cacioppo J.T. (2015). Racial/ethnic differences in diurnal cortisol rhythms: Are they consistent over time? Psychosomatic Medicine, 77:6-15.?

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.03.006

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2014

Buckert M., Schwieren C., Kudielka B.M. & Fiebach C.J. (2014). Acute stress affects risk taking but not ambiguity aversion. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8:82.?doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00082

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2013

Bellingrath S., Wolfram M. & Kudielka B.M. (2013). Chronic psychosocial work stress in teachers: An update on empirical psychobiological findings. In: L. Cavalcanti & S. Azevedo (Hrsg.), Psychology of Stress: New Research, 179-186. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Kudielka B.M. (2013). Dexamethasone suppression test. In: M.D. Gellman, J.R. Turner (Hrsg.). Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine, part 4, 573-575. Springer Science+Business Media: New York.?

Feuerhahn, N., Stamov-Ro?nagel, C., Wolfram, M., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2013).?Emotional Exhaustion and Cognitive?Performance in Apparently Healthy Teachers: A Longitudinal Multi-source Study. Stress and Health, 29(4), 297-306. doi:10.1002/smi.2467

Feuerhahn, N., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2013). The interplay of matching and non-matching job demands and resources on emotional exhaustion in teachers. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 5(2), 171-92. doi:10.1111/aphw.12002

Wolfram, M., Bellingrath, S., Feuerhahn, N., & Kudielka, B. M. (2013). Cortisol Responses to Naturalistic and Laboratory Stress in Student Teachers: Comparison with a Non-stress Control Day. Stress and Health, 29(2), 143-9. doi:10.1002/smi.2439

Bellingrath, S., Rohleder, N., & Kudielka, B. M. (2013). Effort—reward-imbalance in healthy teachers is associated with higher LPS-stimulated production and lower glucocorticoid sensitivity of interleukin-6 in vitro. Biological Psychology, 92(2), 403-9. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.12.003

Wolfram, M., Bellingrath, S., Feuerhahn, N., & Kudielka, B. M. (2013). Emotional exhaustion and overcommitment to work are differentially associated with hypothalamus—pituitary—adrenal (HPA) axis responses to a low-dose ACTH(1-24) (Synacthen) and dexamethasone—CRH test in healthy school teachers. Stress, 16(1), 54-64. doi:10.3109/10253890.2012.683465

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2012

Buckert, M., Kudielka, B. M., Reuter, M., & Fiebach, C. J. (2012). The COMT Val158Met polymorphism modulates working memory performance under acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(11), 1810-21. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.03.014

Feuerhahn, N., Kühnel, J., & Kudielka B. M. (2012). Interaction effects of effort—reward imbalance and overcommitment on burnout and job performance. International Journal of Stress Management, 19(2), 105-31. doi:10.1037/a0028338

Kudielka, B. M., Gierens, A., Hellhammer, D. H., Wüst, S., & Schlotz, W. (2012). Salivary Cortisol in Ambulatory Assessment — Some Dos, Some Don'ts, and Some Open Questions. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74(4), 418-31. doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e31825434c7

Voltmer, E., Zander, M., Fischer, J. E., Kudielka, B. M., Richter, B., & Spahn, C. (2012). Physical and mental health of different types of orchestra musicians compared to other professions. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 27(1), 9-14.

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2011

Lynch, S. M., Gander, M.-L., Kohls, N., Kudielka, B., & Walach, H. (2011). Mindfulness-based Coping with University Life: A Non-randomized Wait-list-controlled Pilot Evaluation. Stress and Health, 27(5), 365-75. doi:10.1002/smi.1382

Wolfram, M., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2011). The cortisol awakening response (CAR) across the female menstrual cycle. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(6), 905-12. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.12.006

van Leeuwen, N.*, Bellingrath, S.*, de Kloet, E. R., Zitman, F. G., DeRijk, R. H., Kudielka, B. M., & Wüst, S. (2011). Human mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) gene haplotypes modulate MR expression and transactivation: Implication for the stress response. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(5), 699-709 (* zwei Erstautoren). doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.10.003

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2010

Bellingrath, S., Rohleder, N., & Kudielka, B. M. (2010). Healthy working school teachers with high effort—reward-imbalance and overcommitment show increased pro-inflammatory immune activity and a dampened innate immune defence. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24(8), 1332-9. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2010.06.011

Budde, H., Windisch, C., Kudielka, B. M., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2010). Saliva cortisol in school children after acute physical exercise. Neuroscience Letters, 483(1), 16-9. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.036

Looser, R. R., Metzenthin, P., Helfricht, S., Kudielka, B. M., Loerbroks, A., Thayer, J. F., & Fischer, J. E. (2010). Cortisol Is Significantly Correlated With Cardiovascular Responses During High Levels of Stress in Critical Care Personnel. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72(3), 281-9. doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d35065

Kudielka, B. M., & Wüst, S. (2010). Human models in acute and chronic stress: Assessing determinants of individual hypothalamus—pituitary—adrenal axis activity and reactivity. Stress, 13(1), 1-14. doi:10.3109/10253890902874913

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2009

von K?nel, R., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2009). Association of vital exhaustion and depressive symptoms with changes in fibrin D-dimer to acute psychosocial stress. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 67(1), 93-101. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.12.009

Fischer, J. C., Kudielka, B. M., von K?nel, R., Siegrist, J., Thayer, J. F., & Fischer, J. E. (2009). Bone-marrow derived progenitor cells are associated with psychosocial determinants of health after controlling for classical biological and behavioral cardiovascular risk factors. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23(4), 419-26. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2008.08.005

von K?nel, R., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2009). Association between longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and plasma fibrinogen levels in school teachers. Psychophysiology, 46(3), 473-80. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00788.x

von K?nel, R., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2009). Overcommitment but not Effort—Reward Imbalance Relates to Stress-Induced Coagulation Changes in Teachers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37(1), 20-8. doi:10.1007/s12160-009-9082-y

MOST CITED ARTICLE SINCE 2009 IN JOURNAL PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY AWARD: Hellhammer, D. H., Wüst, S., &?Kudielka, B. M.?(2009). Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research.?Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(2), 163-71.?doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.026

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Haeberli, A., Stutz, M., Fischer, J. E., & Patterson, S. M. (2009). Prothrombotic changes with acute psychological stress: Combined effect of hemoconcentration and genuine coagulation activation. Thrombosis Research, 123(4), 622-30. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2008.05.014

SECOND MOST CITED ARTICLE SINCE 2009 IN JOURNAL PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY AWARD:?Kudielka, B. M., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wüst, S. (2009). Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge.?Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(1), 2-18.?doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.004

Bellingrath, S., Weigl, T., & Kudielka, B. M. (2009). Chronic work stress and exhaustion is associated with higher allostastic load in female school teachers. Stress, 12(1), 37-48. doi:10.1080/10253890802042041

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2008

Klingmann, P. O., Kugler, I., Steffke, T. S., Bellingrath, S., Kudielka, B. M., Hellhammer, D. H. (2008). Sex-specific Prenatal Programming: A Risk for Fibromyalgia? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1148, 446-55. doi:10.1196/annals.1410.020

Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2008). Effort-reward-imbalance and overcommitment are associated with hypothalamus—pituitary—adrenal (HPA) axis responses to acute psychosocial stress in healthy working schoolteachers. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33(10), 1335-43. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.07.008

Wolf, O. T., & Kudielka, B. M. (2008). Stress, health and ageing: a focus on postmenopausal women. Menopause International, 14(3), 129-33. doi:10.1258/mi.2008.008021

von K?nel, R., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2008). Association between burnout and circulating levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in schoolteachers. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65(1), 51-9. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.007

Kudielka, B. M., Bellingrath, S., & von K?nel, R. (2008). Circulating fibrinogen but not D-dimer level is associated with vital exhaustion in school teachers. Stress, 11(4), 250-8. doi:10.1080/10253890701714831

Bellingrath, S., Weigl, T., & Kudielka, B. M. (2008). Cortisol dysregulation in school teachers in relation to burnout, vital exhaustion, and effort—reward-imbalance. Biological Psychology, 78(1), 104-13. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.01.006

von K?nel, R., Mausbach, B. T., Kudielka, B. M., & Orth-Gomér, K. (2008). Relation of morning serum cortisol to prothrombotic activity in women with stable coronary artery disease. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, 25(2), 165-72. doi:10.1007/s11239-007-0035-7

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Helfricht, S., Metzenthin, P., Preckel, D., Haeberli, A., Cung, T., & Fischer, J. E. (2008). The Effects of Aspirin and Nonselective Beta Blockade on the Acute Prothrombotic Response to Psychosocial Stress in Apparently Healthy Subjects. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 51(3), 231-8. doi:10.1097/FJC.0b013e318161ea63

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Metzenthin, P., Helfricht, S., Preckel, D., Haeberli, A., Stutz, M., & Fischer, J. E. (2008). Aspirin, but not propranolol, attenuates the acute stress-induced increase in circulating levels of interleukin-6: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 22(2), 150-7. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2007.07.005

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Helfricht, S., Metzenthin, P., Preckel, D., Haeberli, A., Cung, T., & Fischer, J. E. (2008). Effects of aspirin and propranolol on the acute psychological stress response in factor VIII coagulant activity: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental study. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, 19(1), 75-81. doi:10.1097/MBC.0b013e3282f38c4e

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2007

Kudielka, B. M., Fischer, J. E., Metzenthin, P., Helfricht, S., Preckel, D., & von K?nel, R. (2007). No Effect of 5-Day Treatment with Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin) or the Beta-Blocker Propranolol (Inderal) on Free Cortisol Responses to Acute Psychosocial Stress: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Neuropsychobiology, 56(2-3), 159-66. doi:10.1159/000115783

Kudielka, B. M., Hawkley, L. C., Adam, E. K., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). Compliance with Ambulatory Saliva Sampling in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study and Associations with Social Support. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34(2), 209-16. doi:10.1007/BF02872675

von K?nel, R., Preckel, D., Kudielka, B. M., & Fischer, J. E. (2007). Responsiveness and Habituation of Soluble ICAM-1 to Acute Psychosocial Stress in Men: Determinants and Effect of Stress-Hemoconcentration. Physiological Research, 56(5), 627-39.

Kudielka, B. M., Bellingrath, S., & Hellhammer, D. H. (2007). Further support for higher salivary cortisol levels in "morning" compared to "evening" persons. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 62(5), 595-6. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.03.016

Wilhelm, I., Born, J., Kudielka, B. M., Schlotz, W., & Wüst, S. (2007). Is the cortisol awakening rise a response to awakening? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32(4), 358-66. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.01.008

Preckel, D., Meinel, M., Kudielka, B. M., Haug, H.-J., & Fischer J. E. (2007). Effort-reward-imbalance, overcommitment and self-reported health: Is it the interaction that matters? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80(1), 91-107. doi:10.1348/096317905X80183

Kudielka, B. M., Buchtal, J., Uhde, A., & Wüst, S. (2007). Circadian cortisol profiles and psychological self-reports in shift workers with and without recent change in the shift rotation system. Biological Psychology, 74(1), 92-103. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.08.008

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2006

Federenko, I. S., Wolf, J. M., Wüst, S., Schlotz, W., Hellhammer, J., Kudielka, B. M., Kirschbaum, C., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wadhwa, P. D. (2006). Parity Does Not Alter Baseline or Stimulated Activity of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Women. Developmental Psychobiology, 48(8), 703-11. doi:10.1002/dev.20187

Adam, E. K., Hawkley, L. C., Kudielka, B. M., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2006). Day-to-day dynamics of experience—cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(45), 17058-63. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605053103

Kudielka, B. M., von K?nel, R., Preckel, D., Zgraggen, L., Mischler, K., & Fischer, J. E. (2006). Exhaustion is associated with reduced habituation of free cortisol responses to repeated acute psychosocial stress. Biological Psychology, 72(2), 147-53. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.09.001

Kudielka, B. M., Federenko, I. S., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wüst, S. (2006). Morningness and eveningness: the free cortisol rise after awakening in "early birds" and "night owls". Biological Psychology, 72(2), 141-6. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.08.003

Kudielka, B. M., Bellingrath, S., & Hellhammer, D. H. (2006). Cortisol in burnout and vital exhaustion: an overview. Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, 28(1 Suppl 1), 34-42.

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Preckel, D., Hanebuth, D., Fischer, J. E. (2006). Delayed response and lack of habituation in plasma interleukin-6 to acute mental stress in men. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 20(1), 40-8. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2005.03.013

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2005

Kudielka, B. M., Hanebuth, D., von K?nel, R., Gander, M.-L., Grande, G., & Fischer, J. E. (2005). Health-related quality of life measured by the SF12 in working populations: associations with psychosocial work characteristics. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10(4), 429-40. doi:10.1037/1076-8998.10.4.429

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Preckel, D., Hanebuth, D., Herrmann-Lingen, C., Frey, K., & Fischer, J. E. (2005). Opposite effect of negative and positive affect on stress procoagulant reactivity. Physiology & Behavior, 86(1-2), 61-8. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.005

Mischler, K., Fischer, J. E., Zgraggen, L., Kudielka, B. M., Preckel, D,, & von K?nel, R. (2005). The effect of repeated acute mental stress on habituation and recovery responses in hemoconcentration and blood cells in healthy men. Life Sciences, 77(10), 1166-79. doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2005.03.006

von K?nel, R., Kudielka, B. M., Hanebuth, D., Preckel, D., & Fischer, J. E. (2005). Different contribution of interleukin-6 and cortisol activity to total plasma fibrin concentration and to acute mental stress-induced fibrin formation. Clinical Science, 109(1), 61-7. doi:10.1042/CS20040359

Kudielka, B. M., & Kirschbaum C. (2005). Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review. Biological Psychology, 69(1), 113-32. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.11.009

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