Tracey Keogh (Graduated)

Project Title: Depression and psychophysiological reactions to stress: Examining the underlying psychosocial pathways.

Project Supervisors: Professor Stephen Gallagher & Dr Siobhán Howard

Research Interests

My research interests lie in stress, mental health, and well-being. Specifically, I am interested in examining the relationship between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. As such, my thesis focuses on the underlying psychosocial pathways linking this relationship, with particular focus given to early life adversity and motivational factors.

Funding

Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, September 2021

Awards and Honours:

Stress, Trauma, Anxiety & Resilience Student Development Award, 2021

University of Limerick’s Presidential List for Outstanding QCA Autumn Semester 2015/2016

University of Limerick’s Presidential List for Outstanding QCA Autumn Semester 2016/2017

University of Limerick’s Presidential List for Outstanding QCA Spring Semester 2018/2019

Recipient of bronze, gold and overseas Presidential Volunteer Awards.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., O’Riordan, A., & Gallagher, S. (2020). Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress, Psychophysiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13732.

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., & Gallagher, S. (2021). Early life adversity and blunted cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress: The role of current depressive symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, October 12, 2021.doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001024

Shier, A., Keogh, T.M., Costello, A., O’Riordan, A., & Gallagher, S. (2021). Eveningness, depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress: A mediation model, Physiology & Behaviour, 113550

Conference Presentations:

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., & Gallagher, S. Depression and blunted reactivity to acute psychological stress: Early life adversity as a moderator. 18th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, UCC, May 2021. (Online poster), book of abstracts: p.89.

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., & Gallagher, S. Early life adversity and blunted reactivity to acute psychological stress: the role of current depressive symptoms. 42nd International Conference of the Stress Trauma Anxiety and Resilience Society, Online, July 2021. (Oral presentation).

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., & Gallagher, S. Early life adversity and attenuated reactivity to acute psychological stress: the mediating role of current depressive symptoms. 35th Annual European Health Psychology Society Conference, Online, August 2021. (Oral presentation).

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., & Gallagher, S. Childhood adversity and blunted reactivity to acute psychological stress: the role of current depression. 2021 Annual Society for Psychophysiological Research Conference, Online, October 2021. (Poster presentation).

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., O’Riordan, A., & Gallagher, S, Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. 17th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, UCC, June 2020. (Online poster). https://osf.io/m8gza/ doi:10.17605/osf.io/khg45.

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., O’Riordan, A., & Gallagher, S, Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. Abstract for “Achieving Health Equity: Opportunities for Psychosomatic Medicine” the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, March 11-14, 2020, Long Beach, CA. Conference cancelled. Psychosom Med, July-August 2020, Vol 82: (6):pA99.

Keogh, T. M., Howard, S., O’Riordan, A., & Gallagher, S, Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. 78th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA, March 2020. (Online poster). https://aps-video.s3.amazonaws.com/2020AnnualMeedting/pdf/114936188238430200.pdf

Keogh, T.M., & Howard, S. (2018). A cross-sectional analysis of cardiovascular reactivity and hemodynamic profile in smokers, non-smokers and social smokers. 16TH Annual Psychology Health and Medicine Conference (PHM). March 2019.

Keogh, T.M., & Howard, S. (2018). A cross-sectional analysis of cardiovascular reactivity and hemodynamic profile in smokers, non-smokers and social smokers. Annual All-Ireland Conference of Undergraduate Research (AICUR). April 2018.

Memberships:

• Study of Anxiety, Stress and Health Laboratory (SASHLab)
• Centre for Social Issues Research (CSIR)
• Health Research Institute, University of Limerick
• The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)
• Society for Psychophysiological Research Society (SPR)
• Stress Trauma Anxiety and Resilience Society (STAR)
• American Psychosomatic Society (APS)
• European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)