Faculty Member Profiles

Kristen Weaver, PhD, MS, BS, BA

Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Stress, sex hormones and microbiota as modulators of the brain-gut axis in patients with chronic abdominal pain
Comorbid pain conditions
Sleep, diet, exercise and personality in chronic pain
Early life trauma, PTSD
Complementary approaches to pain management

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8757-8758

Weaver, K. R., Melkus, G. D., Fletcher, J. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Serum proteomics in African American females with IBS: An exploratory study. Nursing Research, 67, 261-267. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000281
Weaver, K. R., Melkus, G. D., Fletcher, J. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Perceived stress, its physiological correlates, and quality of life, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Biological Research For Nursing, 20, 312-320. doi:10.1177/1099800418756733
Joseph, P. V., Abey, S. K., Wang, D., Fourie, N. H., Kenea, N. D., Vishnyakova, T. G., Robinson, J. M., Weaver, K. R., Boulineaux, C. M., Davidson, H. R., Sherwin, L. B., Ozoji, O., Diallo, A. F., Smyser, P. A., Patterson, A. P. & Henderson, W. A. (2018). Colon Epithelial MicroRNA Network in Fatty Liver. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Article ID 8246103, 12 pages, doi: 10.1155/2018/8246103
Weaver, K. R., Sherwin, L. B., Walitt, B., Melkus, G. D. & Henderson, W. A. (2016). Neuroimaging the brain-gut axis in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 7, 320-33. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i2.320
Abey, S. K., Yuana, Y., Joseph, P. V., Kenea, N. D., Fourie, N. H., Sherwin, L. B., Goney, G. E., Smyser, P. A., Stempinski, E. S., Boulineaux, C. M., Weaver, K. R., Bleck, C. K., Henderson, W. A. (2016). Lysozyme association with circulating RNA, extracellular vesicles, and chronic stress. BBA Clinical, 7, 23-35. doi: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2016.12.003