Heather Herriot

PhD candidate

heatherherriot@gmail.com

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Publications

Journals

• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J., & Pruessner, J. (Conditional Acceptance with minor revisions). Stress-Related Trajectories of Diurnal Cortisol in Older Adulthood across 12 Years. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
• Herriot, H., & Wrosch, C. (In Press). Self-Compassion Predicts Trajectories of Chronic Illness and Acute Health Symptoms over 6 Years in Advanced but not Early Old-Age. Journal of Health Psychology.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P., (2018) Self-compassion, chronic age-related stressors, and cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-9943-6
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P., & Miller, G. E. (2017). Intra-individual cortisol variability and low-grade inflammation over 10 years in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 77, 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.12.010>

Manuscripts under review

• Giannis, I., Herriot, H., & Wrosch, C. (Under Review). Changes in Purpose in Life and Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation across Older Adulthood. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Manuscripts in preparation

• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C. & Sabiston, C.M. Diurnal Cortisol Variability and Fatigue Trajectories in Young and Older Breast Cancer Survivors.
• Yong Ping, E., Herriot, H., Iacono, V., & Ellenbogen, M. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder following the Reducing Unwanted Stress in the Home (RUSH) prevention program.

Presentations

Oral presentations

• Giannis, I., Wrosch, C., Herriot, H., & Gouin J.P. (2020, August 27-29). Purpose in life and chronic low-grade inflammation across older adulthood. In S. Zilioli (Chair) Stress and inflammation: new perspectives on old issues [Symposium]. International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology 50^thAnnual Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J., Miller, G., & Pruessner, J., 2020, Stress-Related Trajectories of Diurnal Cortisol in Older Adulthood across 12 Years. Paper presentation to be given at “Achieving Health Equity: Opportunities for Psychosomatic Medicine” the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, March 11-14, 2020, Long Beach, CA. Conference canceled.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J., Miller, G., & Pruessner, J., 2020, Stress-Related Trajectories of Diurnal Cortisol in Older Adulthood across 12 Years. Oral presentation at CRDH conference. Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M., 2019, Day-to-Day Variability in Cortisol Patterns and Fatigue in Young and Older Breast Cancer Survivors. Oral presentation given at American Psychosomatic Medicine, Vancouver, BC
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P., 2018, Goal disengagement capacities predict inflammatory cytokines (IL-6) among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Oral presentation given at International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Santiago, Chile
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Castonguay, A. L., & Sabiston, C. M., 2018, Cortisol variability and low-grade inflammation in breast cancer survivors: Protective effects of goal disengagement capacities. Oral presentation as part of Symposium “Self-regulatory benefits and antecedents of goal disengagement” at Association for Psychological Science Convention, San Francisco, CA
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P., 2017, Self-compassion, age-related stressors, and cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Oral presentation at the 31st Conference of the EHPS (European Health Psychology Society): Innovative ideas in Health Psychology, Padua, Italy
• Herriot, H., & Chen, F., 2015, Don't look at me: The effect of direct vs. averted gaze on heart rate during persuasive communication. Oral presentation given at the annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Department of Psychology, UBC, Vancouver, BC

Poster presentations

• Yong Ping, E., Herriot, H., Iacono, V., & Ellenbogen, M., 2019, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder following the Reducing Unwanted Stress in the Home (RUSH) prevention program. Poster presented at 49th Annual ISPNE Conference, Milan, Italy
• Giannis, I., Herriot, H., M.A., & Wrosch, C., 2019, Changes in Purpose in Life and Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation across Older Adulthood. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., 2016, Purpose in life and stress-related increases in older adults’ depression: a within-person analysis. Poster presented at Gerontological Society of America's 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J.P., & Miller, G. E., 2016, Cortisol variability predicts chronic inflammation among older adults six to ten years later. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL
• Herriot, H., Stephenson, E., & DeLongis, A., 2014, Marital adjustment in stepfamilies: effects of daily dyadic coping. Poster presented at Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Vancouver, BC
• Herriot, H. Bi, S.W., Whillans, A.V., & Dunn, E., 2013, Helping hands to helping minds: How volunteering affects perceptions of academic performance. Poster presented at the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference at the UBC, Vancouver, BC.

Non-academic presentations

2020

• June: Concordia's Public Scholars: Research in the time of COVID-19. Brief presentation & Panel Discussion.
• Feb: Concordia Journal of Accessible Psychology. “Social Media for Academics.”

2019

• Oct: Public presentation at Fourth Space, Montreal, QC “How self-compassion promotes healthy aging.”
• Oct: Guest Honours seminar presentation. “How to write an op-ed”
• March: 3 Minute Thesis. “Be kind to yourself for your health”

Teaching and leadership

Teaching experience

• 2016–2020 Teaching Assistant – Concordia University - PSYC 315 Statistics lab

• 2015 Facilitator/Co-Coordinator for Student Directed Seminar: “The Science of   Happiness” 3-credit course Winter 2015 at UBC (code: ASTU 400F)

• 2013 Peer Assisted Study Sessions Leader (PASS Program), Jumpstart, UBC

Mentorship

• 2019–2020 Supervised undergraduate Honours Thesis for Gabryella Sondergaard
  Thesis: Self-compassion as a predictor of acute stress reactivity in older adults

• 2018–2019 Supervised Master’s Thesis for Irene Giannis
  Thesis: Changes in Purpose in Life and Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation across Older Adulthood
• 2018–2019 Supervised undergraduate Honours Thesis for Ergie Sebido
  Thesis: Bi-directional associations between physical health problems and cortisol in older adults: Protective effects of perceived control

• 2017–2018 Supervised undergraduate Honours Thesis for Monika Jackiewicz
  Thesis: The moderating effect of partner support on the association between depressive symptoms and physical health symptoms

• 2015–2016 Supervised undergraduate Honours Thesis for Dita Kubin.
  Thesis: The effects of regret on quality of life in couples across the lifespan

• 2015–2016 Mentor, Canadian Psychological Association

Academic service contributions

• 2019–Present Editor, Concordia Journal of Accessible Psychology

• 2017–2018 Vice-President Internal, Association for Graduate Students in Psychology

• 2017 Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Curriculum Committee
• 2017 Doctoral Psychology Representative, Faculty of Arts and Sciences –  Recruitment meeting
• 2017 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Retreat

• 2015–2019 Executive Committee Member, Association for Graduate Students in Psychology

Knowldege translation — Op-eds

• 2019 Opinion: “As we age, self-compassion aids mental health.” Montreal Gazette. August 15^th, 2019.