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LaBarron K Hill

Assistant Professor

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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College
College of Health & Human Sciences

Department
Psychology

Contact
NSB 363
Education
Ph.D.Psychology / The Ohio State University
MAPsychology / The Ohio State University
B.A.Psychology / Tuskegee University

Research Interests

Dr. Hill's focuses on the interaction of biopsychosocial factors impacting health, particularly relationships among stress, psychological coping and autonomic nervous system functioning in the context of cardiovascular health, functioning, disease risk and disparity. In the Exploratory and Experimental Psychophysiology Research Think-Tank (E.X.P.R.T2) students gain first-hand experience and training in the implementation of laboratory-based stress reactivity and ambulatory monitoring studies including the collection, analyses, and interpretation of non-invasive psychophysiological (i.e., electrocardiogram and blood pressure) and behavioral survey/questionnaire data. Dr. Hill also is a faculty affiliate of the North Carolina A&T Center for Integrative Health Disparity & Equity Research (CIHDER).

External URL

https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=1442294564

Recent Publications

  • Briana Brownlow, Jennifer Cheavens, Michael Vasey, Julian Thayer, LaBarron Hill (2024). (Culturally compelled coping and depressive symptoms in Black Americans: Examining the role of psychophysiological regulatory capacity.). (4) 24, pp. 1003-1015. Emotion.
  • Vida Pourmand, Adebisi Akinyemi, Beatriz Galeana, Darcianne Watanabe, LaBarron Hill, Cameron Wiley, Jos Brosschot, Julian Thayer, DeWayne Williams (2024). (Multi‐ethnic variation in the ties that bind rumination and heart rate variability: Implications for health disparities). (4) 40, Stress and Health.
  • DeWayne Williams, Cameron Wiley, Julia Birenbaum, Grace Fishback, Lassiter Speller, Julian Koenig, Marc Jarczok, Gaston Kapuku, Gustavo Reyes del Paso, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer (2024). (Racial differences in baroreflex function: Implications for the cardiovascular conundrum). 43, pp. 100403. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, Richard Künzel, Nicole Rothe, Marlene Penz, Andreas Walther, Clemens Kirschbaum, Julian Thayer, LaBarron Hill (2023). (Exhaustion and cardiovascular risk factors: the role of vagally-mediated heart rate variability). 87, pp. 93-99.e2. Annals of Epidemiology.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, LaBarron Hill, Pia Grabbe, Julian Thayer, Clemens Kirschbaum, Susan Lindenlaub, Ralf Arne Wittling, Bernadette von Dawans (2022). (Associations between burnout symptoms and social behaviour: exploring the role of acute stress and vagal function). (1) 22, BMC Public Health.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, Andreas Schwerdtfeger, Nicole Rothe, Marlene Penz, Andreas Walther, Clemens Kirschbaum, Julian Thayer, Ralf Wittling, LaBarron Hill (2022). (Determining the direction of prediction of the association between parasympathetic dysregulation and exhaustion symptoms). (1) 12, Scientific Reports.
  • DeWayne Williams, Nicholas Joseph, Gina Gerardo, LaBarron Hill, Julian Koenig, Julian Thayer (2022). (Gender Differences in Cardiac Chronotropic Control: Implications for Heart Rate Variability Research). (1) 47, pp. 65-75. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
  • LaBarron Hill, Jade Wu, Alan Hinderliter, James Blumenthal, Andrew Sherwood (2021). (Actigraphy-Derived Sleep Efficiency Is Associated With Endothelial Function in Men and Women With Untreated Hypertension). (2) 34, pp. 207-211. American Journal of Hypertension.
  • LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, DeWayne Williams, James Halbert, Guang Hao, Vincent Robinson, Gregory Harshfield, Gaston Kapuku (2021). (Ethnic and sex differences in the longitudinal association between heart rate variability and blood pressure). (3) 30, pp. 165-171. Blood Pressure.
  • Briana Brownlow, DeWayne Williams, Gaston Kapuku, Michael Vasey, Norman Anderson, Julian Koenig, Julian Thayer, LaBarron Hill (2020). (Ethnic Differences in Resting Total Peripheral Resistance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis). (6) 82, pp. 548-560. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • Keisha-Gaye O’Garo, Kai Morgan, LaBarron Hill, Patrice Reid, Denise Simpson, Heather Lee, Christopher Edwards (2020). (Internalization of Western Ideals on Appearance and Self-Esteem in Jamaican Undergraduate Students). (2) 44, pp. 249-262. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.
  • Yuichiro Yano, Anthony Viera, Alan Hinderliter, Lana Watkins, James Blumenthal, Kristy Johnson, LaBarron Hill, Andrew Sherwood (2020). (Vascular α1-Adrenergic Receptor Responsiveness in Masked Hypertension). (8) 33, pp. 713-717. American Journal of Hypertension.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, Bernadette von Dawans, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, Marlene Penz, Clemens Kirschbaum (2019). (Examining reactivity patterns in burnout and other indicators of chronic stress). 106, pp. 195-205. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
  • Luca Carnevali, Cristina Ottaviani, DeWayne Williams, Gaston Kapuku, Julian Thayer, LaBarron Hill (2019). (Hemodynamic profile and compensation deficit in African and European Americans during physical and mental stress). 141, pp. 17-24. Biological Psychology.
  • Natalie Watson-Singleton, LaBarron Hill, Andrew Case (2019). (Past Discrimination, Race-Related Vigilance, and Depressive Symptoms: the Moderating Role of Mindfulness). (9) 10, pp. 1768-1778. Mindfulness.
  • DeWayne Williams, Kinjal Pandya, LaBarron Hill, Andrew Kemp, Baldwin Way, Julian Thayer, Julian Koenig (2019). (Rumination Moderates the Association Between Resting High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability and Perceived Ethnic Discrimination). (1) 33, pp. 13-21. Journal of Psychophysiology.
  • Briana Brownlow, Effua Sosoo, Risa Long, Lori Hoggard, Tanisha Burford, LaBarron Hill (2019). (Sex Differences in the Impact of Racial Discrimination on Mental Health Among Black Americans). (11) 21, Current Psychiatry Reports.
  • DeWayne Williams, Nicholas Joseph, LaBarron Hill, John Sollers, Michael Vasey, Baldwin Way, Julian Koenig, Julian Thayer (2019). (Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity: evidence for mechanisms underpinning health disparities in Black Americans). (8) 24, pp. 909-926. Ethnicity & Health.
  • LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer (2019). (The Autonomic Nervous System and Hypertension: Ethnic Differences and Psychosocial Factors). (3) 21, Current Cardiology Reports.
  • Andrew Sherwood, LaBarron Hill, James Blumenthal, Alan Hinderliter (2019). (The Effects of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring on Sleep Quality in Men and Women With Hypertension: Dipper vs. Nondipper and Race Differences). (1) 32, pp. 54-60. American Journal of Hypertension.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, Marlene Penz, Ralf Wittling, Clemens Kirschbaum (2019). (The Longitudinal Association of Reduced Vagal Tone With Burnout). (9) 81, pp. 791-798. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • Andrew Sherwood, LaBarron Hill, James Blumenthal, Alan Hinderliter (2018). (Circadian hemodynamics in men and women with high blood pressure). (2) 36, pp. 250-258. Journal of Hypertension.
  • Lori Hoggard, LaBarron Hill (2018). (Examining How Racial Discrimination Impacts Sleep Quality in African Americans: Is Perseveration the Answer?). (5) 16, pp. 471-481. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
  • LaBarron Hill, Andrew Sherwood, Maya McNeilly, Norman Anderson, James Blumenthal, Alan Hinderliter (2018). (Impact of Racial Discrimination and Hostility on Adrenergic Receptor Responsiveness in African American Adults). (2) 80, pp. 208-215. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • Magdalena Wekenborg, LaBarron Hill, Robert Miller, Tobias Stalder, Julian Thayer, Marlene Sophie Penz, Clemens Kirschbaum (2018). (Reduced self-regulation mirrors the distorting effects of burnout symptomatology on task difficulty perception during an inhibition task). (6) 21, pp. 511-519. Stress.
  • Magdalena Kanthak, Tobias Stalder, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, Marlene Penz, Clemens Kirschbaum (2017). (Autonomic dysregulation in burnout and depression: evidence for the central role of exhaustion). (5) 43, pp. 475-484. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health.
  • Andrew Sherwood, LaBarron Hill, James Blumenthal, Kirkwood Adams, Nicola Paine, Gary Koch, Christopher O'Connor, Kristy Johnson, Alan Hinderliter (2017). (Blood pressure reactivity to psychological stress is associated with clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure). 191, pp. 82-90. American Heart Journal.
  • LaBarron Hill, Lori Hoggard, Ashley Richmond, DeLeon Gray, Dewayne Williams, Julian Thayer (2017). (Examining the association between perceived discrimination and heart rate variability in African Americans.). (1) 23, pp. 5-14. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.
  • Andrew Sherwood, LaBarron Hill, James Blumenthal, Kristy Johnson, Alan Hinderliter (2017). (Race and sex differences in cardiovascular α-adrenergic and β-adrenergic receptor responsiveness in men and women with high blood pressure). (5) 35, pp. 975-981. Journal of Hypertension.
  • LaBarron Hill, Lana Watkins, Alan Hinderliter, James Blumenthal, Andrew Sherwood (2017). (Racial differences in the association between heart rate variability and left ventricular mass). (7) 102, pp. 764-772. Experimental Physiology.
  • DeWayne Williams, Nicole Feeling, LaBarron Hill, Derek Spangler, Julian Koenig, Julian Thayer (2017). (Resting Heart Rate Variability, Facets of Rumination and Trait Anxiety: Implications for the Perseverative Cognition Hypothesis). 11, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Gewnhi Park, Jay Van Bavel, LaBarron Hill, DeWayne Williams, Julian Thayer (2016). (Correction: Social Groups Prioritize Selective Attention to Faces: How Social Identity Shapes Distractor Interference). (10) 11, pp. e0164909. PLOS ONE.
  • LaBarron Hill, Andrew Sherwood, James Blumenthal, Alan Hinderliter (2016). (Hemodynamics and Vascular Hypertrophy in African Americans and Caucasians With High Blood Pressure). (12) 29, pp. 1380-1385. American Journal of Hypertension.
  • Magdalena Kanthak, Tobias Stalder, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, Marlene Penz, Clemens Kirschbaum (2016). (Modulation of autonomic functioning in burnout and depression: the critical role of exhaustion). 108, pp. 130. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
  • Magdalena Kanthak, Frances Chen, Robert Kumsta, LaBarron Hill, Julian Thayer, Markus Heinrichs (2016). (Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism modulates the effects of social support on heart rate variability). 117, pp. 43-49. Biological Psychology.
  • Lori Hoggard, LaBarron Hill, DeLeon Gray, Robert Sellers (2015). (Capturing the cardiac effects of racial discrimination: Do the effects “keep going”?). (2) 97, pp. 163-170. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
  • Regina Sims, Roland Thorpe, Alyssa Gamaldo, Adrienne Aiken-Morgan, LaBarron Hill, Jason Allaire, Keith Whitfield (2015). (Cognition and Health in African American Men). (2) 27, pp. 195-219. Journal of Aging and Health.
  • LaBarron Hill, Dixie Hu, Julian Koenig, John Sollers, Gaston Kapuku, Xiaoling Wang, Harold Snieder, Julian Thayer (2015). (Ethnic Differences in Resting Heart Rate Variability). (1) 77, pp. 16-25. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  • LaBarron Hill, Ihori Kobayashi, Joel Hughes (2007). (Perceived Racism and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African American College Students). (4) 33, pp. 404-421. Journal of Black Psychology.