Jane F. Owens, Dr. P.H. Senior Program Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry

Contact Information

Background

• Salve Regina University, Newport , RI - B.S.N.

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - M.S.N.

• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - Dr.P.H. in Epidemiology

Research Interests

• The role of reproductive hormones in modifying physiological responses to psychological stress.
• The effects of behavioral and psychological factors on cardiovascular reactivity.
• The impact of reproductive hormones and behavioral factors on CHD risk factor profiles of middle-aged women and in women during the menopausal transition.
• The effect of physical activity on risk factors for coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease in women.
• The relationship of psychological factors on the expression of coronary artery disease in women.
• The relationship of aging and reproductive hormones on sleep quantity and quality and the health effects of altered sleep patterns.

Selected Publications

• Owens JF, Huttelmyer CM: The effect of preoperative intervention on delirium in cardiac surgical patients. Nurs Res 31:60-62, 1982.
• Scheier MF, Matthews KA, Owens JF, Magovern GL. Lefebvre RC, Abbott RA, Carver CS: Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being. J Pers Soc Psychol 57:1024-1040, 1989.
• Stoney CM, Owens JF, Matthews KA, Davis MC, Caggiula A: Influences of the normal menstrual cycle on physiologic functioning. Psychophysiology 27:125-135, 1990.
• Owens JF, Matthews KA, Wing RR, Kuller LH: Can physical activity mitigate the effects of aging in middle-aged women? Circulation 85:1265-1270.
• Owens JF, Matthews KA, Stoney CM: Menopausal status influences ambulatory blood pressure levels and blood pressure changes during mental stress. Circulation 88:2794-2802, 1993.
• Matthews KA, Owens JF, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell, Lasilla HC, Wolfson SK: Stress-induced pulse pressure changes predicts women’s carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 29:1525-1530, 1998.
• Owens JF, Matthews KA: Sleep disturbance in healthy middle-aged women. Maturitas 30:41-50, 1998.
• Owens JF, Matthews KA, Everson SA:  Effects of suppressing ovarian hormones on cognitive function in young women.  Menopause 9:227-235, 2002.

• Rutledge T, Reis SE, Olson M, Owens JF, Kelsey SF, Pepine CJ, Reichek N, Rogers WJ, Merz CNB, Sopko G, Cornell CE, Matthews KA Socioeconomic status variables predict cardiovascular disease risk factors and prospective mortality risk among women with chest pain:  The WISE study. Behav Mod  27:54-67. 2003.

• Owens JF, Matthews KA, Räikkönen K, Kuller LH:   It is never too late: Change in physical activity fosters change in cardiovascular risk factors in middle aged women.  Prev Cardiol.6: 22-28. 2003.

• Rutledge T, Reis SE, Olson MB, Owens JF, Kelsey SF, Pepine CJ, Mankad S, Rogers WJ, Bairey Merz CN, Sopko G, Cornell CE, Sharaf BL, Matthews KA: Social networks are associated with lower coronary disease risk and mortality rates among women with chest pain: The WISE study. Psychosom Med 66:882-888, 2004.

• Matthews KA, Owens JF, Salomon K, Harris KF, Berga SL:  Influence of hormone therapy on the cardiovascular responses to stress of postmenopausal women.  Biol Psychol 69:39-56, 2005.

• Gianaros PJ, Salomon K, Zhou F, Owens JF, Edmundowicz D, Kuller LH, Matthews KA:  A greater reduction in high-frequency heart rate variability to a psychological stressor is associated with subclinical coronary and aortic calcification in postmenopausal women.  Psychosom Med 67:553-560, 2005.

• Matthews KA, Owens JF, Edmundowicz D, Lee L, Kuller LH: Positive and negative attributes for coronary and aortic calcification in healthy women.  Psychosom Med 68:355-361, 2006.

• Rutledge T, Reis SE, Olson MB, Owens J, Kelsey SF, Pepine CJ, Mankad S, Rogers WJ, Bairey Merz N, Sopko G, Cornell CE, Sharaf B, Matthews KA:  Depression symptom severity and reported treatment history in the prediction of cardiac risk in women with suspected myocardial ischemia.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:874-880, 2006.

• Mezick EJ, Matthews KA, Hall M, Strollo PJ, Buysse DJ, Kamarck TW, Owens JF, Reis SE: The influence of race and socioeconomic status on sleep: Pittsburgh SleepSCORE Project.  Psychosom Med 70:410-416, 2008.

• Matthews KA, Kamarck TW, Hall M, Strollo PJ, Owens JF, Buysse DJ, Lee L, Reis SE:  Blood pressure dipping and sleep disturbance in African American and Caucasian men and women. Am JHypertens 21:826-831, 2008.

• Sowers MF, Zheng H, Kravitz HM, Matthews KA, Bromberger J, Gold EG, Owens JF, Consens F, Hall M:  Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.  Sleep 31:1339-1349, 2008.

• Buysse DJ, Hall MH, Strollo PJ, Kamarck TW, Owens JF, Laisze L, Reis SE, Matthews KA:  Relationships between the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and clinical/polysomnographic measures in a community sample.  J Clin Sleep Med 4:563-571, 2008.

• Hall MH, Matthews KA, Kravitz HM, Gold EB, Buysse DJ, Bromberger JT, Owens JF, Sowers MF:  Race and financial strain are independent correlates of sleep in midlife women: The SWAN Sleep Study. Sleep 32:73-82, 2009.

• Mezick EJ, Matthews KA, Hall M, Kamarck TW, Buysse DJ, Owens JF, Reis SE:  Intra-individual variability in sleep duration and fragmentation: associations with stress.  Psychoneuroendocrinology, in press.