Annie T. Ginty, Ph.D.

Education:

Ph.D., Behavioral Medicine, University of Birmingham (UK), 2012

B.S., Neuroscience & Psychology, Allegheny College, 2009

Biography:

Dr. Ginty completed her Ph.D. in Behavioral Medicine at University of Birmingham. Her Ph.D. examined the behavioral and neural correlates of diminished cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress. Dr. Ginty was then awarded a two-year AXA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate the relationship between biological responses to stress and adaptation during a stressful life transition. Dr. Ginty then completed a T32 Fellowship in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine at University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Ginty serves as an Associate Editor for Psychophysiology, a Deputy Editor for Stress & Health, and is on the Editorial Board of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine and Biological Psychology. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine. 

Academic Interests and Research:

How does the brain link psychological experiences, such as stress, with cognitive, biological, and behavioral changes that matter for health? This question is at the heart of Dr. Ginty’s research program, which integrates neuroimaging, psychophysiological, neuroendocrine, and epidemiological methods. Her particular focus is on the neurobiology of the peripheral nervous system and cardiovascular responses to stress and their relationship with unhealthy behaviors and future disease.

For additional information about Dr. Ginty’s research, please visit the website for the 

Baylor Behavioral Medicine Laboratory

Selected Representative Publications:

^**Cook, T.E., Fergus, T.A., Young, D.A., Williams, S.E., & Ginty, A.T. (2025). Stressor-evoked heart rate, perceived physiological arousal, and anxiety symptoms in young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 376, 454-462. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.011

**Tyra, A.T., Fergus, T.A., & Ginty, A.T. (2024). Emotion suppression and acute physiological responses to stress in healthy populations: A quantitative review of experimental and correlational investigations. Health Psychology Review, 18, 396-420.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2023.2251559

Williams, S.E. & Ginty, A.T. (2024). A stress-is-enhancing mindset is associated with lower traumatic stress symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 37, 293-304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2282092

John-Henderson, N.A. & Ginty, A.T. (2023). Profiles of historical loss and childhood trauma as predictors of mental and cardiometabolic health in American Indian adults. Social Science & Medicine - Mental Health, 4, 100252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100252

Brindle, R.C., Pearson, A., & Ginty, A.T. (2022). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) relate to blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity to acute laboratory stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 134, 104530. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104530

Ginty, A.T., Kraynak, T.E., Fisher, J.P., & Gianaros, P.J. (2017). Cardiovascular and autonomic reactivity to psychological stress: Neurophysiological substrates and links to cardiovascular disease. Autonomic Neuroscience, 207, 2-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2017.03.003

** = graduate student

Complete list of published works at Google Scholar.

Grants Funded: 

Please see CV. 

Selected Awards

Early Career Impact Award, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2023)

Peer Review Award, Psychosomatic Medicine (2023)

Elizabeth Vardaman (“Betsy”) Award for Excellence in Research Leadership, Baylor University (2023)

Herbert Weiner Early Career Award, American Psychosomatic Society (2021)

Elizabeth Vardaman (“Betsy”) Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates, Baylor University (2021)

Graduate Student Recruitment:

Dr. Ginty is currently accepting applications for Ph.D. students to enroll for Fall 2026.

Current Post-docs

Alexandra Tyra, PhD

Katherine Knauft, PhD

Current Ph.D. Student

Taryn Cook, BS

Sarah-Beth Garner, BA   

Baylor Courses Taught

• PSY 3333 - Health Disparities
• PSY/NSC 4312 - Behavioral Medicine
• PSY 4325 - Sports and Exercise Psychology