The Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
The IBMR team comprises 21 faculty researchers, making this interdisciplinary group perhaps the largest contingent of psychoneuroimmunology researchers in the world.
Our researchers have appointments in basic and clinical science departments and centers, including:
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- College of Medicine
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis
- College of Nursing
- College of Public Health Division of Biostatistics
- Department of Human Sciences
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity
- Department of Neuroscience
- Department of Neurological Surgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- Department of Psychology
Our Leaders
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD
Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser is the director The Ohio State Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research and holds the S. Robert Davis Chair of Medicine in The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the title of Distinguished University Professor. She works in the field of psychoneuroimmunology and is the principle investigator in the Stress and Health Research Program. Her current research interests include the interaction between stress and health, longer-term mental and physical health of cancer survivors, and the mind-body interventions to modulate endocrine and immune responses in cancer survivors.
William Malarkey, MD
Associate Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
William Malarkey is the associate director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research and director of The Ohio State Clinical Research Center. He is faculty emeritus-retiree in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine. He specializes in pituitary disorders and his research interests include stress and health outcomes. He has published over 190 articles, as well as several reference articles and book chapters, and is a Landacre Society Awardee.
Jonathan Godbout, PhD
Assistant Director for Basic Science, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research; Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Jonathan Godbout is an associate professor of Neuroscience at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is the Assistant Director for Basic Science of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research and faculty member of the Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair. His background is in neuroscience, immunology and biochemistry, with specific training and expertise in microglia, inflammatory cytokines and behavior. Dr. Godbout's research has been concentrated in the areas of aging, neuroimmunology and neurotrauma.