Main goal: To develop appropriate methods for the use of cortisol as a physiologic marker of stress in women of reproductive age
Background:
Cortisol is
commonly
used as a marker of physiologic
stress. However, analysis and
interpretation of cortisol data are
complicated because of intra- and
inter-individual variations in terms
of basal cortisol production as well
as temporal variability around that
baseline.
Aims:
Funding:
This project is
supported by an operating grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health
Research Career Investigator Scholar Award, and the Human Evolutionary Studies Program at Simon Fraser University,
which was supported by the Simon Fraser University Community Trust Endowment Fund.