Stories by Thaddeus Pace

Thaddeus Pace is Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. He is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at Arizona and Director of the Arizona Stress and Health Collaboratory. Dr. Pace has a strong general interest in stress, health, and wellness and has spoken extensively on biobehavioral health mechanisms to audiences of scientists, clinicians, and lay people.

Dr. Pace received his PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Colorado at Boulder in the laboratory of Robert L. Spencer for his studies on how the body regulates the stress hormone cortisol. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University in human stress immunology under the mentorship of Andrew H. Miller, MD. His ongoing work explores new, nonpharmacological ways to limit stress responses and improve health. These include Compassion Meditation (in collaboration with Emory University's Lobsang Tenzin Negi) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (with Dr. Doug Bremner at Emory and Dr. Lorie Davis at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center).

Dr. Pace is also interested in how the endocrine and immune systems, as well as traumatic experiences early in life, are involved in stress-related illness. He is the recipient of a NARSAD young investigator award, and his research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.