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Lisa Olson
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Lisa Olson

Lisa Olson Ph.D.

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Biology

About

Lisa Olson's specialties include physiology, molecular biology, and human genetics. Her current research interests are at the intersection of physiology and psychology, including stress, anger, and sleep. She has been published in journals such as Science, Cancer Research, and Human Molecular Genetics, and was featured on the "Faith Without Fear Podcast."

Education

  • Ph.D., human genetics and molecular biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Graduate certificate, Teaching in Higher Education, Johns Hopkins School of Education
  • B.S., biology, Baylor University

Professional Background

Lisa Olson has been a faculty member at University of Redlands since 2003.

Publications

  • *Whinery, E.D., *Musleh, A., *Brown, E.A., *Alford, Z., *Anigbogu, J.C., *Ellingwood, L., *Espinoza, M.-A., *Hawkins, G., *Kammer, K., Krause, K., and Olson, L.E. (2022). Physiological responses to narrative anger recall and correlates to anger, forgiveness, and rumination. Journal of Psychophysiology, 36(4), 231–240.
  • *Grimley, S.J., Ko, C.M., Morrell, H.E.R., Grace, F., *Bañuelos, M.S., *Bautista, B.R., *Chavez, G.N., *Dalrymple, E.R., *Green, M., *Gurning, J., *Heuerman, A.C., *Huerta, M., *Marks, M., *Ov, J., Overton-Harris, P., and Olson, L.E. (2019). The need for a neutral speaking period in psychosocial stress testing. Journal of Psychophysiology, 33(4), 267–275.
  • *Ellingwood, L., *Espinoza, M.-A., Acevedo, M., and Olson, L.E. (2019). College student drinkers have higher self-compassion scores than nondrinkers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 17(3), 658–666.
  • Olson, L.E. (2018). Impact of experiential Neuroscience of Meditation course on attitudes toward meditation and science. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 17(1), A59–A66.
  • Ko, C.M., Grace, F., *Chavez, G.N., *Grimley, S.J., Dalrymple, E.R., and Olson, L.E. (2018). Effect of seminar on compassion on student self-compassion, mindfulness, and well-being: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of American College Health, 66(7), 537–545.
  • *Bañuelos, M.S., Musleh, A., and Olson, L.E. (2017). Measuring salivary alpha-amylase in the undergraduate neuroscience laboratory. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 16(1), A23–A27.

*undergraduate co-author

Awards and Service

  • Outstanding Faculty Service, 2021
  • Hunsaker Award for Innovative Teaching, 2013
  • Outstanding Faculty Research, 2007